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Tom Gemmel
Tom is a seasoned professional who has 30 years of leadership experience in broad areas of maritime to include marine safety, aids to navigation, law enforcement and contingency preparedness.   Following his career as a U.S. Coast Guard Officer, Tom served as Executive Director of the United Fisherman of Alaska for 4 years, a statewide commercial fishing organization representing 34 fishing groups whose membership includes over 10,000 fishermen. Tom currently compiles and disseminates Fishnotes, serves as an advocate for new and growing seafood and related businesses and operates his own Emergency Management, Maritime and Fisheries Consulting Business. Tom resides in Juneau, Alaska and can be reached at tomgemmellmca@ak.net.

  
By Tom Gemmel
Published on 16 May 2008
 
Fish Notes Calendar 2008 - May 16

May 19.  Comments due on amendment 24 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs

May 19-23.  International Symposium:  Effect’s of Climate Change on the Worlds’ Oceans, Gijon, Spain


 Continued Calendar in Full Story - Below
Week Of April 29

Fish Notes Calendar 2008
May 16 (Continued)

May 19-23.  MSC Annual Surveillance Audit of Alaska Salmon, Anchorage 

May 20.  NPFMC Ecosystem Committee

Jun 2.  NOAA's Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards, Washington, DC

Jun 2.  Pacific State marine Fishery Commission, PaCOOS, Portland

Jun 2-10.  NPFMC, Kodiak   Fed Register Notice

Jun 3-4.  Pacific States Marine Fishery Commission, Data Standards Work Group, Portland

Jun 9.  ASMI board of Directors, Captain Cook, Anchorage Time/Agenda TBA

Jun 10-11.  Global Food Alaska, Soldotna 

Jun 19-20.  MSC Assessment Visits on Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Cod Fishery, and GOA Cod, Seattle 

Jul 29.  Comments due on proposed amendments to the commercial fishing industry vessel regulations 

Jul 29-30.  Electronic Fisheries Monitoring Workshop, Seattle   Agenda 

Aug 16-21.  American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Ottawa, ON

Aug 22.  Agenda Change Request (ACR) deadline for BOF 2008/2009 Cycle

Sep 22-24.  NPFMC Plan Team Meeting

Sep 24-25.  North Pacific Research Board, Anchorage

Sep 29 - Oct 7.  NPFMC, Anchorage SHERATON

Oct 2-4.  Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition

Oct 8-10.  BOF Work Session, Anchorage

Oct 20-24.  5th World Fisheries Congress, Yokohama, Japan

Oct 23-Nov 2.  PICES 17th Annual Meeting, Beyond observations to achieving understanding and forecasting in a changing North Pacific: Forward to the FUTURE, Dalian, China 

Oct 28-30.  Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK 

Nov 17-21.  NPFMC Groundfish Plan Team Meeting

Nov 17-21.  North Pacific Anadromous Fishery Commission (NPAFC) Annual Meeting, Seattle

Nov 23-25.  NPAFC International Symposium on Bering-Aleutian Salmon International Surveys:  Climate Change, Production Trends, and Carrying Capacity of Pacific Salmon in the Bering Sea and Adjacent Waters, Seattle

Dec 1-6.  BOF Prince William Sound and Upper Copper/Upper Susitna Finfish and Dungeness Crab, Misc Shellfish, Cordova 

Dec 8-16.  NPFMC, Anchorage Hilton 

Fish Calendar 2009

Jan 13-16.  IPHC, Vancouver BC 

Jan 18-27.  BOF Southeast and Yakutat Crab, Shrimp, Misc Shellfish, Petersburg

Jan 19 (week of).  Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage

Feb 2-10.  NPFMC, Seattle

Feb 12-16.  American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago

Feb 16-20.  Alaska Forum on the Environment, Anchorage

Feb 17-26.  BOF Southeast and Yakutat Finfish (including salmon, herring, groundfish), Sitka

Feb 22-29.  36th Annual Pacific Seabird Group, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan 

Mar 16-20.  Statewide Dungeness Crab, Shrimp, Misc Shellfish (except Southeast, Yakutat, and PWS) and supplemental issues, Anchorage 

Mar 30-Apr 7.  NPFMC, Anchorage Hilton

Apr 29-30.  NPRB, Anchorage

May 11-14.  4th International Fishing Industry  Safety & Health Conference, Reykjavik

Jun 1-9.  NPFMC, Dutch Harbor

Jun 10-11.  Global Food Alaska 2009, Soldotna

Aug 30 – Sep 3.  American Fisheries Society, Nashville, TN

Sep 23-24.  NPRB, Anchorage