CBSFA Elects Melovidov as President
Veteran commercial harvester Ray Melovidov has been elected president of the Central Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association, filling the post long held by Phillip Lestenkof, who recently retired after nearly 20 years.
The appointment was announced on Jan. 5 by the CBSFA’s board of directors. The fishermen’s association is the management organization for St. Paul Island, Alaska, which has a mandate to manage fishery resources for the island in the Pribilofs, a small island group in the Bering Sea.
“While the community faces some significant challenges, CBSFA is well positioned to help deal with them and continue contributing to the community,” Melovidov said in a statement.
He noted that having been born and raised on St. Paul Island, where he lives with his family, that the CBSFA’...