Whittier Advisory Committee

The Whittier AC has nine undesignated seats with members residing in Anchorage, Whittier, Girdwood, Big Lake and Wasilla. The Whittier AC meets on an as needed basis. This committee primarily focuses on Prince William Sound fisheries issues. It has strong sport and commercial fishing interests. Areas of jurisdiction for the Whittier AC are Game Management Units 6, 7, and 14; and PWS–Lower Copper River area fisheries.

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Regional Coordinator

Fari Fernandez — fari.fernandez@alaska.gov
Phone: (907) 267-2354

Advisory Committee Members

Name Title Designated Seat Term Expiration
Jon Van Hyning Chair 06/2026
David Pinquoch Vice Chair 06/2024
James Norris Secretary 06/2026
Jody Mason 06/2025
Gordon Scott 06/2025
Brad Von Wichman 06/2026
Brett Wilbanks 06/2024
Brett Roth 06/2024
Darrell Melancon Alternate 06/2024
Bruce Bowman Alternate 06/2024

Meeting Information

26 meetings found

Meeting
Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee Meeting
Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee will be holding a public meetingMarch 30 @ 2:00 pm and April 6 @ 2:00 pm over zoomJoin Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89148006000?pwd=6IC1pL1PGmLAOtvW8lUt0WdjVIqPJY.1Meeting ID: 891 4800 6000 Passcode: 1234Agenda Items Include: ...

Posted 3/25/2024

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee Meeting
Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee will be holding a public meetingSaturday, December 2 @ 1:00 pm over Zoom or TeleconferenceJoin Zoom Meeting by clicking on link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82662737068?pwd=MXKnm7VL5y5udCXs9SqYHoYkIqs7nt.1Or join by teleconference : Telecon...

Posted 12/01/2023

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee Meeting
Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee will be holding a public meeting February 18 @ 1:00 pm via Zoom or TeleconferenceJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/81061453498?pwd=ZnN4UXN1WEI2ZGw4cXkxb2w2eTBpUT09  Meeting ID: 810 6145 3498Passcode: 257257Teleconferenc...

Posted 2/08/2023

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee Meeting
Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee will be holding a public meetingSaturday, January 22, 2022 @ 1:00 pm Via Teleconference Phone Number: 1800-504-8071Access Code: 2672354Agenda items will include the following:Advisory Committee Elections Board of Fisheries Propo...

Posted 12/09/2021

Cancelled: Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee Meeting
Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee will be holding a public meetingSaturday, November 20, 2021 at 1:00 pm. via Teleconference Phone Number: 1-800-504-8071Access Code: 2672354Agenda items will include the following: Alaska Board of Fisheries Proposals for&...

Posted 11/10/2021

Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee hold an election meeting on Saturday, January 5th, 2019 at 1 pm at Whittier Public Safety Building, 660 Whittier St, City Council chambers on 3rd floor.   Also on the agenda will be discussion of the hatchery committee iss...

Posted 12/19/2018

Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee hold an election meeting on Saturday, December 1st, 2018 at 1 pm at Whittier Public Safety Building, 660 Whittier St, City Council chambers on 3rd floor.  Also on the agenda will be discussion of the hatchery committee issues, ...

Posted 11/08/2018

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the Anchor Inn, located at 743 Whittier St at 1 pm.   Agenda will include preparing comments on the BOF shellfish proposals.   This meeting will be available via teleco...

Posted 1/26/2018

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will hold elections on Saturday, November 4th at the Anchor Inn, located at 743 Whittier St at 1 pm.   Agenda will also include preparing comments for the Board of Fisheries PWS proposals and any other business that may pr...

Posted 10/10/2017

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet on Saturday, April 8th at the Anchor Inn at 2 pm. Agenda includes discussing proposals to submit for Board of Fisheries.    For more information contact Jon Van Hyning at 355-3050.   To be add...

Posted 3/31/2017

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will hold an election meeting on Saturday, December 10th at 2 pm at the Anchor Inn in Whittier.   Agenda will include discussion of PWS tanner crab BOF proposals, preparation of BOF proposals for the upcoming PWS meeting c...

Posted 11/14/2016

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee
 The Whittier Fish & Game AdvisoryCommittee will meet Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 1 pm at the Anchor Inn.   Agenda will include preparingcomment on Statewide BOF proposals and discussion of proposals to submit forStatewide King & Tanner crab (due April 8...

Posted 1/26/2016

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will hold elections November 21st at the Anchor Inn at 1 pm.   Also on the agenda will be preparation of comments for the BOF statewide proposals.   For more information contact Jon Van Hyning at 376-9665.To be a...

Posted 10/29/2015

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet at the Anchor Inn on Saturday, February 21st at 1 pm. Agenda includes to prepare comments on the BOF Statewide shellfish proposals and prepare comments on the Unit 6 BOG proposals and any other business that may prope...

Posted 1/23/2015

Whittier Fish and Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will have an election meeting on Saturday, November 15th at 1 pm at the Anchor Inn.   Also on the agenda will be preparation of comments for Prince William Sound finfish and shellfish Board of Fisheries proposals.  &#...

Posted 10/21/2014

Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet Saturday, March 22nd at the Anchor Inn  at 1:00 pm. Agenda will include:  prepare Board of Fisheries proposals to submit.   For more information contact Jon Van Hyning at 355-3050.  To be adde...

Posted 2/24/2014

Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will hold an election meeting at the Anchor Inn in Whittier on November 30th at 1:00 pm.   Also on the agenda will be: Preparation/discussion of a subcommittee to develop BOF proposals for PWS finfish and shellfish...

Posted 11/04/2013

Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee Meeting
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet March 9th at 1 pm at the Anchor Inn in Whittier in order to finalize comments on the Southcentral Region BOG proposals, and the Statewide BOF proposals. For more information contact Jon Van Hyning at 376-9665.If you’...

Posted 2/20/2013

Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet at the Anchor Inn in Whittier on November 17th at 1 pm in order to hold elections, discuss Joint Board proposals to submit and prepare comments on the Board of Fisheries Statewide proposals. For more information contact J...

Posted 10/26/2012

Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet at the Inn in Whittier on March 3rd at 2 pm in order to prepare comments on BOF shellfish proposals and consider if they have any BOF or BOG proposals to submit. For more information contact Jon Van Hyning at 355-3050. I...

Posted 2/16/2012

Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee Meeting
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet at the Anchor Inn in Whittier on November 5th at 2 pm in order to hold elections and prepare comments on the Board of Fisheries Prince William Sound finfish and Statewide shellfish proposals. For more information contact ...

Posted 10/21/2011

Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet March 19th onboard the Babkin on B float at 2:30 pm in order to finalize proposals to submit for Board of Fisheries consideration. For more information contact Jon Van Hyning at 355-3050. Dave Pinquoch is supposed to be ...

Posted 2/18/2011

Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet November 27th at 12 noon at the Anchor Inn to hold elections and discuss proposals to submit for the Prince William Sound. For more information contact Jon Van Hyning at 355-3050.If you’d like to see the proposals t...

Posted 10/27/2010

Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will hold an election meeting Thursday, October 15th at 7 pm at the Anchor Inn. Also on the agenda will be a discussion of reducing black bear hunting effort in PWS. For more information contact Jon Van Hyning at 376-9665 or Sherr...

Posted 9/21/2009

Public Notice For The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet March 7th at the Anchor Inn in Whittier at 1 pm to prepare comments for the upcoming BOF meeting. For more information, contact Jon Van Hyning at 355-3050.If you’d like to see the proposals that are under considerat...

Posted 3/01/2009

Notice Of Public Meeting For The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee
The Whittier Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet November 15th at 11 am at the Anchor Inn to hold elections, prepare comments for the Board of Fisheries PWS / Copper River meeting and consider proposals to submit to the Board of Game for Southcentral Alaska. For more in...

Posted 10/27/2008