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Why Southeast Alaska Seiners Association chooses Parnell for governor
Three items point to the reason behind this unanimous endorsement by the Southeast Alaska Seiners Board of Directors, who hail from Petersburg, Juneau, Sitka, and Ketchikan, as well as at-large seats from Seattle and Anacortes, Washington. Read the rest here 06:44
To MSC or not to MSC Southeast Alaska Seiners Association hates MSC. Always has. Always will.
So the state is having a big pow-wow with PSVOA this coming Monday over the boards decision to stick it out with MSC so that Silver Bay Seafoods could go it alone. This is a complex issue.
First let’s start out with SEAS unequivocal and total non-support of MSC from the outset in the late 1990’s when then-Gov Knowles administration welcomed the MSC folks in to get the trophy of certifying the worlds best managed commercial fishery-Alaska Salmon. SEAS, under the leadership of Jim Bacon at that time, determined that the short-term, feel good of having the MSC label would be short-lived and would not be worth the longer term of inviting the Eco-terrorists into the fold to wreak havoc on the Alaska brand. Read more
