Wild Seafood Connection is produced by Colibri NW. Happening February 27, 2025.
SPEAKER BIOS
Hear from these industry leaders on February 27, 2025.
Bobby Briscoe, Commissioner
Port of Bellingham
Bobby Briscoe is a fourth-generation fisherman who was born and raised in Bellingham. He is a life-long independent businessman who has operated commercial fishing vessels for more than 40 years out of Squalicum Harbor and has worked in ports from California to Alaska. Bobby Briscoe has served as president of the Puget Sound Crab Fisherman Association.
Commissioner Briscoe and his wife Carol live in Blaine and are the parents of two grown sons and the grandparents of four boys.
Amy Grondin
Duna Fisheries, LLC
Amy Grondin is a commercial salmon fisherman and fishes off the coast of Washington and Southeast Alaska. When not on the water, she works as a commercial fishing outreach specialist and sustainable food systems consultant. Amy is on the board of Organic Seed Alliance as well as being a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier and the Local Catch Network. She advocates for sustainable local and regional food systems and has great concern for the sustainability of ocean resources. Port Townsend, WA is her homeport.
Jenna Keeton
Washington Sea Grant
Jenna works to address the needs of Washington’s fisheries-dependent communities through targeted outreach and collaborative research. At Washington Sea Grant (WSG) Jenna’s overarching motivation is to strengthen networks among sustainable commercial fisheries, the seafood industry and consumers. Specifically, she strives to 1) support commercial fishers in developing economic resiliency, 2) coordinate career development workshops to encourage the next generation of the commercial fishing fleet, and 3) lead community-based needs assessments to appreciate local needs and concerns related to the fishing and seafood industries.
Prior to joining WSG in 2021, Jenna studied and worked throughout the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and the Intermountain West. She began her career in fisheries as an undergraduate with the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. Here, she also studied with the Alaska Salmon Program in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Jenna expanded her foundational knowledge of commercial and tribal fisheries management at NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center, where she monitored salmon populations in the Columbia River headwaters. Jenna earned her master’s degree in aquatic ecology from Utah State University studying aquatic invasive species management. Most recently, she worked with the agriculture industry in central Oregon to develop and implement sustainable water conservation practices. Jenna has always held fisheries close to her heart and she joined the commercial fleet in 2021 as a deckhand in the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery.
Jenna pays close attention to socioeconomic characteristics of Washington’s fisheries because she believes they can help tell a story about the complex interactions between sustainable fisheries and the communities who depend upon them.
Peter Philips
Colibri Northwest
Peter and his team work with transit agencies, municipal administrators, elected officials and associations to develop policy, communicate policy to stakeholders and successfully implement public policy in the field.
Areas of expertise include marine transportation and marine transit, commercial fishing, industrial and urban land use.
Peter has 35 years of experience in industrial and marine lands policy development, and advocacy for the maritime and commercial fishing industries, including conference production and print publishing.
From 1999-2020 Peter was president of Philips Publishing Group and publisher of Fishermen’s News, Foghorn and Pacific Maritime Magazine, monthly magazines for the commercial fishing, marine transit, and maritime transportation industries.
Today Peter owns and operates Colibri Northwest serving private and municipal clients and associations from offices in Des Moines, WA.