Marine Mammal Entanglement Working Group

Final SAC Approved Action Plan: (October 2004)
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Preliminary Action Plan:
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Meeting Summaries:
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adobe acrobat February 11, 2004
adobe acrobat March 10, 2004
adobe acrobat January 7, 2003
adobe acrobat December 10, 2003

Membership:

Name Seat Affiliation
Regina Asmutis Sanctuary Advisory Council Chair International Wildlife Coalition
David Wiley Team Lead Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Ronnie Hunter Commercial Whale Watch Captain John Boats
William Bartlett Fixed Gear Commercial Trap Fisheries Commercial Fisherman
Gary Ostrom Fixed Gear Commercial Trap Fisheries Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association
David Marciano Fixed Gear Commercial Gillnet Fisheries Commercial Fisherman
Stephen Welch Fixed Gear Commercial Gillnet Fisheries Commercial Fisherman
John Pappalardo Fixed Gear Commercial Longline Fisheries Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association
Dave Morin Conservation Center for Coastal Studies
Sharon Young Conservation U.S. Humane Society
Nina Young Conservation The Ocean Conservancy
Jennifer Kennedy Conservation Blue Ocean Society
Edward Lyman Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries
David Gouveia National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, Northeast Regional Office
Marjorie Rossman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, Northeast Fishery Science Center
Pat Fiorelli New England Fishery Management Council New England Fishery Management Council
Tom French Academic Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries
Lisa Conger Academic New England Aquarium Right Whale Program

Alternates: Dan McKiernan, Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries; Diane Borggaard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, Northeast Regional Office; Amy Knowlton, New England Aquarium Right Whale Program

Technical Advisors:
Name Affiliation
Joseph Green National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office for Law Enforcement
Greg Hitchen U.S. Coast Guard
Kathleen Dolan Massachusetts Environmental Police
Mason Weinrich Whale Center of New England
Jooke Robbins Center for Coastal Studies
John F. Kenney National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries


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