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John
T. Everett. 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 Ocean Associates, Inc. and is
Manager of the UN
Atlas of the Oceans (http://www.oceansatlas.org) 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,
global climate change and impacts at the global and local level
on fisheries and on oceans, including adaptation strategies. He
also owns OceansArt.US and TechnologySite,
web based businesses that provide free ocean-related photos and sell
high-resolution versions and prints (Dr. Everett
is also a professional photographer associated with Marine
Photobank.) His Federal positions included:
Senate Commerce Committee (Ocean Policy Study) staff, Staff to NOAA
Administrator, NOAA Fisheries Dir. of Policy and Planning, Manager
of Dolphin/Tuna research, and Chief of Fisheries Development. He
has coordinated fishing gear and sampling equipment development.
He has chaired or co-chaired several impact analyses (fisheries,
Polar Regions, Oceans, and Coastal Zones) by the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change and has served on the National Academy of
Sciences Panel on Ecosystem Indicators of Climate Change. As an outgrowth
of his recent Congressional testimony on the impacts of climate change
on fisheries and oceans he implemented an unbiased website:
ClimateChangeFacts.info. Until
recently he was Chief of the NOAA Fisheries Division of Research.
Prior to NOAA, he coordinated launches in the Apollo Program at Cape
Kennedy and was a commercial fisherman in Massachusetts. He holds
a Doctorate and Masters from Florida State University focused on
systems analysis, natural resources research and management, and
on quantitative methods, and a Bachelors from the Univ. of Massachusetts
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Emory
D. Anderson. Dr. Anderson has over 35 years
of university, Federal, and international service in fisheries science and
its administration. He is former (1989–1993) General Secretary of
the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), the world’s
oldest intergovernmental marine science organization. His career includes
a 14-month post-doctoral appointment (1969-1970) in the Institute of Water
Research and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University,
81⁄2 years (1985-1993) with ICES, and the remainder with NOAA Fisheries
(NMFS). His primary experience and expertise is in fish stock assessments
acquired at the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center (Woods Hole, MA)
from 1970 to 1985 and from 1994 to 1998. His service with ICES included
Statistician in charge of fishery assessment and statistics matters and
General Secretary, chief executive of the 35-person Secretariat located
in Copenhagen, Denmark. After returning to NMFS Woods Hole in early 1994,
he served as Chairman of the Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop
and liaison to the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils.
From 1999-2004, he was with the NMFS Office of Science and Technology in
Silver Spring, MD serving as NMFS Liaison to NOAA’s National Sea Grant
Program. In the National Sea Grant Office, he was Program Director for Fisheries,
responsible for promoting fisheries research within the Sea Grant network,
improving collaboration between Sea Grant and NMFS, and managing several
competitive research and fellowship programs. Dr. Anderson brings considerable
and diverse experience in a wide range of marine science disciplines, but
primarily fish stock assessments. He has authored well over 100 published
scientific reports and papers, and edited several books and an ICES symposium
proceedings. He holds a Doctorate in Fisheries Biology from the University
of Minnesota and a Bachelors in Mathematics from Dana College. |
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Kenneth
R. Cooley. Mr.
Cooley has extensive experience in Contracts Administration and Program
and Operations Management in the commercial and government arenas, as
both a contractor and a client. He has over 45 years of experience in
marine environment projects, constructing, converting and repairing marine
structures; constructing and installing deep ocean subsea oilfield equipment;
providing marine engineering and technical studies, operating scientific
vessels and managing engineering and technical personnel in the office
and in the field. He has managed projects overseas and in the United
States. He served as Engineering Officer on a Hydrographic Ship mapping
the Norwegian Trench and on the research ship deploying the test array
for the US Navy SOSUS Sonar System. At Westinghouse he produced the test procedures
for the NERVA Nuclear Rocket Engine Test Stand, assisted in the set-up
of the Deep Submergence School for the US Navy, then operating the Bathyscaph
Trieste, and installed and operated the R & D Launcher for the Poseidon
Submarine Ballistic Missile. At National Steel and Shipbuilding,
he represented the company on joint contracts and specifications committees;
managed projects from RFP through contract close-out; and managed Special
Projects, including design, manufacture and testing of a Highly Skewed
Propeller for shipboard applications. He was Program Manager for the design,
construction and delivery of two offshore oil platform power and quarters
modules and managed the Feasibility Study and Business Plan to create
a new company operating division and established its operations within
existing internal policies and procedures. He was Manager of Cost
and Planning for a $176 million subsea oil field project for the Peoples
Republic of China involving three engineering firms, three fabricators
and one operating firm, in the US, Japan, Singapore and China. The project
finished on time and below budget and won the 1997 Offshore Technology
Conference Distinguished Achievement Award. He has managed ship construction
activities for a US oil firm, including ship designs, fabrication contract
negotiations, change orders, and field inspectors. Mr. Cooley has
an MS in Business Administration from California State University, San
Diego and a BS in Marine Engineering from the California Maritime Academy. |
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John.
M. Hotaling. Mr Hotaling is a senior program, acquisition, and
mission project manager with over 15 years experience managing complex major
ship, aircraft, and infrastructure acquisition projects. He has engineering,
technical, supervisory, contract administration, budget formulation and
program execution skills. His capabilities and experience are in all aspects
of program planning and control, including strategic planning, requirements
definition, project acquisition planning, task definition, engineering,
budget development, project management, specification preparation, schedule
control, cost control, contract performance monitoring, ship design, construction
and operation support and supervision. He has an extensive maritime background
involving commercial, military and research ships and associated facilities.
His leadership and team-building skills include significant interagency
coordination focused on major ship modernization and conversion projects
to meet unique user needs. He was instrumental in initiating the new NOAA/NMFS
fisheries research ship construction program from inception to contract.
He is experienced in working in a maritime regulation compliance structure.
He holds a USCG engineers license, and has significant sea time conducting
vessel tests and trials. Mr. Hotaling has a BS in Marine Engineering from
the US Merchant Marine Academy and a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute. |
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Anne
M. Lange. Ms. Lange has over 33 years of experience
in marine fisheries science, research and management. For over 20 years,
she conducted research for the NMFS NEFSC Woods Hole Laboratory, providing
scientific advice to Federal, State and international fishery managers on
coastal migratory and offshore pelagic stocks. Her research included individual
stock assessments and biological, environmental and technological (gear-related)
interactions in multi-species fisheries. She has developed and implemented
research programs in collaboration with numerous state and foreign fishery
agencies and various research institutions. From 1996-2006, she worked closely
with the coastal states on numerous joint Federal-State fishery management
issues, initially as a State-Federal coordinator and most recently as Chief
of the State-Federal Fisheries Division in NMFS’ Office of Sustainable
Fisheries. She has authored or co-authored over 70 fisheries papers, reports
and journal publications and has experience in preparing environmental assessments
and environmental impact statements. Ms. Lange holds a MS in Fisheries Science
from University of Washington and a BS in Fisheries from the University
of Massachusetts. |
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R.
Michael Laurs.
Dr. Michael Laurs is a demonstrated leader and recognized scientific expert in fisheries oceanography; satellite remote sensing applications to fisheries and oceanography; large pelagic fish ecology, biology, and fisheries; and fisheries interactions with protected species. He also has broad knowledge and understanding of the U.S. fishery management council process. In addition he has had widespread experience in working with international fisheries and marine scientists in Europe, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Island Nations, Latin America, India, Sri Lanka, and Africa. Dr. Laurs enjoyed a distinguished career of 39 years with the NOAA NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center. For about two-thirds of his career he was a fisheries oceanography scientist primarily leading multidisciplinary programs on tunas and other large pelagic fishes. Dr. Laurs also pioneered the development and application of satellite remote sensing in marine fisheries research and fisheries operations. About one-third of his career he was director of NMFS laboratories in Honolulu, Hawaii and Pacific Grove, California. Dr. Laurs is an internationally recognized expert on albacore tuna and satellite applications to fisheries. He has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific articles and more than 150 government reports, and has presented scientific findings at more than 200 scientific and related meetings. He has served on numerous scientific advisory committees and review panels for Federal, State, and local agencies; for foreign governments; international organizations; and for academic institutions. Dr. Laurs also served for more than 20 years as the scientific advisor to the American Fishermen's Research Foundation and the Western Fishboat Owner's Association. He has a Ph.D. in biological oceanography, a M.S. in general science, and B.S. in Fisheries from Oregon State University. He has served as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Hawaii, a Research Assistant at Oregon State, and a Research Fellow at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He has also worked as an independent consultant to NOAA NESDIS and the University of Hawaii. |
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Douglas Lipton. Dr.
Lipton began his career with the National Marine Fisheries Service where
he worked as a biologist and industry economist for nine years. For
the past 19 years he has been on the faculty of the Department of Agricultural
and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland College Park. In
addition to this faculty position, Dr. Lipton has been coordinator of the
Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program since 1993. Dr. Lipton's work
focuses on fisheries and marine and coastal resource economics. Consulting
activities have included economic analyses on the Alaskan groundfish industry,
offshore aquaculture production in Korea and development of economic indicators
of coastal ecosystem health. Dr. Lipton has a B.S. in Biology from
Stony Brook University, a Masters in Marine Science from the College of
William and Mary, and a Ph.D. in resource economics from the University
of Maryland.
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Dorothy
L. Leonard.
Ms. Leonard provides consulting in shellfish restoration, aquaculture, resource
management, land use planning, and habitat suitability and restoration.
In 20 years at NOAA, her work included being manager of the Habitat Characterization
Cross-Cutting Initiative involving NMFS, NOS, NESDIS and OAR. She integrated
molluscan shellfish habitat into Essential Fish Habitat activities; defined
habitat contributions and the role of water quality, and mapped anecdotal
information on shellfish populations and beds. For 25 years she maintained
the National Shellfish Register of Classified Estuarine Waters. She collected
information from 23 states: classification and extent of classified shellfish
waters, pollution sources, landings, species abundance, aquaculture activities,
and shellfish restoration. She coordinated a mapped database of the US shoreline
and over 2000 classified shellfish areas, synthesized and analyzed all shellfish
information, and drafted and produced numerous reports. She managed the
Site Selection process for the National Indicator Study. She performed analyses
of large databases of information on shellfish growing areas and field sampling
and pollution sources. She assesed trends in coastal resources and causes
and effects; and made recommendations on national policies and research
priorities. She entered and stored spatial data and used relational databases
to analyze trends and cause and effects . As Pres. of Ocean Equities LLC,
she helped watermen develop oyster farming and conducted workshops on Smith
and Tangier islands. She led a team to design a project to develop an integrated
industry, capable of producing, processing and marketing oysters year-round
and began a pilot oyster culture project for Smith Island. She is VP for
Development, EcoAquaculture, developing biosecure systems for raising shellfish
in the Ches. Bay region. She advises Oyster Recovery Partnership and Magothy
River Assoc. on habitat and oyster restoration. She works with Va. Polytechnic
Institute and State U. and Va. Sea Grant to develop modeling and mapping
tools for localities in MD and VA and strategies to control sediment and
nitrogen through riparian buffers and oyster farming. She was Director of
the Md. Fisheries Service, managing all fisheries; 6 hatcheries, an animal
health lab, 6 field offices and the central office. As Director, she also
served as Commissioner, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and
member, Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council. She developed a Striped
Bass Summit and fisheries allocation policy and chaired the Fisheries Mgmt
Workgroup of the Ches. Bay Commission. For Southampton, NY, she developed
maps of areas suitable for shellfish culture and modified them based on
feedback from user groups, and data on navigation and boating activity,
submerged aquatic vegetation, and other conflicts. Education:
Syracuse U., Maxwell School of Political Science; B.A. Cum Laude and Graduate
Coursework at George Washington U. and State U. of New York, Brockport. |
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Richard
J. Marasco.
In his capacity as Director of the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s,
Resource Ecology and Fisheries Mgmt Division (REFM) for nearly 25 years,
Dr. Marasco’s built interdisciplinary research programs to generate
information necessary for managing the marine fish and shellfish resources
off Alaska, earning the Center a reputation as a leader in developing state-of-the-act
techniques for building sustainable fisheries. He led development of multispecies
management and ecosystem models for the Bering Sea and NE Pacific; led the
setting of guidelines for implementing fisheries policy for target species,
incidentally taken species, and ecosystem-based management; improved stock
assessment techniques for groundfish; oversaw the N. Pacific Groundfish
Observer Program including implementation of the domestic observer program
for Alaska groundfish fisheries, one of the largest observer programs in
the world; established REFM's Food Habits Laboratory (to study predator-prey
interactions) and Radiometrics Laboratory (to determine the age of fishes).
Dr. Marasco has provided advice and expertise on a broad spectrum
of issues. His time spent on the N. Pacific Fishery Management Council,
Scientific and Statistical Committee from 1979-1994, as committee vice chairman
(1981-87) and chairman (1987-91 and 1998-2004), is praised by the Council
Executive Director. “His participation and leadership on the Council’s
SSC over those many years, coupled with his support of the Council process
through his REFM Directorship, contributed enormously to the conservation
and management of the fisheries resources of the North Pacific.” He
played a key role in developing collaborative research with foreign nations
and international groups. He served as chairman of the Scientific and Technical
Committee, Convention for the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources
in the Central Bering Sea; U.S. Delegate and Member of PICES (N. Pacific
Marine Science Org.); and chairman of the PICES Finance and Administration
Committee. Dr. Marasco also was the first chairman of the N. Pacific Research
Board’s Science Panel. His philosophy of hiring high quality
staff and helping them to see key research issues facing management encouraged
creativity and ingenuity. His ability to hire individuals with diverse
backgrounds created an academic-like setting in a government institution.
Such leadership led to the formation of a scientific staff capable of analyzing
biological, economic, and social impacts of complex fishery management
schemes.
Education:He
has a B.S. in Applied Statistics And Computer Science and a M.S. in Agricultural
Economics-from Utah State University and a PhD. from the Univ. of Calif.
at Berkeley in Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics.
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Jeanne
McKnight. Dr. Jeanne McKnight has extensive experience in
international trade issues, regulatory affairs, and food marketing/food
safety programs, with a particular emphasis on aquaculture and the
global seafood industry. In addition to working successfully with
consumers, food distributors, retailers and restaurant operators,
she has established relationships with government regulators, including
the U.S. Department of Commerce (NOAA - NMFS), the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration. Jeanne has
worked in the food industry since 1980, when she left academia (Lewis
and Clark College in Portland, Oregon) to head up the various communications
efforts for West Coast and Alaska seafood development and marketing
trade associations. She then launched McKnight & Company, a firm
that has represented global food and seafood clients. Her work with
the Association of Chilean Salmon Farmers (SalmonChile) included
introducing fresh Atlantic salmon from Chile to food retailers and
restaurants, and—most notably—lobbying on behalf of importers, distributors,
and end users of Chilean salmon during an international salmon trade
dispute. Since 1990, Jeanne has brought her communications and issues
management expertise to bear on domestic and international aquaculture
issues. She has led international efforts on seafood and health;
trade; and aquaculture feeds. In the summer of 2007, she worked closely
with NOAA Aquaculture and Ocean Associates, Inc. to organize the
first U.S. Aquaculture Summit: “Making it Work for America.” Jeanne
attended the Univ. of Minnesota, and received her B.A. and Ph.D.
degrees, cum laude, from the State Univ. of New York at Buffalo.
She also did post-graduate work at Stanford University and was a
National Endowment for the Arts Fellow at Columbia University. |
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James
P. McVey. Dr. McVey until recently
was Aquaculture Program Director at NOAA's National Sea Grant College
Program, responsible for reviewing university aquaculture proposals and
monitoring Sea Grant activities in Florida, Mississippi/Alabama, Louisiana
and New York. He was Program Manager for NOAA’s Oyster Disease Research
and the Gulf Oyster Industry Initiative and managed the National Aquaculture
Initiative, all competitive programs. He also was Chairman of the Joint
Subcommittee on Aquaculture of the US/Japan Panel on Natural Resources
(Aquaculture), was Chairman of the US/China Living Marine Resources Panel,
and was Chairman of the US/Korea Aquaculture Program. He has also provided
input to the NAS review panels on aquaculture, the Federal Coordinating
Committees on S&T (Aquaculture and Biotechnology), and Small Business
Innovative Research review panels for NSF, USDA and other organizations.
He served as technical program officer for Department of Commerce SBIR
grants in aquaculture. He received The Department of Commerce Bronze
(1995) and Silver (2000) Medals for developing the NOAA Aquaculture Program
and international leadership in aquaculture development. He worked for
two years in Indonesia with U.S. AID, where he established or upgraded
four fresh water shrimp hatcheries on Java and brought improved technology
for shrimp hatcheries throughout the country.
Earlier, Dr. McVey was Aquaculture Division
Chief for the NMFS SE Fisheries Center for five years. He helped develop
shrimp broodstock nutritional requirements, and techniques for hatcheries, captive
spawning of shrimp and fish, and turtle headstarting. For seven years he was
the Marine Biologist for the Trust Territory of the Pacific, where he designed
and built the Micronesian Mariculture Demonstration Center (MMDC). The MMDC worked
on the culture of giant clams, rabbitfish, algae, oysters, and prawns. He introduced
brackishwater pond culture to Micronesia.
Dr. McVey received his B.S. degree from the University
of Miami and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Hawaii. He has published
four major books on aquaculture and has over 50 scientific publications. |
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Dallas
D. Miner. Mr. Miner is active as a consultant serving clients in natural
resource and public relations subject areas. Prior experiences include serving
as President of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation and as Vice
President, American Sportfishing Association. As a NOAA employee, his roles
included Deputy Director, NOAA Office of Legislative and External Affairs,
Director of the National Marine and Estuarine Sanctuaries Office, Director,
Office of Policy, Program Evaluation and External Relations of the Office
of Coastal Zone Management. Prior to NOAA his work included serving as Director
of Communications for the Urban Land Institute and Assistant Executive Vice
President, Connecticut Conservation Association. Mr. Miner has executive
level skills in policy and program direction, financial oversight, staff
management and Congressional liaison. He has exceptional contacts in Federal
and State natural resource agencies, outdoor industries, academic and research
institutions and private sector conservation organizations. From the U.
of Wisconsin, he holds a Masters in Environmental Science and a Bachelors
in Journalism. |
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Bruce
C. Morehead. Mr. Morehead has over 38 years
experience in environmental services, working primarily for NOAA/National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and its predecessor agency. This included
two years with the Coastal Plains Regional Commission. He has had a wide
variety of positions as an industry economist, trade specialist, policy
analyst, and program officer. Beginning in 1980, he held management positions
of increasing responsibility in the areas of fishery development, seafood
safety, utilization research, fishery disaster relief and fishery management
where he served as Deputy and Acting Director for the NMFS Office of Sustainable
Fisheries. He has broad experience in policy formulation and program development
and management and has been recognized for his achievements with a Department
of Commerce Gold Medal, NOAA Administrator's Award, the NOAA Distinguished
Career Award, and the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration's
Special Citation. He holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from
American University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Gettysburg College.
Since retiring from NMFS in January 2005, he has served as a consultant
to the NOAA Aquaculture Program. |
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Ziad
H. Shehadeh. Dr. Shehadeh has 30 years of experience in aquaculture
research and development, of which 16 years were at the international level
through positions with the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Center for
Living aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) and as an independent consultant
(2 years). Main positions held included: Senior Fishery Resources Officer
(FAO), Rome, Italy; Executive Secretary, Strategy for International Fisheries
Research (SIFR) Project (of the UNDP & World Bank), Ottawa, Canada;
Manager, Mariculture & Fisheries Department, Kuwait Institute for Scientific
Research (KISR), Kuwait; Director General, ICLARM, Manila, Philippines.
The geographic scope includes the Middle East and North Africa, the Mediterranean
basin, Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia, some Pacific islands, USA, and Canada.
His main interest in applied research has been the controlled reproduction
of marine fish, with interest in integrated agriculture-aquaculture systems.
The past 20 years have been devoted to the planning and management of research
and development programs and institutional capacity building. He is highly
skilled in aquaculture research, development planning, and trend analysis;
management of regional research networks; and planning and technical backstopping
of aquaculture R&D projects in developing countries. He is experienced
in the organization of study groups and international symposia and conferences,
and in dealing with regional and international organizations. He holds a
Doctorate from the U. of California at Los Angeles in zoology, a Masters
in Fisheries Biology from the Univ. of Michigan, and a Bachelors in Agriculture
from the American University of Beirut. |
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Lamarr
B. Trott. Dr. Trott has extensive experience in fisheries science and
its administration in the US and in SE Asia. He recently left NOAA/NMFS
and is now consulting on fisheries research. Most recently he served as
NMFS Deputy Director of Science and Technology and as Senior Fisheries Advisor
for USAID. Prior experiences include Visiting Professor of Zoology at the
U. of Hawaii, Chief of the NMFS Fisheries Assessment Division and Director
of the Marine Science Laboratory at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
He is highly skilled in organizing research symposia, collaborative research
projects, and reporting and presenting results. He has conducted research
in the Bahamas, Galapagos, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, California, Guam, Puerto
Rico, Mexico, Costa Rica, Philippines, Hong Kong, Kenya, and Papua New Guinea.
He holds a Doctorate from the Univ. of California at Los Angeles in Zoology
and from Florida State Univ. a Masters in Zoology and a Bachelors in Biology. |