COPPER RIVER / PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND

SALMON HARVEST TASK FORCE

Next meeting:

April 15, 2024 at 1pm

Cordova Center + ZOOM 

meeting ID: 835 2918 3454

The Copper River/Prince William Sound Salmon Harvest Task Force (SHTF) joins regional salmon fishery stakeholders and leaders to develop and make formal recommendations to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game regarding salmon fisheries management plans.

The SHTF continues to foster long-term proactive communications and actions between ADF&G management, industry leaders, Area E fishermen, and other stakeholders in the fishery. The SHTF is not a governing authority, but is recognized by ADFG Commissioner as a working body that represents the interests and objectives of the commercial fishing industry and fisheries stakeholders in the Prince William Sound and Copper River salmon management area. It is a forum for recommended adaptations in local management that comply with current Board of Fisheries regulations, and sometimes a collaborative workshop grounds for changes to that could be brought forward as BOF proposals for changes in regulation.

SHTF meetings are open to the public. Typical agendas include ADFG management reports, recommendations from gillnet and seine stakeholders, discussions and voting, and public input.

Questions about SHTF, its members, or other concerns: director@cdfu.org

SHAPE THE STRONGEST FISHERY

CDFU is proud to serve the fleet as the organizing host for SHTF meetings. Along with recommendations developed by CDFU members, we collect public input from Area E fishermen stakeholders, processors and other industry. We draft agenda items and topics or questions from Area E fishermen, processors, and stakeholders to discuss with management.

The best way to bring your recommendations forward is to join CDFU’s meetings for gillnet or seine topics. But anyone can submit salmon management suggestions or input for SHTF members to consider at meetings via the form below.

Salmon Harvest Task Force Members

Voting Members:

  • Cordova District Fishermen United

  • Prince William Sound Set Net Association

  • Prince William Sound / Copper River Fish & Game Advisory Committee

  • Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation (PWSAC)

  • Valdez Fisheries Development Association

  • Native Village of Eyak

  • Copper River / Prince William Sound Marketing Association

  • Trident Seafoods

  • Ocean Beauty Icicle Seafoods

  • Copper River Seafoods

  • Peter Pan Seafoods

  • Silver Bay Seafoods

  • 60 North Seafoods

  • Camtu’s Wild Alaska Seafoods

    *Processors hold rotating voting seats, with only 5 processors holding voting rights in a given year.

Meeting Chair: 

  • Copper River Prince William Sound Marketing Association, President Bret Bradford