04/02/2001 05:07 PM House FSH

                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
              HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES                                                                            
                         April 2, 2001                                                                                          
                           5:07 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
PRESENTATION  ON  AK  SEAFOOD INTERNATIONAL  (ASI)  BY  BOB  POE,                                                               
EXECUTIVE  DIRECTOR, AIDEA  AND JEFF  BUSH, DEPUTY  COMMISSIONER,                                                               
DEPT OF COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-15, SIDES A & B                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                              
REPRESENTATIVE GARY STEVENS, Co-Chair, called the House Special                                                                 
Committee on Fisheries meeting to order at 5:07 p.m.                                                                            
                                                                                                                              
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee members present were Representatives Scalzi, Dyson,                                                                   
Coghill, Kerttula, Kapsner, Wilson, and Stevens.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                              
BOB  POE, Executive  Director,  Alaska  Industrial Development  &                                                               
Export Authority (AIDEA); and  JEFFREY BUSH, Deputy Commissioner,                                                               
Office of  the Commissioner, Department  of Community  & Economic                                                               
Development,   presented   an    overview   on   Alaska   Seafood                                                               
International [ASI].   They discussed the creation  of ASI, funds                                                               
for this  project, their new  investor, and their vision  for the                                                               
future.   They  then responded  to questions  asked by  committee                                                               
members.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
There were no announcements.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                              
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
The committee took no action.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR STEVENS called an at-ease at  6:08 p.m. in order to hear                                                               
HB 206.   [The  minutes for  HB 206  are found  in the  6:13 p.m.                                                               
minutes for the same date.]                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE: The  meeting was  recorded and  handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska  99801  (mailing address),  (907)  465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.