Governor Sean Parnell has announced his picks for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. 

Two seats will open on the Council in August and Parnell is casting his vote with the Anchorage residents who currently fill them.   Ed Dersham and Dan Hull are both finishing their first full terms as councilors.

Dersham is a charter boat operator and lodge owner in Cook Inlet.  He took his seat on the Council in 2007 after another councilor resigned.  He’s also served on the state’s Board of Fisheries.

Hull owns a vessel that fishes commercially for halibut and salmon out of Cordova. Governor Sarah Palin appointed him to the Council in 2009.

Governor Parnell chose charter operator Timothy Evers and Petersburg Vessel Owner’s Association director Julianne Curry as alternates.

The Governor’s picks will go to the Secretary of Commerce for approval.