Alaska Marine Safety Education Association

04/09/2026

03/24/2026

Spring has officially sprung 🌷

Mark your calendars for FREE safety classes coming in April. Register at fishingpartnership.org/calendar

Learn why a recent participant shared, "Anyone on the water should have this knowledge. I took for granted how much I thought I knew. Nowhere near enough."

03/17/2026

We had such a great time at the Alaska Mariculture Conference. Thank you to everyone we met and everyone who stopped by our poster.

Alaska Sea Grant Alaska Mariculture Research & Training Center

03/13/2026

The Northwest Center for Public Health Practice with support from the Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, is developing an e-learning training for commercial fishers focused on substance use awareness, overdose recognition, and life-saving rescue medications like naloxone (NARCAN®).

They are conducting a short (5–10 minute) anonymous and confidential survey, open from March 5–31, 2026, to hear directly from fishers, community partners, researchers, and others who support fishing communities.

Thank you for helping keep people safe. Please share this survey with your networks for maximum impact.

Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center

http://tinyurl.com/OOPTsurvey

03/04/2026

Instructor Spotlight!

Curt Farrell is the instructor we are proud to highlight this month. He does amazing work and has been a tremendous asset to the AMSEA instructor team.

Curt began teaching in the early 2000s after retiring from a 20‑year career in the Coast Guard. At the time, there were very few Drill Conductors available, and with the only instructor in Oregon preparing to retire, he stepped in to help fill the gap. What started as a practical need quickly became something he truly enjoyed. He still remembers the moment it became meaningful on a deeper level, when a student told him, “Your class saved my life.” From then on, he was all in.

He especially enjoys teaching damage control and stability. The DC trainer brings out a sense of fun for everyone involved, and the stability demo is one of his favorite parts of the job. He loves watching the light bulbs come on as students connect the dots.

Curt hopes that once fishermen are back on the grounds, they remember to think like survivors. In a casualty situation, he wants them to reach into the survival tool bag built during training and use the skills he and the AMSEA team have worked hard to give them.

02/26/2026

We had the best time hosting the Alaska Fellows for a lunch and learn.

Thank you to the organizations that came out to learn about what AMSEA does.

02/23/2026

Federal health officials have rescinded all layoffs at the workplace safety agency critical to the health and safety of harvesters in the commercial fishing industry. 

02/19/2026

Check out our updated flier for the 2026 Fishermen's Expo! The event will take place on Tuesday, February 24 from 8:45am - 5pm online or at the NSRAA Conference Room.