Chris Conklin is a 2nd generation commercial fisherman and owner of Seven Seas Seafood Market in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Chris manages both wholesale and retail business for Seven Seas, as well as a fleet of commercial fishing vessels Mostly in the Snapper-Grouper fishery.  He served 3 full terms (9 Years) on the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council as an advocate for the Commercial Fishing Industry. When not busy with his seafood business, Chris is an avid recreational angler, often participating in area fishing tournaments. Chris is a 2008 graduate of  The Citadel Military College of South Carolina.

Chris represents the South Atlantic Fishermen's Association.

Eric Kingma has served as the Executive Director of the Hawaii Longline Association (HLA) since 2019.  He has worked in fisheries management in Hawaii for over 20-years including for the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and US Coast Guard District 14 Office of Law Enforcement. Eric serves on several fisheries committees and advisory groups including the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Offshore Wind and Fisheries, NOAA’s American Fisheries Advisory Committee, and the respective US Advisory Committees to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission and Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Eric has an undergraduate Biology degree, Masters of Public Administration, and a Ph.D. in international fisheries law and policy.

Paddy O’Donnell is an active fisherman with over 41 years of commercial fishing experience. He has fished across the globe - Ireland, Scotland, California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska - and with multiple gear types including trawl, troll, gillnet, and longline. When Paddy is not on the water, he has been a committed industry leader, serving as: President of Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association and the North Pacific Rockfish Cooperative; Member of the NPFMC Advisory Panel, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Kodiak Advisory Committee, and the Monashka Bay Road Service Board; and Alternate Member of the City of Kodiak Port and Harbor Advisory Board and United Fishermen of Alaska. He is 30-year resident of Kodiak, Alaska.

Paddy represents the Alaska Whitefish Trawlers Association.

Lisa Damrosch comes from a multi-generational fishing family in Half Moon Bay, California, where her son now carries on the tradition as a fifth-generation commercial fisherman. With deep roots in the industry, Lisa has spent many years advocating for commercial fishing interests and working in fisheries management at both state and federal levels. She is the Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA), representing commercial fishing port associations along the West Coast and currently serves on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Dungeness Crab Gear Working Group. She has led programs such as the Dungeness Crab Lost Gear Recovery Program and partnered in establishing the California Groundfish Collective, where she helped implement an Electronic Monitoring Exempted Fishing Permit and supported a federal regulatory package now in effect. Lisa also brings seafood business experience in marketing, sales, logistics, and operations. She has always believed that thriving commercial fishing fleets and conservation can and should coexist, and that the economic, cultural, and food security contributions of commercial fishing should be protected and celebrated. This philosophy continues to guide PCFFA’s work under her leadership.

Lisa represents Half Moon Bay Groundfish Marketing Association