Category: UFA Updates

Please save the date! The UFA fall meeting will be held at the Hotel Captain Cook in downtown Anchorage September 26th, 27th & 28th. The UFA meeting dates are set to coincide with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) All-Hands meeting which will also be held at the Captain Cook September 29th, 30th, & October 1st. Every fall during an election year, UFA holds their semi-annual meeting in

I Vote Fish! The seafood industry represents Alaska’s largest private sector employer. Commercial fishermen, crew and processing workforce voters make up a decisive constituency in state elections. Although our independent and competitive personalities guarantee we won’t agree on every issue, the votes of the seafood industry amount to a major force in Alaska politics.

UFA fond thanks goes to: Rear Admiral Thomas P. Ostebo for leadership afield and support for Alaska’s sustainable fisheries, and we welcome Rear Admiral Dan Abel in the Change of Command for USCG District 17.

Update on SB 71: Governor Parnell signed SB 71 into law on Tuesday. SB 71 is an all-encompassing commercial fisheries bill that began as Senator Micciche’s (R - Soldotna) legislation to fix landing tax timing payments, and ended up including flexibility in salmon cost recovery collections