Matt Alward is the owner of Alward Fisheries and Just Knots LLCs out of Homer, Alaska. He has been fishing in Alaska since 1994 and building and repairing purse seines professionally since 1995. Matt started Bulletproof Nets LLC in 2007 which exhibited at PMC many years before selling the business to LFS in 2020 and starting Just Knots. As both a commercial fishing business and marine trades business owner Matt appreciates the value that PME brings to the industry.