Personnel file

• Stephanie Madsen, longtime executive director of the At-sea Processors Association, will retire at the end of the year. APA represents Bering Sea pollock factory trawlers.

• Michelle Stratton is the new executive director of the Alaska Marine Conservation Council.

• At its meeting this month, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council reelected Angel Drobnica as chair. She is director of fisheries and government affairs for the Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Association.

A leadership transition at AMCC

Here's the announcement.

AMCC's legal fundraiser

The Alaska Marine Conservation Council has launched a GoFundMe campaign to "help stop halibut bycatch."

Theft staggers Alaska Marine Conservation Council

Anchorage police are seeking a former employee suspected of stealing $100,000 from the Alaska Marine Conservation Council.

The theft was disastrous for the Anchorage-based nonprofit organization, forcing staff furloughs and job losses, detectives say.

AMCC advocates for small-boat fishermen, coastal communities and environmental causes. Its people are respected players in fish policy debates before the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.

For more details, go to The Brig to see the police department's plea for public assistance in finding the suspect, Travis Robinson.