Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary Announces New Advisory Council
Membership
October 3, 2001
Contact:
Anne Smrcina, 781-545-8026 x204
A TIME Magazine Hero-of-the-Planet, a vice-president of a major
marine research company, and an owner of one of Boston's largest
marine commuter vessel companies are among the 21 accomplished
individuals who will help guide management of the Gerry E. Studds/Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary located off the Massachusetts coast.
The
Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) announces membership of the new Sanctuary Advisory Council
for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Twelve members
represent stakeholder groups, such as whale watching, commercial
fishing, ocean conservation, research and education, which have
an interest in the Sanctuary and its resources. Three members
serve as citizens-at-large from locations within New England.
Representatives from six government agencies with interests or
jurisdictions within the Sanctuary serve as ex-officio members.
The
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary was designated by an
Act of Congress in 1992. Virtually the size of Rhode Island, the
site protects an 842-square-mile stretch of open water and seafloor
habitat at the mouth of Massachusetts Bay between Cape Ann and
Cape Cod. It is a major feeding area for the great whales and
exhibits some of the highest diversity of fish species in the
Gulf of Maine. Stellwagen Bank is world-renowned as a whalewatching
destination and historically important as a fishing ground.
Recent interest in development of marine protected areas in the
Gulf of Maine, continuing problems of vessel interactions with
marine mammals, and upcoming revision of the Sanctuary's management
plan are among numerous reasons why creation of the advisory council
is critically important at this time. Council members will provide
advice to Sanctuary Superintendent Craig MacDonald, report Sanctuary
progress and programs to their respective organizations, and provide
a means of disseminating Sanctuary-related information to the
public. Members are appointed for three-year terms and may compete
for re-appointment.
The
Gerry E. Studds/Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary is one
of 13 such sites in the nation and the only one in the Northeast.
The mission of the National Marine Sanctuaries is to conserve,
protect, and enhance the biodiversity, ecological integrity, and
cultural legacy of these marine protected areas. For more information
about the Sanctuary Advisory Council or the Stellwagen Bank National
Marine Sanctuary, contact Anne Smrcina at 781-545-8026 ext. 204.
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
Michael
S. Connor, Ph.D., V.P., Programs and Exhibits, New England Aquarium,
Boston, MA
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
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