Dr. Everett comes from a fishing family and worked 31 years in 13 positions in the Federal Government as a researcher, analyst and manager in fisheries and ocean programs. He is President of OAI Consulting (DBA of Ocean Associates, Inc.) and developed and managed the UN Atlas of the Oceans for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy. The Atlas is CD-ROM and Internet-based, containing information relevant to sustainable development of the oceans and to the advancement of ocean science. He provides consulting services on oceans and fisheries policy and sustainability, Information Technology, global climate change and impacts at the global and local level on coasts, fisheries, and on oceans, including adaptation strategies. He testified (US Congress: House and Senate) on Climate Change and Fisheries in 2007, and in 2008, on the Ecosystem Role of Forage Fish in the Atlantic. He used the materials he prepared for his climate change testimony to inaugerate a new site called Climate Change Facts which he hopes will provide unbiased truth about climate change. He has testified in 2007-2008 in Congress on the impacts of climate change on fisheries and oceans and on considerations for forage fish management. In 2010 he testified twice before different US Senate committees about ocean acidification and the Gulf oil spill. Examples of his recent work and that of OAI are available at the corporate website.
Dr. Everett worked 31 years in 13 positions as a Federal fisheries scientist and manager, including: Senate Commerce Committee (Ocean Policy Study) staff; Staff to NOAA Administrator; NOAA Fisheries Director of Policy and Planning; Manager of Dolphin/Tuna Research (La Jolla) and Chief of Fisheries Development. For several years he was Deputy/Acting Director of Research and Environmental Information. At NOAA retirement he was Chief of the NOAA Fisheries Division of Research, coordinating the NOAA nationwide program in fisheries research, and managing several aspects including nation-wide scientific reporting, program planning and evaluation, and the Scientific Publications Office. His collateral duty as Manager of the UN Atlas of Oceans followed him into his post NOAA career. He has coordinated fishing gear and sampling equipment development in several positions. He often acted internationally, coordinating and representing NOAA inputs (all facets) over a decade to the Impacts Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in his capacities as: Convening Lead Author for Fisheries; Lead Author for Oceans; Member, Methodology Committee; Co-Chair for Polar Regions; and Co-Chair for Oceans and Coastal Zones. Similarly, he developed the UN Atlas of the Oceans as UN Project Manager while also serving as NOAA’s Point of Contact to the Atlas, and a NOAA manager. He also coordinated NOAA inputs as a Member of the OSTP Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences Task Force on Ecosystems. He knows NOAA programs, structure, administrative processes and personnel. He recently prepared an assessment of West Coast Fisheries and Fisheries Management for FAO and a profile of US fisheries for NOAA. Dr. Everett’s breadth is demonstrated by prior appointments to many NOAA-wide Boards, such as: NOAA High Performance Computing Council, National Review Panel of the National Undersea Research Program, NOAA Environmental Sciences and Data Information Management Program, Sea Grant Science and Technology Committee, US Interagency El Niño Southern Oscillation Systems Council, NOAA Total Quality Management Board; NOAA Quality Council, NOAA Performance Standards Review Board, and Co-Chair of NOAA, EPA and Coast Guard Committee on ocean dumping. He has served on the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Ecosystem Indicators of Climate Change.
Prior to NOAA, he coordinated launches in the Apollo Program at Cape Kennedy and was a commercial fisherman in Massachusetts. His role as a member of the Apollo Launch Team is here.
He holds a Doctorate
and Masters from Florida State University focused on systems analysis,
natural resources research and management, and on quantitative methods.
He is indebted to the vision of Dr. William Royce, who encouraged him to
pursue doctoral studies in Management, and to his father, John R. Everett
who taught him respect for and love of the oceans, and that because of
the “foggy day rule” (there are not enough enforcers), fishermen had to
help develop regulations. He also has a Bachelors from the Univ. of Massachusetts
in Engineering. His work on organizational management, ecosystem analysis,
climate change, and other fields has been made possible by the abilities
he gained to think outside-the-box, integrating many fields of study, thanks
to, and as championed by, Dr. Royce and his father. He recently received the Fairhaven High School Lifetime Achievement Award, one of 28 people since the first in 1856.
He also owns OceansArt.US and TechnologySite,
web based businesses that provide free ocean-related photos and sell high-resolution
versions and prints. He provides, on both sites, digital
camera tips, picture
editing tips, photo
downloading tips, and instruction on how to compare
and buy a digital camera.
This page updated or reviewed in August 2019.