Service Names New Assistant Regional Director for Subsistence Management
Peter Probasco has been approved as the Assistant Regional Director-Subsistence Management, replacing Tom Boyd, who recently retired. Prior to joining the Fish and Wildlife Service, Mr. Probasco worked for 22 years with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, beginning as a fishery biologist and, over time, advancing into positions of increased responsibility, culminating in his appointment as a Regional Supervisor based in Kodiak. In that capacity, he was responsible for all commercial, subsistence, and personal use fisheries for the Western Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, as well as the shellfish fisheries of the Bering Sea.
Mr. Probasco has worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Alaska Region Office of Subsistence Management for the past 6 years. He began as the State Fishery Liaison, representing the Federal Subsistence Program in dealings with the State of Alaska Board of Fish. For the last 2
