ALFA Drawing
Dear Editor: On Sunday, the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association wrapped up the annual ALFA Seafood Raffle by drawing five lucky winners. And the winners are: Carolyn Nichols, Dorothy Childers, Christine Cahill, Eric Jordan and Thad Poulson! Each winner will receive a 10-pound box of premium Alaskans Own Seafood, with each box including king salmon, halibut, sablefish, and rockfish.
The winners now have a tough decision to make – enjoy the fish themselves or send it Fedex, at no cost to the winner, to a lucky friend or family member. Hard to go wrong!
Alaskans Own provides locally caught seafood to subscribers and customers across Alaska and the lower 48. This Community Supported Fishery program contributes to marine conservation and research though direct support to fishermen engaged in ALFA’s Fishery Conservation Network.
Our congratulations to the winners and our grateful thanks to everyone who purchased a raffle ticket this year. Special thanks to the ALFA members who donated fish for the raffle: Steve Fish, Gary Egerton, Jeff Farvour and Stephen Rhoads, and to Sitka Sound Seafoods and Seafood Producers Cooperative for donating the processing of our raffle fish. A special thank you to Kari Sagel, who helped staff a raffle table at Sea Mart on an autumn Saturday morning and showed us how selling is really done!
Thank you also to the ALFA members who sold tickets or staffed the ALFA table during Whalefest—we deeply appreciate your time and salesmanship: Dick Curran, Greta Healy, Sarah Jordan, Cecilia Dumouchel, Jacquie Foss, Joe D’Arienzo, Wendy Alderson, Steve Fish, Megan Pasternak, Nancy Behnken, Norm Pillen, Jeff Farvour and Terry Perensovich. Thank you to logistics coordinator extraordinaire – Brooke Schafer – for ensuring both the raffle and ALFA’s Whalefest participation ran smoothly. And last but not least – thank you to the Sitka Sound Science Center for hosting yet another successful, interesting and fun-filled Whalefest!
Linda Behnken
and the rest of the ALFA Team
