ComFish Alaska 2024 – Day 1

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 Morning Moderator: Julie Matweyou

10:00AM – 10:30AM

Title – Federal Legislative Update

Presenters – Senator Lisa Murkowski & Representative Mary Peltola

Location – Harbor Room, Best Western Kodiak Inn

Senator Lisa Murkowski and Representative Peltola will give a Federal Legislative Update each via separate recorded message.

Zoom – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86737857277?pwd=TXBrcWhJYlprNE9zeFRqT0laelJaZz09
Meeting ID: 867 3785 7277  Passcode: 971947

 

10:45AM – 11:30 AM

Title –Ports & Harbors Update

Presenters –Dave Johnson Ports & Harbors Director and Turnagin Marine

Location – Harbor Room, Best Western Kodiak Inn

Zoom – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86737857277?pwd=TXBrcWhJYlprNE9zeFRqT0laelJaZz09

Meeting ID: 836 7833 7230  Passcode: 410962

Kodiak Harbor Project Update

 

11:45– 12:45 PM Time

Title– Project Gabe for Commercial Fishermen & Women

Presenter– Amy Butts BSN, RN, PHN 3- Kodiak Public Health Nurse & Denise Damewood, RN, PHN 3 – Registered Nurse, Public Health Nurse & Founder Project Gabe

Location: Harbor Room at the Best Western Kodiak Inn

Description– Providing opioid misuse awareness, education, and recovery tools to create a healthy workplace for commercial fishing workers in a manner that is accessible, easy to understand and easy to implement. Learn the symptoms of opioid overdose and receive opioid reversal nasal spray training. Take part in Project Gabe by making sure your boat has opioid emergency equipment. Free NARCAN and medication deactivation disposal bags.

 

Moderator: Julianne Curry

1:00PM-1:45PM

Title –What’s Next For Bristol Bay

Presenter – MC: Nels Ure, CFBB -A Q&A session w/ Bristol Bay advocate & screening of School of Fish!

Location – Harbor Room, Best Western Kodiak Inn

Zoom – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83348217835?pwd=WGVoWk04OFBFaTdjWjhBTm1OaGF0dz09

Meeting ID: 833 4821 7835  Passcode: 666767

Permanent Protections in Bristol Bay: Come and celebrate permanent protections in Bristol Bay with a viewing of Orvis’ film, “School of Fish”, a Q&A about what’s next for Bristol Bay, and ways to get involved with protecting the world’s largest sockeye salmon run!

Featured Activities:  A showing of “School of Fish” by Orvis highlighting a Bristol Bay residents relationship to fish and the landscape now that Pebble has been stopped.

 

Moderator: Jeff Stephen

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Time

Title – Alaska Seafood Market Updates and International Focus

Presenters – Greg Smith Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute & Sam Friedman McKinley Research Group

Location – Harbor Room, Best Western Kodiak Inn

Zoomhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87087318727?pwd=TkhtS0dkeFI5SEY5WHoreVJYV3JzZz09

Meeting ID: 870 8731 8727  Passcode: 213096

Join the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute for a marketing update on Alaska seafood. Learn about where your catch is going, the value at home and abroad, how global factors create challenges and opportunities for Alaska seafood, and ASMI resources available to the industry.

 

Moderator: Jeff Stephen

3  PM – 4 PM 

Title– Project Gabe for Commercial Fishermen & Women

Presenter– Amy Butts BSN, RN, PHN 3- Kodiak Public Health Nurse & Denise Damewood, RN, PHN 3 – Registered Nurse, Public Health Nurse & Founder Project Gabe

Location: Harbor Room at the Best Western Kodiak Inn

Description– Providing opioid misuse awareness, education, and recovery tools to create a healthy workplace for commercial fishing workers in a manner that is accessible, easy to understand and easy to implement. Learn the symptoms of opioid overdose and receive opioid reversal nasal spray training. Take part in Project Gabe by making sure your boat has opioid emergency equipment. Free NARCAN and medication deactivation disposal bags.

 

4 PM – 6 PM

Event – Trident Seafood Evening Reception Location – Kodiak Marketplace at COMFISH 

Details –The event is open to all.  We’re looking forward to celebrating the reason we’re all here at this conference, sustainable Alaska seafood! Come enjoy liquid libations and Alaska seafood appetizers, courtesy of Trident Seafoods.