[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 186 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO LARRY COTTER

 Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, today, on the occasion of his 
retirement, I would like to honor Lawrence P. ``Larry'' Cotter, a very 
special Alaskan who, for years, has given his heart and soul to our 
fishing industry, one of Alaska's most vital cultural and economic 
industries.
  Larry began working in Alaska's commercial fishing industry in 1974, 
when he was a seafood processing worker in Juneau. He then spent 8 
years as a labor organizer and representative for seafood processing 
workers and longshoremen. Additionally, Larry served on the advisory 
panel to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council for 6 years and 
then as a voting member of the council for an additional 6 years. The 
time of Larry's service on the council was during the transition years 
when foreign fishing was being phased out, our U.S. domestic fishing 
and processing capabilities were stepping up to replace the foreign 
fleets, and allocation issues among U.S. fisheries interests were first 
coming to the forefront.
  These were difficult, challenging, and exciting times in Alaska's 
fishing industry, and Larry was on the frontlines for all of it, 
helping to shape the most sustainable, best managed fisheries in the 
world.
  Until recently, Larry has served as founding CEO of the Community 
Development Quota--CDQ--Group, known as the Aleutian Pribilof Island 
Community Development Association, or APICDA, which has provided jobs 
and scholarships for thousands of Aleutian and Pribilof Island 
residents, and has helped develop the workforce and build 
infrastructure throughout the region.
  Larry is my friend and a great Alaskan. His leadership in the seafood 
industry has helped make Alaska the ``superpower of seafood.''
  Thank you, Larry, for your tremendous contributions to our 
sustainable fisheries. Enjoy your retirement, and best of luck in your 
continuing endeavors.

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