Review Panel |
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Invitee |
Institution |
Background |
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Don
Boesch, Chair |
President,
Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland |
http://www.umces.edu/President/ Dr. Boesch is an internationally known marine
ecologist who has conducted extensive research in coastal and continental
shelf environments. He has published two books and more than 60 papers on a
wide range of scientific and science policy topics. He has been a member of
the Marine Board and the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research
Council, and he has chaired three prominent NRC committees. Dr. Boesch has
also served on national advisory boards for the Department of the Interior,
Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the President's National Science
and Technology Council. |
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Mike Beck |
Senior
Scientist Marine
Initiative The
Nature Conservancy |
www.nature.org/initiatives/marine Since 1998 has directed coastal and marine science
initiatives for The Nature Conservancy. Previously held a number of academic
research psositions at universities in the US and Australia. Research focus
on marine planning and the influence of habitat structure on marine
ecosystems. Member of advisory committees for EPA, the Heinz Center, the
European Union, NatureServe, and the Commission for Environmental
Cooperation. |
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Bob Cowen |
Professor and Maytag Chair of Ichthyology University of Miami RSMAS/MBF Miami, FL 33149-1098 |
Research on ecology and early life history of fishes
and the biological and physical oceanographic processes affecting the
retention and transport of larval fishes, in terms of examining larval
dynamics, population replenishment and connectivity. Also worked on the
reproductive and population biology of hermaphroditic (sex-changing) fishes,
as well as community ecology of kelp bed systems. Recent focus on role of
juvenile habitat in the recruitment of fishes, population connectivity in
marine fishes, and early life history dynamics of billfish. |
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Susan
Hanna |
Professor Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics Oregon State University |
http://marineresearch.oregonstate.edu/assets/page_folders/faculty_page/hanna_hp.htm Fishery economics, fishery management, history of
fishery policy, and property rights. Focus on promoting the economic and
ecological productivity of marine resources by improving management
performance. She has served as a scientific advisor to the Pacific Fishery
Management Council, Northwest Power Planning Council, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Minerals Management Service, and National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. Member of the National Research Council's Ocean
Studies Board and several NRC Committees, including the Committee to assess
Pacific Northwest salmonids and the committee to Review Individual Quotas in
Fisheries. President of the International Association for the Study of Common
Property and a member of the Executive Committee of the International
Institute of Fisheries Economics |
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Patrick
J. Sullivan (Invited) |
Professor Dept. of Natural Resources Cornell University |
http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/people/faculty/profiles/sullivan.html The dynamics of natural populations and communities is the
central focus of his teaching and research. Using statistical methods, such
as survey sampling, nonlinear population modeling and assessment, and spatial
statistics, to observe and model the dynamics of natural systems in a
quantitative way, he is particularly interested in how variation can be used
to characterize natural systems, address uncertainty and determine risk in
order to improve environmental management. His research has focused mainly on
fisheries problems in marine and freshwater environments. These include
statistical methods for population assessment and modeling, methods for data
acquisition and utilization, spatial modeling of habitat and abundance, and
formulating mechanisms for making better use of information in the management
arena. |
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Steve Murawski |
Chief, Population Dynamics Branch Northeast Fisheries Science Center NOAA Fisheries |
Fisheries science and management. Stock assessment.
Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole. Direct experience with
design and evaluation of large closed areas in New England. |
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Michael Sissenwine |
Director Science and Research at the Northeast Fisheries
Science Center NOAA Fisheries |
Population dynamics and fishery management, NOAA
Deputy Asst Adm for Fisheries, former NMFS Chief Scientist and Science
Director NMFS. Has provided scientific advice to US policy makers and
managers re conservation and management of marine living resources. Convenor
of several international scientific conferences, delegate to the
International Council for Exploration of the Sea, Scientific Council member
for the North Atlantic Fisheries Organization, delegate to the Pacific
Science Association, former member of the scientific steering committee for
the US Global Ecosystem Dynamics program (GLOBEC) and a former co-director of
GLOBEC, Chair of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research for the United
Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), member National Research
Council Ocean Studies Board. |
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Daniel Suman |
Associate Professor of Marine Affairs and Policy University of Miami |
http://www.bio.miami.edu/info/ESC/suman.html Member IUCN Commission on Environmental Law. Research Interests include adaptability of the
fishing sectors in Chile, Peru, and Ecuador to ENSO ("El Niño")
climate variability, mangrove management in Latin American and Caribbean
countries, establishment of MPAs.
Emphasis on integrating ecological, policy, economic, and legal
aspects of complex resource management problems. Active in international
committees and forums. |
Presenters |
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Invitee |
Institution |
Background |
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Dick
Allen |
New
England fisherman |
36-year commercial fishing career, in
lobster, surf clam, groundfigh, herring, and menhaden fisheries. Earned
highest honors from fisheries and marine technology program at the Univ Rhode
Island. BS in Natural Resource Development and MS in Marine Affairs. Fishery
consultant, Council member for 9 years, commissioner on Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission for 11 years, former member US Dept Commerce
Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee. Pew Fellow focusing on facilitating
science-industry collaboration by introducing computer simulation models of
the lobster fishery to the lobster fishing community. Central interst in
showing that fishery conservation can be both biologically and economically
beneficial. |
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Jim
Balsiger |
Regional
Administrator Alaska
Region NOAA
Fisheries |
Previously Regional Science and Research
Director, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 1995 – 2000, Deputy Director of
the Center, from 1991 – 1995, and Program Leader for the Status of Stocks,
1977 – 1991. Currently responsible for stewardship of Alaska’s living marine
resources including management of fisheries in the 3 to 200 mile Exclusive
Economic Zone. Voting member of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council
and serves on several boards and advisory councils, including the
International Pacific Halibut Commission, the North Pacific Research Board,
the Advisory Council for the University of Alaska’s School of Fisheries and
Ocean Sciences, and the Pollock Conservation Co-op Research Council.
Represents NOAA on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. |
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Loo
Botsford |
Professor Wildlife,
Fisheries and Conservation Biology University
of California, Davis |
http://wfcb.ucdavis.edu/www/faculty/Loo/BotsfordSiteFiles/BotsfordMain.html Research focus is the application of age, size
and spatially structured population models to practical problems, usually
problems in marine conservation of fisheries. Combines modeling approaches
with field work to better understand critical aspects of dynamics, primarily
on ocean influences on larval transport and estimation of vital rates from
size distributions. Retrospectiveanalyses of past data includes primarily
calculations of the degree of covariability between environmental and
biological variables. Has developed influential models that describe and
predict the performance of marine reserves under different situations. |
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Ken Frank |
Department
of Fisheries and Oceans Bedford
Institute of Oceanography |
Many years of management experience with DFO, including
stock assessments of haddock fishery and evaluation of the large haddock
closure in the North Atlantic. Current research focus on fisheries ecology,
resource conservation, biogeographic theory, fisheries oceanography, and
marine ecosystem assessment. |
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Arne
Fuglvog |
Alaska
fisherman President,
Petersburg Vessel Owner’s Association |
A lifelong resident of Petersburg, Alaska, has
been fishing commercially since 1975, primarily longlining for halibut and
sablefish, but has participated in salmon, herring and crab fisheries
throughout the state of Alaska. President of Petersburg Vessel Owners
Association and a member North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, after
serving 9 years on its advisory panel. Member Research Advisory Board to
the International Pacific Halibut Commission. Named one of National
Fisherman's "highliners of the year" for 2003. |
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Rod
Fujita |
Senior Scientist Environmental Defense |
Worked on acid rain,
ozone depletion, global climate change, and protecting marine ecosystems.
Initiated Environmental Defense’s Coral Reef Project, played a lead role in
establishing the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Leads efforts to
create sustainable fisheries along the Pacific coast of the U.S., in Hawaii,
and in international waters. Currently working to stop overfishing and to
create networks of marine reserves to increase fishery yields while
protecting marine biodiversity and ecosystem health |
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Mark Hixon |
Professor Department of Zoology Oregon State University |
http://oregonstate.edu/~hixonm/index.htm
Marine ecologist expert on coastal marine fishes,
with research on mechanisms that naturally regulate populations and sustain
biodiversity of marine fish. Collated research on potential fisheries
benefits of existing West Coast marine reserves. Appointed to several
advisory boards, including the MPA Federal Advisory Committee. |
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Steve Palumbi |
Professor Hopkins Marine Station Stanford University Stanford University |
http://www-marine.stanford.edu/HMSweb/palumbi.html Research on genetics,
evolution, population biology, and systematics of a diverse array of marine
organisms. Major focus is genetics of marine populations in the context of
marine protected areas for conservation and fisheries enhancement. Second
focus is use of molecular genetic techniques for the identification of whale
and dolphin products available in commercial markets. Third is mechanisms of
reproductive isolation and their influence on patterns of speciation and
degree of genetic structure in marine systems. |
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Andy Rosenberg |
Dean, Life Sciences and Agriculture University of New Hampshire |
Research focus on marine
science, marine policy, and marine fisheries. Former deputy director of the National
Marine FisheriesService, was a key agency policymaker and liaison to
Congress, senior levels of the administration, resource management partners,
and the public. Previously NMFS Northeast regional administrator, where
played major role in developing and implementing recovery plans for New
England fisheries which now are showing improvements. Implemented protection
plans for marine mammals such as harbor porpoise and right whales, and
endangered species like Atlantic salmon. Prior head of delegation to the
North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization and the Northwest Atlantic
Fisheries Organization. |
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Vidar Wespestad |
President Resource Analyst International |
Consults in area of global marine resource
assessment. Chief Fisheries Scientist for the Pacific Whiting Conservation
Cooperative, an organization of U.S. west coast at-sea processing companies.
Another major client is the American Fisheries Research Foundation. From 1977
to 1997 he was a fishery research biologist with the U.S. National Marine
Fisheries Service. At the time of his retirement from government service, Dr.
Wespestad was leader of the Bering Sea stock assessment group at the Alaska
Fishery Science Center. He is a recipient of the American Fisheries Society's
Distinguished Service Award for organizing and co-chairing the First World
Fishery Congress, and has held fellowships from the Norwegian Fishery
Research Council, the Norwegian Marshall Fund, and the Rockefeller
Foundation. He received his Ph.D. in fisheries from the University of
Washington |