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Alaska Seafood Industry Update Presented to RDC, Nov. 18, 2015 by Glenn Reed Pacific Seafood Processors Association The Market 2015 GOOD NEWS Abundant stocks Strong Alaska Brand Long term demand Sustainably managed fisheries BAD NEWS

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Alaska Seafood Industry Update

Presented to RDC, Nov. 18, 2015 by Glenn Reed Pacific Seafood Processors Association

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The Market 2015

GOOD NEWS

Abundant stocks Strong Alaska Brand Long term demand Sustainably managed fisheries

BAD NEWS

Harder to sell overseas - due to strong dollar Large inventories - due to abundant stocks Some markets closed or limited - Russia (embargo), Ukraine (unrest) Sustainability mixed messaging

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Alaska’s Seafood Producers

Operate over 120 facilities and 6,500 vessels Most facilities are in remote locations near the resource Employ from <20 to >1,200 at these facilities & 1 - >200 on vessels Harvest Volume 5.7 billion lbs. / 1st Wholesale Value $4.3 billion (2014) Geographically from Ketchikan to Adak to Nome Some fisheries last days, some many months Logistically intensive - people & supplies in - product in/out - people out

each season

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Alaska’s Seafood Industry

Largest private sector employer in Alaska Globally recognized sustainable fisheries management Over half of all U.S. commercial seafood production Small scale operators to global industrial investment Providing healthy food for a hungry world market

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Current Regulatory Issues

ESA - Steller Sea Lion Critical Habitat (SSL CH) Ecosystem Based Fishery Management (EBFM) Climate Change Effects Stock Status

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Other Challenges

By-Catch IUU - Illegal Unreported Unregulated fishing Nomenclature - Theragra chalcogramma = “Alaska

Pollock” = pollock from Russia

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Thank you!

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