Association of Latin Women in Alaska

Location – Kodiak Island Brewery
Sponsors – Alaska Marine Conservation Council, Alaska Sea Grant and Association of Latin Women in Alaska (with support from additional sponsors)

Stop by to celebrate our fishing community and enjoy cod fish tacos! The Alaska Marine Conservation Council, Alaska Sea Grant, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, Sitka Salmon Shares, Kodiak Island Wildsource, and Kodiak Jig Seafoods will co-host Fish Taco Night at the Brewery on Wednesday, March 15 from 4:30 - 6:30. The tacos will be prepared in authentic fashion with delicious homemade salsas by the Association of Latin Women in Alaska (ALMA) with fish harvested by our local jig fisherman and processed on our working waterfront. Come celebrate our island’s bounty and enjoy tacos and beer at the brewery, or stop in and take items to go. We will have to-go containers for those wishing to enjoy fish tacos at home. Suggested donation of $10 for 2 tacos. Contact Julie Matweyou with ASG for further information (907) 250-9512.

Location – Kodiak High School Gym
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ComFish is Alaska's Premier Commercial Fisheries Trade Show organized by the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. In its 44th year, ComFish has an impressive group of exhibitors ranging from gear vendors to government agencies, and non-profits, covering every aspect of the commercial fishing industry.

Presenters – Senator Lisa Murkowski & Representative Mary Peltola Location – High School, Choral Pod

Senator Lisa Murkowski and Representative Peltola will give a Federal Legislative Update

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Presenters – Amy Butts & Shanna Rockenbach
Location – High School, Health Room

Learn how to save a life and earn an emergency kit full of life-saving tools. Explore the link between tobacco and drugs, get some medicine cabinet safety tips, identify the signs of an overdose, learn to administer Naloxone (NARCAN), and practice rescue breathing and chest compression skills. The event is free and open to the public.

Presenters – Linda Kozak
Location – High School, Choral Pod

A review of the Gulf of Alaska bycatch-related recommendations proposed by the Alaska Bycatch Review Task Force, with an opportunity for a question and answer session with industry members of the Task Force.

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Presenters – Ashley Heimbigner
Location – High School, Choral Pod

Join the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute for a marketing update on the Alaska seafood industry. Learn about where your catch is going, the value at home and abroad, and how the pandemic and global economics create challenges and opportunities for Alaska seafood, including the USDA’s federal purchasing programs.

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Presenters – Chief Petty Officer David Schaeffer & Dayton Parker
Location – High School, Choral Pod

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Presenters – Amy Butts & Shanna Rockenbach
Location – High School, Health Room

Learn how to save a life and earn an emergency kit full of life-saving tools. Explore the link between tobacco and drugs, get some medicine cabinet safety tips, identify the signs of an overdose, learn to administer Naloxone (NARCAN), and practice rescue breathing and chest compression skills. The event is free and open to the public.

Presenters – Hannah Marie Garcia , Heather Bauscher & Bridget Ferriss
Location – High School, Choral Pod

Identifying ways to demonstrate how scientists and fishermen can continually work together for the common good of our large marine ecosystems with highlights of Skipper Science's ongoing efforts and collaborations with NOAA’s Ecosystem Status Reports for the Gulf of Alaska and Eastern Bering Sea. The forum will include an opportunity for a discussion on paths forward

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Presenters – Peter Murphy & Harmony Wayner
Location – High School, Choral Pod

Are you concerned about marine debris in Alaska? Do you want to be involved in solutions, learn more about it, or share your expertise? Marine debris is a complicated issue worldwide, and one that is uniquely challenging and impactful in Alaska. Work is beginning on a Marine Debris Action Plan for Alaska. This is a collaborative process to identify and capture existing actions, identified needs, and future priorities within the marine debris issue to help make a plan that works for Alaska and Alaskans. This session will provide information on marine debris efforts in the state as well as the opportunities for stakeholders to provide their input and insight as we chart the course forward.

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Come enjoy some liquid libations and small bites on us! The event is open to all.

Double Shovel Cider Company
5-8PM

Location – Kodiak High School Gym
See the Vendor List

ComFish is Alaska's Premier Commercial Fisheries Trade Show organized by the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce. In its 44th year, ComFish has an impressive group of exhibitors ranging from gear vendors to government agencies, and non-profits, covering every aspect of the commercial fishing industry.

Presenters – Doug Vincent Lang
Location – Kodiak High School, Choral Pod

State of Alaska Fish & Game statewide update with the Commissioner of Fish and Game, Doug Vincent Lang

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Presenters – Amy Butts & Shanna Rockenbach
Location – High School, Health Room

Learn how to save a life and earn an emergency kit full of life-saving tools. Explore the link between tobacco and drugs, get some medicine cabinet safety tips, identify the signs of an overdose, learn to administer Naloxone (NARCAN), and practice rescue breathing and chest compression skills. The event is free and open to the public.

Presenters – Svetlana Spivak
Location – High School, Choral Pod

Vessel owner’s and employer’s exposure to liability for crewmember’s injury for negligence under the Jones Act and under the doctrine of unseaworthiness. Obligation to pay maintenance and cure in the situations of injury and illness, and exposure to punitive damages for failure to do so. The importance of record-keeping and injury reporting to defending vessel owners in the lawsuits brought by crewmembers (Family? Friends?) who they thought would never sue them (if I only had a dollar for every time, I heard that), but sued them three years later – when memories are faded and witnesses moved on. Limitation actions to protect your assets. Vessel liens and impact on sale of the vessel.

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Presenters – Elisabeth Rise
Location – High School, Choral Pod

This presentation will focus on what we keep seeing as the cause of claims year after year, and what can be done to prevent them, thereby keeping individual vessel owner’s costs down, as well as the marine insurance industry as a whole. We will also discuss making sure you have adequate insurance, and what to do in the event an incident does happen.

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Presenters – Bruce Schactler
Location – High School, Choral Pod

Accessing the State of Alaska Department of Revenue Alaska Salmon Price Report; how to understand it and use it. Information will be provided on the various elements of the report and ways it can be interpreted by salmon harvesters.

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Presenters – Senator Gary Stevens & Representative Louise Stutes
Location – High School, Choral Pod

State of Alaska Legislative Update from Senator Gary Stevens and Representative Louise Stutes.

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Presenters – Amy Butts & Shanna Rockenbach
Location High School, Health Room

Learn how to save a life and earn an emergency kit full of life-saving tools. Explore the link between tobacco and drugs, get some medicine cabinet safety tips, identify the signs of an overdose, learn to administer Naloxone (NARCAN), and practice rescue breathing and chest compression skills. The event is free and open to the public.

Presenters – Tyler Wallace
Location – High School, Choral Pod

Whether you are 10 or 40 years from retirement, you’ll learn investment strategies to help design the retirement you want. We’ll also discuss how you can add flexibility to your strategy to help you handle unexpected events and how you can keep your strategy on track. Your current situation, your vision for retirement, defining your goals, working toward your goals, taxes, preparing for the unexpected and staying on track.

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Presenters – Sara Cleaver & Julie Kavanaugh
Location – High School, Choral Pod

Sara Cleaver (NPFMC staff) will provide a tutorial on the Council process in Alaska. This presentation will include navigating the meeting process and website, how to get involved, and recent and upcoming Council issues. The presentation will also include an overview of how groundfish stock assessments feed into the Council process. Sara will be available to answer questions.

Julie will speak on Alaska Board of Fish: Accessibility and Navigation for Fishermen

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Sponsored by – Cascade Engine, Cummins & Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center

Location – Best Western Kodiak Inn - Harbor Room

Come enjoy some liquid libations and small bites on us! There will be beer, wine and BBQ!