newsnewsWinter 2001 • Volume 6, Issue 1A Quarterly Publication of the Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation

NSEDCNSEDCNSEDC newsNorton Sound EconomicDevelopment Corporation

601 West 5th Avenue, Suite 415Anchorage, AK 99501Phone: (907) 274-2248Fax: (907) 274-2249Web Site: www.nsedc.com

NSEDC Mission Statement

"NSEDC will participate in and

encourage the clean harvest of all

Bering Sea fisheries to promote

and provide economic development

through education, employment,

training and financial assistance to

member communities and Western

Alaska, while protecting subsistence

resources."

1999–2000 NSEDCBoard Members

Brevig Mission • Walter Seetot

Diomede • Mary Menadelook

Elim • Oscar Takak

Gambell • Gilbert Ungott

Golovin • Dean Peterson

Koyuk • Danny Adams

Nome • Donald Stiles

Saint Michael • Victor Joe

Savoonga • Truman Kava

Shaktoolik • Harvey Sookiayak

Stebbins • Wilfred Katcheak

Teller • Isaac Oleasik

Unalakleet • Henry Ivanoff

Wales • Luther Komonaseak

White Mountain • Daniel Harrelson

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New staff, individuals with new responsibilities,and community liaisons were all added to theNSEDC staff during the latter part of 2000. Theseindividuals increase NSEDC’s capacity to serveits communities and further economicdevelopment efforts in the Norton Sound region.

New staff include William (Middy) Johnsonand Willa Eckenweiler in NSEDC’s UnalakleetOffice. They are joined by individuals who havemoved from internships or seasonal employmentto permanent employees, and by part-timecontract Community Outreach Liaisons in eachof NSEDC’s communities.

Middy Johnson began workingfor NSEDC as a contractor,examining the market forpotential sellers of IFQ’s. Inlate summer he was hired asthe Fisheries DevelopmentCoordinator, responsible fordeveloping a plan for conducting fisheriesdevelopment activities. In the fall, he began acrab tagging survey in Wales to determine thepotential of a crab fishery in that area.

Willa Eckenweiler joined NSEDC in the summeras the Community Outreach Coordinator. Willaoversees the Community Outreach Liaisonpositions in each of NSEDC’s communities.Willa is from Unalakleet and graduated fromCovenant High School in 1981.She graduated from theUniversity of Alaska Fairbanksin 1987 with a B.A. in RuralDevelopment. She worked inthe airline industry for 13years and worked seasonallyfor the Alaska Department ofFish and Game as a fisheries technician. Willais married to Gary Eckenweiler and has twodaughters, Giaana, 10, and Kira, 8.

Willa says that she has met a lot of NortonSound residents over the years in her work, and

New Faces and New Roles at NSEDC

2001 Committee Memberships Established

she looks forward to working with thecommunities. “I am happy to be working forNSEDC,” she says.

Interns in the NSEDC Anchorage Office that havemoved into permanent positions are SimonKinneen, CDQ Harvest Management /FisheriesBiologist and Virginia Nashalook, AssistantAccountant. Virginia began her internship inearly 2000 and has continuedwith permanent responsibilitiesinto the new year. Virginia isfrom Unalakleet, and herresponsibilities include NSSPaccounts payable, gear loan,and the Norton Sound Fund.She attended UAF aftergraduating from high school and is now attendingUAA, pursuing a degree in accounting.

Simon Kinneen of Nome beganhis internship in March of lastyear, following graduation fromthe University of AlaskaFairbanks in 1999. He attendedNational Marine FisheriesObserver Training in the spring

and assumed his responsibilities in the NSEDCoffice during the summer, moving into apermanent position with NSEDC in January.

Marzianno “Rocky”Piccinich, NSSP ProductionManager, recently moved fromseasonal employment to a year-round position with NSSP.Rocky is in charge of NSSPprocessing, working at theUnalakleet Plant and alsooverseeing production in Nome.

Rocky is from the Seattle area and has over 35years of seafood experience, including fourseasons with NSSP.(continued on inside)

Scholarship CommitteeWalter Seetot, ChairmanVictor JoeTruman KavaWilfred KatcheakGilbert UngottDenise Barengo (at large)Jerry Ivanoff (staff)

Financial Advisory CommitteeHenry Ivanoff, ChairmanDaniel HarrelsonHarvey SookiayakJack Carpenter (at large)Scott Henderson (at large)Steve Rieger (advisor)

Middy Johnson

Willa Eckenweiler Rocky Piccinich

Fisheries Development CommitteeEugene Asicksik, Chairman

Donald Stiles

Dean Peterson

Oscar Takak

Wilfred Katcheak

Daniel Harrelson

Isaac Okleasik

Jeff Erickson (at large)

Steve Ivanoff (at large)

Tom Magwire (Operations Manager)

John Bundy (GFC, LLC)

Rules/Bylaws Committee

Luther Komonaseak, Chairman

Oscar Takak

Harvey Sookiayak

Henry Ivanoff

Mary Menadelook

Dean Peterson

Donald Stiles

Isaac Okleasik

Virginia Mashalook

Simon Kinneen

NSEDC StaffEugene AsicksikPresident & Chief Executive Officer

Hannah JacksonOffice Manager

Janis IvanoffCommunity Benefits Director

Carolyn BraggAccountant

Rosanna DotomainSenior Accountant

Richard “Scott” DickensSystems Administrator

Simon KinneenCDQ Harvest Management /Fisheries Biologist

Virginia NashalookAccounting Assistant

NSEDC Staff - UnalakleetJerry IvanoffEmployment, Education andTraining Coordinator

Janice DickensAdministrative Assistant

Willa EckenweilerCommunitiy Outreach Coordinator

William “Middy” JohnsonFisheries Development Coordinator

Norton Sound SeafoodProducts StaffTom MagwireNSSP Operations Manager

Marzianno “Rocky” PiccinichNSSP Production Manager

Richard FerryPlant Operations Manager,Unalakleet

Alton "Tunny" WallukNome Plant Operations Manager(seasonal)

Orville ToolieSavoonga Halibut Plant OperationsManager (seasonal)

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At the end of the year NSEDC completed thehiring of 14 Community Outreach Liaisons,who serve in part-time contract positions.Community Liaisons help get NSEDCprograms and information to communitymembers. They attend community meetings,contact individuals for NSEDC, shareinformation on NSEDC programs with localresidents, and provide other supportfunctions for NSEDC. NSEDC welcomes thefollowing Community Liaisons:

Toby Anungazuk, Jr. ...........WalesShirley Antoghame..............GambellFred Pete, Sr. .......................StebbinsVera Niksik ..........................St. MichaelReuben Paniptchuk ............ShaktoolikRuby Nussuk........................KoyukAnna Moore .........................ElimPeggy Gologergen Akeya....SavoongaEtta Menadelook.................DiomedeIrene Sockpealuk................GolovinMatilda Olanna....................Brevig MissionAlex W. Vaughan..................TellerDavis Lincoln.......................White MountainRobin Thomas .....................Nome

Norton Sound Remembers Al Nakak

NSEDC Training • 2000 HighlightsFirst Quarter• Forty-two residents received scholarshipawards for post-secondary education, andsix residents received scholarship awards forvocational education.

• Fifteen residents of Golovin attended theNSEDC Electronic Navigation Class on March27-29, held in Golovin by an Alaska VocationalTechnical Center instructor.

• Twenty-one entry-level seafood processortrainees attended the Alaska VocationalTechnical Center in Seward for training onFebruary 28 – March 10. Eighteen traineessuccessfully completed the class.

• A total of 84 individuals from the NortonSound region and neighboring communitiesreceived education/training assistance fromNSEDC totaling almost $92,000.

Second Quarter• Sixteen residents received scholarshipawards for post-secondary education, andtwo residents received scholarship awardsfor vocational education.

• Sixteen residents signed up for entry-levelseafood processor training and werescreened in Nome. Fifteen attended theAlaska Vocational Technical Center in Sewardfor training on May 15 -26. All fifteensuccessfully completed the class.

• A total of 34 individuals from the NortonSound region and neighboring communitiesreceived education/training assistance fromNSEDC totaling almost $58,000.

Third Quarter• Sixty-eight residents received scholarshipawards for post-secondary education, and

six residents received scholarship awards forvocational education. A total of $74,000 wasexpended for education/training assistanceduring the third quarter.

Fourth Quarter• Four residents received scholarship awardsfor vocational education from NSEDC during thefourth quarter.

• Sixteen residents applied fro Entry LevelSeafood Processing training at Alaska VocationalTechnical Center in Seward, and attended theclass initiation in Nome. Fourteen residentssuccessfully completed the training in Seward.

• A total of 20 individuals from the Norton Soundregion and neighboring communities receivededucation/training assistance from NSEDCtotaling almost $33,000.

An important part of NSEDC’s mission is tosupport education and training efforts for NortonSound residents. NSEDC took a number ofactions during the past few months to strengthensupport for education.

At their third quarter Board meeting in November,the NSEDC Board of Directors voted unanimouslyto increase the NSEDC scholarship to $1250 persemester, beginning with the spring semester in2001. Earlier in the year, the Board approvedscholarship awards to residents attending classeson a part-time basis, pro-rated, based per credithour.

NSEDC made several contributions to educationlast year, including $3,125 to the SeafoodTechnology Program at Sheldon Jackson Collegein Sitka. NSEDC had contributed $50,000 to theprogram for the last two years, but now the At-Sea Processors Association has taken over that

The Norton Sound Region lost a life-long leaderand friend in December when Al Nakak fromSt. Michael passed away after a heart attack. Alwas a licensed skipper who had successfullycompleted the OUPV class at the AlaskaVocational Technical Center in Seward throughNSEDC’s Employment and Training Program.

Al received his captain’s license from theUnited States Coast Guard. He was very proudof his accomplishment and was a strongsupporter of NSEDC and NSSP for providing anavenue for him to pursue his dreams. Al will bemissed. Condolences to his family and to theSt. Michael community.

contribution and will continue to supportthe program.

During the second and third quarters of last year,NSEDC contributed $73,000 to the University ofAlaska, $20,000 to Alaska Pacific University, and$3,000 to the Alaska Sealife Center. Of thesecontributions, more than $8,000 is being devotedto research related to the health of Steller Sea Lions,which supports NSEDC’s commitment to universityresearch on the sea lion. NSEDC also contributed$5,000 to the Alaska Native Heritage Center,continuing NSEDC’s support of the Center.

NSEDC staff not only sign checks to contribute tocommunities, but sometimes take action themselves. During the October North Pacific FisheryManagement Council meeting in Sitka, EugeneAsicksik played point guard in a charity basketballgame organized by At-Sea Processors Associationthat raised an additional $12,000 for the school.

NSEDC Contributes to Education, Culture & Research

The Norton Sound Economic DevelopmentCorporation (NSEDC) held their fourthquarter board meeting for 2000 in Januaryin Nome at the Bering Straits NativeCorporation offices. Highlights of the meetingincluded strong financial gains for 2000, areview of a new large vessel loan program,and appointment of new committee chairsand at-large committee members for 2001.

Glacier Fish Company, L.L.C., NSEDC’sharvesting partner, reported record royaltyand wage payments made for the benefit ofthe Norton Sound Region. John Bundy ofGFC reported to the NSEDC Board thatroyalties and wages totaled over $8 millionfor the year 2000.

The NSEDC Fisheries Development Committeereviewed a draft staff report on thedevelopment of a large vessel loan program,primarily to support the purchase of boatssuitable for crab fishing in the Norton Sound

Region. The report will undergo furthermodifications and discussion with NSEDC’sExecutive Committee, before a final plan ispresented to the NSEDC Board.

NSEDC’s committees appointed chairmenand at-large members for 2001. HenryIvanoff was appointed Finance CommitteeChairman with Scott Henderson and JackCarpenter appointed as at-large members. Walter Seetot was appointed as theScholarship Committee Chairman, andDenise Barengo was appointed at-large.Luther Komonaseak was appointed theBylaws Committee Chairman. EugeneAsicksik was appointed the FisheriesDevelopment Committee Chairman, andSteve Ivanoff and Jeff Erickson wereappointed as at-large members to thatcommittee.

NSEDC’s first quarter 2001 meeting will beheld in Nome in the spring.

NSEDC Holds 4th Quarter Board Meeting Board Elects Officersat Annual MeetingAt their Annual Meeting and 3rd quarterBoard Meeting, held in Nome in November,the NSEDC Board of Directors elected thefollowing individuals to the ExecutiveCommittee:

• Daniel Harrelson, Chairman• Henry Ivanoff, Vice-Chairman• Dean Peterson, Secretary• Donald Stiles, Treasurer• Harvey Sookiayak, Sergeant-at-arms

The following individuals were electedas Corporate Officers for NSEDC:

• Eugene Asicksik, President & CEO• Janis Ivanoff, Vice President• Jerry Ivanoff, Secretary• Janice Dickens, Treasurer

NSEDC Provides High School BannersNSEDC has undertaken a project to provide theBering Straits School District and Nome PublicSchool with banners displaying the District BasketballConference schools The banners will hang in thehigh school gyms.

Fisheries NewsLarge Vessel Loan Program StudiedThe NSEDC Fisheries DevelopmentCommittee reviewed a draft staff reportat the NSEDC Fourth Quarter Boardmeeting in January on the developmentof a large vessel loan program, primarilyto support the purchase of boats suitablefor crab fishing in the Norton SoundRegion. NSEDC staff began outliningoptions for such a loan program thispast year, following the addition of a redking crab seasonal operation at NortonSound Seafood Products.

NSEDC is responding to concerns fromlocal fishermen who are unable toparticipate in the crab fishery due to lackof appropriate size vessels. During the2000 harvest, only seven of the 17 vesselsthat fished for crab were owned andoperated by residents of Norton Soundcommunities. The report states:

“A major factor in the lower participationand harvest levels by fishermen of theNorton Sound communities in the NortonSound red king crab fishery is the lackof suitable vessels…This is a developingfishery and fishermen have not yet gearedup or obtained adequate vessels.”

The report goes on to state “NSEDC isalso in the process of constructing theNorton Sound Seafood Center in Nome,

designed to be the primary receiving,processing and marketing center of NSSP’sred king crab and halibut operations. Thesuccess of the center may be directly relatedto the strength of the fishing fleets for boththe Norton Sound red king crab and NortonSound halibut fisheries.”

Following the review by the FisheriesDevelopment Committee, the NSEDC ExecutiveCommittee completed a further review in lateFebruary. They recommended that NSEDCstaff send a draft Community DevelopmentPlan amendment to the State of Alaska forthe loan program. A special NSEDC Boardmeeting will be held on March 29 to finalizethe amendment.

Construction to Begin on Nome PlantNSEDC received approval last year from theState of Alaska and the National MarineFisheries Service for the plans andconstruction of the Norton Sound SeafoodCenter. Construction documents and plansare being completed by Arctic SlopeConsulting Group, Inc. and will be sent outto bid during the first quarter of 2001.Construction is expected to begin in thesummer, with completion by 2002.

The planned facility of approximately 15,200square feet will include a processing area,office space, a retail outlet, and storage.

NSEDC will relocate the Nome operationsof its Norton Sound Seafood Products (NSSP)division to the new center. All halibut andcrab landing operations will be moved fromthe old barge dock to the new harbor site.In addition to halibut and king crab, theseafood center’s retail store will sell king,coho and chum salmon caught commerciallyin Norton Sound and processed at theUnalakleet processing facility by NSSP. TheSeafood Center will be co-located with thenew Nome small boat harbor as a part of along-term lease agreement with the City ofNome.

Fourth Quarter Fishing ActivitiesDuring the fourth quarter of 2000, NSEDCconducted CDQ fishing operations forpollock in the Bering Sea, Pacific cod in theBering Sea, sablefish in the Aleutian Islands,halibut in Area 4D/4E, Atka mackerel ineastern, central and western Aleutian Islands,and red king crab in Bristol Bay. Therewere no fishing operations for Greenlandturbot, or opilio and king crab, other thanin Bristol Bay. Through the end of the fourthquarter, NSEDC harvested a total of29,805.48 metric tons of groundfish CDQincluding both target and bycatch species.This amount of harvest representsapproximately 83% of the total allocationof annual groundfish CDQ in 2000.

The Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC)is a private nonprofit corporation representing 15 member communities and over 7,500 people in the Bering StraitsRegion of Northwestern Alaska. NSEDC is one of six Community Development Quota (CDQ) organizations in Alaska.

The Norton Sound Fund board of directors met in January to discussdistribution of funds. Although administered by NSEDC staff, thefund is a separate corporation, funded by a portion of the landingtax contributions from NSEDC’s fishing partners.

The Norton Sound Fund board voted to contribute $15,000 to theNorthwest Campus, University of Alaska Fairbanks (NorthwestCommunity College) in Nome for use in offering a Six-pack Captain’s

course leading to U.S. Coast Guard certification and licensing. TheNorton Sound Fund made a $5,000 plus contribution to NorthwestCommunity College in late 1999 to begin developing the course.

The board then voted to contribute $37,000 from the Norton SoundFund to its Fisheries Transportation Loan Program to be used forprojects to be approved under the program or under any of thecorporation’s other authorized programs.

Norton Sound Fund Supports Training

NSEDC StaffEugene AsicksikPresident & Chief Executive Officer

Hannah JacksonOffice Manager

Janis IvanoffCommunity Benefits Director

Carolyn BraggAccountant

Rosanna DotomainSenior Accountant

Richard “Scott” DickensSystems Administrator

Simon KinneenCDQ Harvest Management /Fisheries Biologist

Virginia NashalookAccounting Assistant

NSEDC Staff - UnalakleetJerry IvanoffEmployment, Education andTraining Coordinator

Janice DickensAdministrative Assistant

Willa EckenweilerCommunitiy Outreach Coordinator

William “Middy” JohnsonFisheries Development Coordinator

Norton Sound SeafoodProducts StaffTom MagwireNSSP Operations Manager

Marzianno “Rocky” PiccinichNSSP Production Manager

Richard FerryPlant Operations Manager,Unalakleet

Alton "Tunny" WallukNome Plant Operations Manager(seasonal)

Orville ToolieSavoonga Halibut Plant OperationsManager (seasonal)

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At the end of the year NSEDC completed thehiring of 14 Community Outreach Liaisons,who serve in part-time contract positions.Community Liaisons help get NSEDCprograms and information to communitymembers. They attend community meetings,contact individuals for NSEDC, shareinformation on NSEDC programs with localresidents, and provide other supportfunctions for NSEDC. NSEDC welcomes thefollowing Community Liaisons:

Toby Anungazuk, Jr. ...........WalesShirley Antoghame..............GambellFred Pete, Sr. .......................StebbinsVera Niksik ..........................St. MichaelReuben Paniptchuk ............ShaktoolikRuby Nussuk........................KoyukAnna Moore .........................ElimPeggy Gologergen Akeya....SavoongaEtta Menadelook.................DiomedeIrene Sockpealuk................GolovinMatilda Olanna....................Brevig MissionAlex W. Vaughan..................TellerDavis Lincoln.......................White MountainRobin Thomas .....................Nome

Norton Sound Remembers Al Nakak

NSEDC Training • 2000 HighlightsFirst Quarter• Forty-two residents received scholarshipawards for post-secondary education, andsix residents received scholarship awards forvocational education.

• Fifteen residents of Golovin attended theNSEDC Electronic Navigation Class on March27-29, held in Golovin by an Alaska VocationalTechnical Center instructor.

• Twenty-one entry-level seafood processortrainees attended the Alaska VocationalTechnical Center in Seward for training onFebruary 28 – March 10. Eighteen traineessuccessfully completed the class.

• A total of 84 individuals from the NortonSound region and neighboring communitiesreceived education/training assistance fromNSEDC totaling almost $92,000.

Second Quarter• Sixteen residents received scholarshipawards for post-secondary education, andtwo residents received scholarship awardsfor vocational education.

• Sixteen residents signed up for entry-levelseafood processor training and werescreened in Nome. Fifteen attended theAlaska Vocational Technical Center in Sewardfor training on May 15 -26. All fifteensuccessfully completed the class.

• A total of 34 individuals from the NortonSound region and neighboring communitiesreceived education/training assistance fromNSEDC totaling almost $58,000.

Third Quarter• Sixty-eight residents received scholarshipawards for post-secondary education, and

six residents received scholarship awards forvocational education. A total of $74,000 wasexpended for education/training assistanceduring the third quarter.

Fourth Quarter• Four residents received scholarship awardsfor vocational education from NSEDC during thefourth quarter.

• Sixteen residents applied fro Entry LevelSeafood Processing training at Alaska VocationalTechnical Center in Seward, and attended theclass initiation in Nome. Fourteen residentssuccessfully completed the training in Seward.

• A total of 20 individuals from the Norton Soundregion and neighboring communities receivededucation/training assistance from NSEDCtotaling almost $33,000.

An important part of NSEDC’s mission is tosupport education and training efforts for NortonSound residents. NSEDC took a number ofactions during the past few months to strengthensupport for education.

At their third quarter Board meeting in November,the NSEDC Board of Directors voted unanimouslyto increase the NSEDC scholarship to $1250 persemester, beginning with the spring semester in2001. Earlier in the year, the Board approvedscholarship awards to residents attending classeson a part-time basis, pro-rated, based per credithour.

NSEDC made several contributions to educationlast year, including $3,125 to the SeafoodTechnology Program at Sheldon Jackson Collegein Sitka. NSEDC had contributed $50,000 to theprogram for the last two years, but now the At-Sea Processors Association has taken over that

The Norton Sound Region lost a life-long leaderand friend in December when Al Nakak fromSt. Michael passed away after a heart attack. Alwas a licensed skipper who had successfullycompleted the OUPV class at the AlaskaVocational Technical Center in Seward throughNSEDC’s Employment and Training Program.

Al received his captain’s license from theUnited States Coast Guard. He was very proudof his accomplishment and was a strongsupporter of NSEDC and NSSP for providing anavenue for him to pursue his dreams. Al will bemissed. Condolences to his family and to theSt. Michael community.

contribution and will continue to supportthe program.

During the second and third quarters of last year,NSEDC contributed $73,000 to the University ofAlaska, $20,000 to Alaska Pacific University, and$3,000 to the Alaska Sealife Center. Of thesecontributions, more than $8,000 is being devotedto research related to the health of Steller Sea Lions,which supports NSEDC’s commitment to universityresearch on the sea lion. NSEDC also contributed$5,000 to the Alaska Native Heritage Center,continuing NSEDC’s support of the Center.

NSEDC staff not only sign checks to contribute tocommunities, but sometimes take action themselves. During the October North Pacific FisheryManagement Council meeting in Sitka, EugeneAsicksik played point guard in a charity basketballgame organized by At-Sea Processors Associationthat raised an additional $12,000 for the school.

NSEDC Contributes to Education, Culture & Research

The Norton Sound Economic DevelopmentCorporation (NSEDC) held their fourthquarter board meeting for 2000 in Januaryin Nome at the Bering Straits NativeCorporation offices. Highlights of the meetingincluded strong financial gains for 2000, areview of a new large vessel loan program,and appointment of new committee chairsand at-large committee members for 2001.

Glacier Fish Company, L.L.C., NSEDC’sharvesting partner, reported record royaltyand wage payments made for the benefit ofthe Norton Sound Region. John Bundy ofGFC reported to the NSEDC Board thatroyalties and wages totaled over $8 millionfor the year 2000.

The NSEDC Fisheries Development Committeereviewed a draft staff report on thedevelopment of a large vessel loan program,primarily to support the purchase of boatssuitable for crab fishing in the Norton Sound

Region. The report will undergo furthermodifications and discussion with NSEDC’sExecutive Committee, before a final plan ispresented to the NSEDC Board.

NSEDC’s committees appointed chairmenand at-large members for 2001. HenryIvanoff was appointed Finance CommitteeChairman with Scott Henderson and JackCarpenter appointed as at-large members. Walter Seetot was appointed as theScholarship Committee Chairman, andDenise Barengo was appointed at-large.Luther Komonaseak was appointed theBylaws Committee Chairman. EugeneAsicksik was appointed the FisheriesDevelopment Committee Chairman, andSteve Ivanoff and Jeff Erickson wereappointed as at-large members to thatcommittee.

NSEDC’s first quarter 2001 meeting will beheld in Nome in the spring.

NSEDC Holds 4th Quarter Board Meeting Board Elects Officersat Annual MeetingAt their Annual Meeting and 3rd quarterBoard Meeting, held in Nome in November,the NSEDC Board of Directors elected thefollowing individuals to the ExecutiveCommittee:

• Daniel Harrelson, Chairman• Henry Ivanoff, Vice-Chairman• Dean Peterson, Secretary• Donald Stiles, Treasurer• Harvey Sookiayak, Sergeant-at-arms

The following individuals were electedas Corporate Officers for NSEDC:

• Eugene Asicksik, President & CEO• Janis Ivanoff, Vice President• Jerry Ivanoff, Secretary• Janice Dickens, Treasurer

NSEDC Provides High School BannersNSEDC has undertaken a project to provide theBering Straits School District and Nome PublicSchool with banners displaying the District BasketballConference schools The banners will hang in thehigh school gyms.

NSEDC Employment • 2000 HighlightsFirst Quarter• CDQ pollock was harvested during the firstquarter by Glacier Fish Company. NineteenNorton Sound residents worked onboard theGlacier Fish Company vessels, F/V NorthernGlacier and F/V Pacific Glacier. Wages paidto NSEDC residents during the first quarter forthe pollock A Season fishery totaled $289,846.

• Two Norton Sound residents wereemployed by Glacier Fish Company on thelongliner F/V Norton Sound. Two residents,including a permanent full-time engineer andone processor, were employed by IcicleSeafoods. Wages paid to these four residentstotaled $33,190.

• Three Norton Sound residents were employedas interns during the first quarter. VirginiaNashalook continued her internship in theNSEDC Anchorage office as an Accounting /Administrative intern. Simon Kinneen began aone-year CDQ Harvest Management internship,also in the Anchorage office. Rebecca Derendoffof Huslia was placed with NSEDC’s harvesting/ processing partner, Icicle Seafoods, in theirSeattle office.

• A grand total of 39 individuals from the NortonSound region and neighboring communitiesworked in the fishing industry during thisquarter, earning $479,650 in gross wages.

Second Quarter• Although CDQ pollock was harvested duringthe first quarter, additional wages were paid inthe second quarter to the nineteen NortonSound residents who worked during the ASeason fishery. Wages paid in the secondquarter totaled $151,095.

• Twenty-five Norton Sound residents wereemployed by NSEDC/NSSP as processors, beachgang, and clerical positions at the NSSP facilitiesin the region. Wages paid totaled $9,672.

• Three Norton Sound residents wereemployed by Glacier Fish Company on thelongliner F/V Norton Sound. Two residents,including a permanent full-time engineerand one processor, were employed by IcicleSeafoods. Wages paid to these five residentstotaled $23,894.

• Three Norton Sound residents worked asskippers and deckhands onboard the NSEDCtender vessels and buying barge. One resident

was employed as NSEC’s Gear Coordinatorlocated in Unalakleet. Wages paid to these fourresidents totaled $16,525.

• Nine Norton Sound residents were employedas interns during the second quarter. VirginiaNashalook continued her internship in theNSEDC Anchorage office as an Accounting /Administrative intern. Simon Kinneen continuedhis CDQ Harvest Management internship, alsoin the Anchorage office. John Koezuna of Nomeand George Sookiayak of Shaktoolik worked asinterns with Icicle Seafoods. An additional fiveinterns were placed with Kawerak, Inc. and theAlaska Department of Fish and Game as fishtechnicians located at various salmon countingtowers on regional rivers.

• A grand total of 75 individuals from the NortonSound region and neighboring communitiesworked in the fishing industry during thisquarter, earning $394,000 in gross wages.

Third Quarter• CDQ pollock was harvested during the firstthree quarters. Twenty three Norton Soundresidents worked onboard the Glacier FishCompany vessels, F/V Northern Glacier and F/VPacific Glacier, during the third quarter andreceived $90,441 in wages.

• One hundred and one Norton Soundresidents were employed by NSEDC/NSSP asprocessors, beach gang, and clerical positionsat the NSSP facilities in the region. Wagespaid totaled $110,468.

• Nine Norton Sound residents worked asskippers and deckhands onboard the NSEDCtender vessels and buying barge. One residentwas employed as NSEDC’s Gear Coordinatorlocated in Unalakleet. Wages paid to these tenresidents totaled $63,540.

• One Norton Sound resident was employed byGlacier Fish Company on the longliner F/VNorton Sound. Twelve residents were employedby Glacier Fish Company on board the charterF/V Galaxy during the salmon season in NortonSound. One resident was employed by IcicleSeafoods as a permanent full-time engineer.Wages paid to these residents totaled $39,406.

• Fourteen Norton Sound residents wereemployed as interns during the third quarter.Virginia Nashalook continued her internship inthe NSEDC Anchorage office as an Accounting

/ Administrative intern. Simon Kinneencontinued his CDQ Harvest Managementinternship, also in the Anchorage office. GeorgeSookiayak of Shaktoolik continued as an internwith Icicle Seafoods. Harry Goldsberry of Nomewas placed as an intern with Glacier FishCompany in Seattle. An additional 10 internswere placed with Kawerak, Inc. and the AlaskaDepartment of Fish and Game as fish technicianslocated at various salmon counting towers onregional rivers.

• A grand total of 197 individuals from theNorton Sound region and neighboringcommunities worked in the fishing industryduring this quarter, earning $578,000 ingross wages.

Fourth Quarter• CDQ pollock was harvested by Glacier FishCompany, LLC during the third and fourthquarters. Twenty six Norton Sound residentsworked onboard the Glacier Fish Companyvessels, F/V Northern Glacier and F/V PacificGlacier, harvesting the CDQ pollock in the “C/D”season fishery. The wages paid to Norton Soundresidents in the fourth quarter totaled $159,529.

• Sixteen Norton Sound residents were employedby NSEDC/NSSP as processors, beach gang, andclerical positions at the NSSP facilities in theregion. They were paid almost $10,000 totalfor the fourth quarter.

• Glacier Fish Company employed two residentson the longliner F/V Norton Sound during thefourth quarter. Icicle Seafoods employed tworesidents during the fourth quarter, one as apermanent full-time engineer and the other asa processor. These residents received a totalof $18,700 for the quarter.

• Two Norton Sound residents were employedas interns during the fourth quarter. VirginiaNashalook continued her internship in theNSEDC Anchorage office as an Accounting /Administrative intern. Simon Kinneen continuedhis CDQ Harvest Management internship, alsoin the Anchorage office. Harry Goldsberry ofNome completed his internship with GlacierFish Company in Seattle.

• A grand total of 65 residents from theNorton Sound region and neighboringcommunities were employed in the fishingindustry during the fourth quarter, earningalmost $390,000 in wages.

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601 West 5th Avenue, Suite 415Anchorage, AK 99501Phone: (907) 274-2248Fax: (907) 274-2249Web Site: www.nsedc.com

NSEDC Mission Statement

"NSEDC will participate in and

encourage the clean harvest of all

Bering Sea fisheries to promote

and provide economic development

through education, employment,

training and financial assistance to

member communities and Western

Alaska, while protecting subsistence

resources."

1999–2000 NSEDCBoard Members

Brevig Mission • Walter Seetot

Diomede • Mary Menadelook

Elim • Oscar Takak

Gambell • Gilbert Ungott

Golovin • Dean Peterson

Koyuk • Danny Adams

Nome • Donald Stiles

Saint Michael • Victor Joe

Savoonga • Truman Kava

Shaktoolik • Harvey Sookiayak

Stebbins • Wilfred Katcheak

Teller • Isaac Oleasik

Unalakleet • Henry Ivanoff

Wales • Luther Komonaseak

White Mountain • Daniel Harrelson

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New staff, individuals with new responsibilities,and community liaisons were all added to theNSEDC staff during the latter part of 2000. Theseindividuals increase NSEDC’s capacity to serveits communities and further economicdevelopment efforts in the Norton Sound region.

New staff include William (Middy) Johnsonand Willa Eckenweiler in NSEDC’s UnalakleetOffice. They are joined by individuals who havemoved from internships or seasonal employmentto permanent employees, and by part-timecontract Community Outreach Liaisons in eachof NSEDC’s communities.

Middy Johnson began workingfor NSEDC as a contractor,examining the market forpotential sellers of IFQ’s. Inlate summer he was hired asthe Fisheries DevelopmentCoordinator, responsible fordeveloping a plan for conducting fisheriesdevelopment activities. In the fall, he began acrab tagging survey in Wales to determine thepotential of a crab fishery in that area.

Willa Eckenweiler joined NSEDC in the summeras the Community Outreach Coordinator. Willaoversees the Community Outreach Liaisonpositions in each of NSEDC’s communities.Willa is from Unalakleet and graduated fromCovenant High School in 1981.She graduated from theUniversity of Alaska Fairbanksin 1987 with a B.A. in RuralDevelopment. She worked inthe airline industry for 13years and worked seasonallyfor the Alaska Department ofFish and Game as a fisheries technician. Willais married to Gary Eckenweiler and has twodaughters, Giaana, 10, and Kira, 8.

Willa says that she has met a lot of NortonSound residents over the years in her work, and

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she looks forward to working with thecommunities. “I am happy to be working forNSEDC,” she says.

Interns in the NSEDC Anchorage Office that havemoved into permanent positions are SimonKinneen, CDQ Harvest Management /FisheriesBiologist and Virginia Nashalook, AssistantAccountant. Virginia began her internship inearly 2000 and has continuedwith permanent responsibilitiesinto the new year. Virginia isfrom Unalakleet, and herresponsibilities include NSSPaccounts payable, gear loan,and the Norton Sound Fund.She attended UAF aftergraduating from high school and is now attendingUAA, pursuing a degree in accounting.

Simon Kinneen of Nome beganhis internship in March of lastyear, following graduation fromthe University of AlaskaFairbanks in 1999. He attendedNational Marine FisheriesObserver Training in the spring

and assumed his responsibilities in the NSEDCoffice during the summer, moving into apermanent position with NSEDC in January.

Marzianno “Rocky”Piccinich, NSSP ProductionManager, recently moved fromseasonal employment to a year-round position with NSSP.Rocky is in charge of NSSPprocessing, working at theUnalakleet Plant and alsooverseeing production in Nome.

Rocky is from the Seattle area and has over 35years of seafood experience, including fourseasons with NSSP.(continued on inside)

Scholarship CommitteeWalter Seetot, ChairmanVictor JoeTruman KavaWilfred KatcheakGilbert UngottDenise Barengo (at large)Jerry Ivanoff (staff)

Financial Advisory CommitteeHenry Ivanoff, ChairmanDaniel HarrelsonHarvey SookiayakJack Carpenter (at large)Scott Henderson (at large)Steve Rieger (advisor)

Middy Johnson

Willa Eckenweiler Rocky Piccinich

Fisheries Development CommitteeEugene Asicksik, Chairman

Donald Stiles

Dean Peterson

Oscar Takak

Wilfred Katcheak

Daniel Harrelson

Isaac Okleasik

Jeff Erickson (at large)

Steve Ivanoff (at large)

Tom Magwire (Operations Manager)

John Bundy (GFC, LLC)

Rules/Bylaws Committee

Luther Komonaseak, Chairman

Oscar Takak

Harvey Sookiayak

Henry Ivanoff

Mary Menadelook

Dean Peterson

Donald Stiles

Isaac Okleasik

Virginia Mashalook

Simon Kinneen