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Jim Barnett has practiced law in Alaska since 1974, with significant involvement in many resources and public policy issues affecting the state and its key resource sectors. He is former deputy commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources and was elected to two terms on the Anchorage Assembly, representing South Anchorage. Jim is now in sole practice, and has represented BBEDC for the past seven years, negotiating and drafting the key commercial transactions for the BBEDC pollock, cod and crab partnerships. He has also participated actively in BBEDC's efforts to support salmon fishers in Bristol Bay, participating in numerous regional fisheries projects and other efforts to develop solutions to the current sockeye crisis. |
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Marcus Hartley, of Northern Economics, Inc., is a recognized expert in providing economic analysis for decision makers in some of the world's most important fisheries. In 1999 he conducted a study to document impacts of the 1997 and 1998 Bristol Bay fishing disasters and prepared an economic recovery plan. Other recent projects include an assessment of the impacts of stellar sea lion measures on communities in Western Alaska for the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference, and an assessment of the economic importance of commercial salmon fisheries to the communities of the Aleutians East Borough. In addition to working on the Bristol Bay Salmon Restructuring Study, Mr. Hartley is the lead economics consultant for NMFS in the development of their Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the North Pacific Groundfish Fisheries. |
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Michael Link, a fisheries policy analyst with LGL Alaska Research Associates, Inc., has spent two decades designing and implementing salmon research and management programs in Alaska, the Yukon and British Columbia. He has been with LGL, an international consulting firm specializing in fisheries and wildlife research and management, almost continuously since 1992. In 1999, Michael worked a year for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game as research project leader for Bristol Bay salmon and herring. Much of his professional experience has focused on designing and implementing projects to assess the abundance and biological characteristics of salmon populations in support of management. In addition, Michael has assisted numerous regional organizations in Alaska and elsewhere to conduct high-caliber fisheries research and assessment programs. He is currently the Executive Director of the Bristol Bay Science and Research Institute where he works with Bristol Bay area residents to get meaningfully involved in fisheries research and management. Michael has an interdisciplinary degree in Natural Resource Management from Simon Fraser University. His academic work focused on integrating knowledge of fisheries science and management with economics to improve fisheries management |
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Bob Waldrop has been involved in resource allocation issues throughout his career, starting as a resource economist in Washington, DC and continuing through work with various Native groups and State and Federal agencies. He has over 25 years of hands-on experience in Alaska's seafood industry including its regulatory and policy framework. In the late 1970s, he served as a Special Assistant to Governor Hammond with responsibilities for a wide range of Natural Resource matters, including oversight of Alaska's commercial fishing issues. In 1981 he was a founder of Silver Lining Seafoods, which later became NorQuest Seafoods. At NorQuest, Bob was a member of the senior management team and involved in all aspects of business development with specific focus on developing and implementing sales and marketing strategies. In 1999, Bob retired from full-time work but remains active as a business development consultant for several national and international corporations. He is the past Board Chairman of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Association and continues to serve on its Board and Executive Committee. |