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BBEDC is working closely with Oceantrawl to encourage upward mobility within 

 the company, from iobs on the fish processing line up to bridge command. Addition- 

 ally, BBEDC is working toward an internship program that would place Bristol Bay 

 people in the Oceantrawl office in Seattle to gain office skills that would prepare 

 them for entry level work in any office in the region or the state. 



BBEDC also is working on a limited entry permit retention program. Bristol Bay 

 has had a 15 year trend of losing salmon permits from the region. Bristol Bay fish- 

 ermen owned 667 salmon drift permits and 652 salmon set net permits in 1975. By 

 1991, local ownership had dropped to 492 drift permits and 458 set net permits, a 

 loss of 175 in the drift fishery and 194 in the set net fishery. While some of those 



germits still may be owned by Alaskans, they no longer contribute to the Bristol 

 ay local economy. 



Additionally, many Bristol Bay limited entry permits are in jeopardy because of 

 IRS problems. BBEDC is implementing an ambitious program that will (1) help 

 stem the tide of permit auctions, (2) provide business and tax counseling services, 

 and (3) create a permit brokerage presence in Bristol Bay. BBEDC will work with 

 the processors and fishermen to develop a program that would set aside funds for 

 tax purposes. Another idea BBEDC is exploring is to work with the state on a buy 

 back program to regain permits that have migrated from Bristol Bay. The fishing 

 industry is the main source of income for the people of the region. 



BBEDC is working on a long-term investment plan through an investment fund 

 with the goal of maximizing yield while protecting the principal in order to have 

 reliable source of funding for community goals and objectives. BBEDC is investigat- 

 ing a variety of fishery-related businesses from long-lining to secondary processing. 



Finally, BBEDC is focusing its attention on the development of a regional fish- 

 eries infrastructure plan to quantify existing processing capacity, infrastructure 

 analysis, job opportunities, underutilized species study, and the research and devel- 

 opment of new fisheries products. 



YUKON DELTA FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION 



The Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association's approach has been to de- 

 velop a program that involves local people directly in the fishing, processing, and 

 marketing of locally available seafood products. A second goal is to provide opportu- 

 nities for seafood industry jobs in any location when jobs aren't available within the 

 region. 



YDFDA has provided training and jobs for 49 people on the factory trawler Gold- 

 en Alaska. YDFDA also trained 35 people on the four vessels it operates to fish and 

 to explore the fishing potential of local waters. 



YDFDA currently has four vessels fishing in the Norton Sound area. Through 

 their catches, they have demonstrated that commercial quantities of fish can be har- 

 vested and marketed from the area. 



YDFDA will provide opportunities for local fishermen to own boats and fishing 

 gear in order to have the tools required to participate and earn livable incomes from 

 Bering Sea fisheries. 



YDFDA's program has eight initiatives: (1) Training. (2) Employment. (3) Explor- 

 atory eastern Bering Sea fisheries research and training. (4) Salmon and herring 

 limited entry permit buy-back. (5) Multi-fishery vessels with local ownership. (6) De- 

 velopment of shoreside processing and value-added products. (7) Floating processor. 

 (8) Small business fisheries infrastructure. 



YDFDA provided matching funds to the Emmonak Fisheries Co-op that * * * 

 combined with funds from the Economic Development Administration and the De- 

 partment of Housing and Urban Development * * * will be used to build a 

 shorebased processing plant in Emmonak. 



This winter, YDFDA * * * in cooperation with the Alaska Vocational Technical 

 Education Center * * * will operate a longline fishery training program in Seward, 

 Alaska. 



YDFDA's goal is to use the income, training, and commercial stature of a ground- 

 fish CDQ allocation as the catalyst to create and sustain approximately 100 full- 

 time jobs and $3 million in annual wages, salaries, and proprietor income by the 

 year 1995. 



COASTAL VILLAGES FISHING COOPERATIVE 



The Coastal Villages Fishing Cooperative has created new employment opportuni- 

 ties for Kuskokwim and Yukon Delta region residents. During 1992 and thus far 

 in 1993, CVFC created sixty jobs at sea and another seventy jobs onshore. These 

 two employment programs have generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in in- 

 come to area residents. 



