Wild Seafood Connection is produced by Colibri NW. Please join us on February 25, 2027, in Bellingham, WA!
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Hear from these industry leaders on February 25, 2027.
Bobby Briscoe, Commissioner
Port of Bellingham
Bobby Briscoe is a fourth-generation fisherman who was born and raised in Bellingham. He is a life-long independent businessman who has operated commercial fishing vessels for more than 40 years out of Squalicum Harbor and has worked in ports from California to Alaska. Bobby Briscoe has served as president of the Puget Sound Crab Fisherman Association.
Commissioner Briscoe and his wife Carol live in Blaine and are the parents of two grown sons and the grandparents of four boys.
Peter Philips
Colibri Northwest
Peter and his team work with transit agencies, municipal administrators, elected officials and associations to develop policy, communicate policy to stakeholders and successfully implement public policy in the field. Areas of particular expertise include marine transit policy, industrial and urban land use, print communications and public relations. Peter has more than 40 years of experience in maritime publishing, conference production, industrial and marine lands policy, and advocacy for the maritime and commercial fishing industries. From 1999-2020 Peter was president of Philips Publishing Group and publisher of Fishermen’s News, Foghorn and Pacific Maritime Magazine, monthly magazines for the commercial fishing, marine transit, and maritime transportation industries.