KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska
On Friday, Governor Sean Parnell named a Fairbanks man to the Alaska Board of Fisheries.
Mike Smith has worked for the Tanana Chiefs Conference for 20 years in a variety of fisheries- and resources-related positions, and currently serves as the organization’s director of subsistence resources. He has been a subsistence and commercial fisherman in the Interior and has gained experience in fisheries management issues as a member of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Bering Sea Salmon Bycatch Work Group, the Yukon River Panel Technical Committee, the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable Salmon Initiative, and the Western Arctic Salmon Stock Identification Program.
Smith also has served as a state legislative aide and as a member of the Fairbanks Community Health Corporation and Fairbanks Habitat for Humanity.
Smith will begin service immediately, completing the remainder of the term formerly held by Janet Woods, which runs through June 30, 2012. His appointment will be subject to legislative confirmation.
