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SAC Membership

The Sanctuary Advisory Council members are:

Research

Mason Weinrich, Exec. Director and Chief Scientist, The Whale Center of New England, Gloucester, MA

Peter Auster, Ph.D., Science Director, National Undersea Research Center at the University of Connecticut, Avery Point, Groton, CT

Conservation

Susan Farady, MPA Proj. Manager, Ocean Conservancy, Gulf of Maine Office, S. Portland, ME

Priscilla M. Brooks, Ph.D., Dir., Marine Resources Proj., Conservation Law Foundation, Boston

Education

Peter R. Borrelli, Executive Director, Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA

Kevin C. Chu, Ph.D., Director, Office of Cooperative Programs Coordination, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA

Marine Transportation

Frederick L. Nolan, III, Managing Partner, Boston Harbor Cruises, Boston, MA

Recreation

Barry J. Gibson, Editor, Salt Water Sportsman Magazine, Boston, MA

Whale Watching

Alan G. (Jerry) Hill, President, Yankee Fleet, Gloucester, MA

Fixed Gear Commercial Fishing

William A. Adler, Executive Director, Mass. Lobstermen's Association, Scituate, MA

Mobile Gear Commercial Fishing

William H. Amaru, Captain, FV Joanne A. III (dragger), South Orleans, MA

Business/Industry

Jackson S. Kent, III, Board of Directors, Mass. Marine Trades Association, Milton, MA

At-Large

Richard C. Wheeler, Trustee, Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster, MA

Sally Yozell, Vice President, Battelle Laboratories (Duxbury Operations), Duxbury, MA

John Williamson, Fishing Community Activist, ME

Alternates to the Council are:

Research

Porter Hoagland, Ph.D., Public Policy Research Specialist, Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA

Judith Pederson, Ph.D., Manager, Center for Coastal Resources, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant College Program, Cambridge, MA

Conservation

Regina A. Asmutis-Silvia, Biologist, International Wildlife Coalition, East Falmouth, MA

Gib Chase, Wildlife Biologist, Northborough, MA

Education

open alternate seat

J. Michael Williamson, Director, WhaleNet and Assoc. Professor, Wheelock College, Boston

Marine Transportation

William C. Eldridge, Owner/Operator, Peabody & Lane Corp./Mediterranean Shipping Co. Inc., Boston

Recreation

Roger Jarvis, Owner/Captain, Jazz Sport Fishing, Duxbury, MA

Whale Watching

David A. Slocum, Senior Captain, New England Aquarium Whale Watch, Boston

Fixed Gear Commercial Fishing

John W. Pappalardo, Policy Director, Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Assoc., N. Chatham, MA

Mobile Gear Commercial Fishing

Robert B. MacKinnon, Captain and President, Massachusetts Bay Inshore Commercial Ground Fishermen's Assoc., Inc., Marshfield, MA

Business/Industry

Peter Davidoff, Co-Owner, Bossport Docking and Constitution Marina, Boston

At-Large

Charles Rasak, Creative Director, Creative Resources Group, Plymouth, MA

Rob Robertson, Ph.D., Faculty, Department of Resource Economics and Development, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Donald R. Hourihan, Scituate Waterways Commission, Scituate, MA

The non-voting ex-officio members are:

State

Richard A. Murray, Director, Massachusetts Environmental Police

Thomas W. Skinner, Director, Office of Coastal Zone Management

Paul J. Diodati, Director, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries

Federal

Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, New England Fisheries Management Council

Patricia A. Kurkul, Northeast Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service

Rear Admiral G.N. Naccara, Commander, First Coast Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard l.

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