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SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT

Marine safety and navigation

• Alaska Marine Safety Education Association
• US Coast Guard,
• Boating Safety
• Marine Safety Center
• Navigation Center - Maritime Safety Information
• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, National Data Buoy Center
• Marine Exchange of Alaska
• Alaska Ocean Observing System
• Alaska Department of Labor, Alaska Fishermens Fund

Enforcement

• Alaska Wildlife Troopers
• US Coast Guard, Enforcement
• NOAA, Enforcement (Alaska Field Office)

HABITAT PROTECTION

• Alaska Clean Harbors Program - Click here for the 2023 Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Program Letter to the Fleet
• US Environmental Protection Agency,
• Vessel Sewage Information
• Marine Sanitation Devices
• Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Oil Spill Response Program
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Habitat Division
• NOAA / NMFS, Alaska Region Habitat Conservation

BUSINESS

Permit and vessel financing

• Alaska Department of Commerce, Division of Investments
• Commercial Fishing & Agriculture Bank
• NOAA, Fisheries Finance Program

Business technical assistance

• Alaska Sea Grant, FishBiz (includes marketing, processing, financial planning)
• Alaska Small Business Development Center

Shoreside leases

• Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, Shore Fishery Leasing Lease Program

Catcher processor / seller information

• Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Food Safety and Sanitation Program, Seafood Program
• Alaska Department of Revenue, Tax Division
• Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries
• Alaska Sea Grant
• FishBiz
• Seafood Processing Training

Seafood marketing and business development

• Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
• Responsible Fisheries Management
• Marine Stewardship Council
• Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association
• Copper River Prince William Sound Marketing Association

HARBORS AND VESSEL

Alaska harbors

• Alaska Association of Harbormasters and Port Administrators

Vessel registration

• US Coast Guard, National Vessel Documentation Center
• Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles

MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH

Fisheries management

• Alaska Board of Fisheries
• North Pacific Fishery Management Council
• International Pacific Halibut Commission
• Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries
• National Marine Fisheries Service, Sustainable Fisheries

Fisheries research agencies

• NOAA, Alaska Science Center
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Research
• International Pacific Halibut Commission
• University of Alaska-Fairbanks,
• College of Fisheries and Ocean Science
• Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center
• North Pacific Research Board
• Prince William Sound Science Center
• US Arctic Research Commission
• Alaska SeaLife Center