September 8-9, 2003
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, D.C.
NRC Committee on Defining the Best Available Science for Fisheries Management:
Jon Sutinen (Chair), University of Rhode Island
George Boehlert, Oregon State University
Louis Botsford, University of California, Davis
Felicia Coleman, Florida State University
Robert Ditton, Texas A&M University
Terrance Quinn, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
William Rodgers, University of Washington
Edella Schlager, University of Arizona
Ocean Studies Board Staff:
Susan Roberts, Study Director
Joanne Bintz, Study Director
Denise Greene, Senior Project Assistant
Speakers and Panel Members:
Carli Bertrand, Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee
Eric Bilsky, Oceana
David Fluharty, Former Member, North Pacific Council
Daniel Furlong, Mid-Atlantic Council
Graciela Garcia-Moliner, Caribbean Council
Justin LeBlanc, National Fisheries Institute
Andrew Minkiewicz, Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee
Jake Rice, Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Department of Fisheries and Ocean
John Sibert, The Pelagic Fisheries Research Program
Margaret Spring, Senate Subcommittee on Ocean, Fisheries and Coast Guard
Pat Sullivan, Cornell University
Catherine Ware, House Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans
Dave Whaley, House Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans
Pat White, Maine Lobstermen’s Association and Pew Oceans Commission
Workshop Attendees:
Laurie Allen, National Marine Fisheries Service
Beth Bryant, University of Washington
Eugene Buck, Congressional Research Service
John DePersenaire, Recreational Fishing Alliance
Bridget Ferriss, Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee
F. Kelly Finn, National Marine Fisheries Service
Bill Fox, National Marine Fisheries Service
Rachel Gallant, Office of U.S. Representative Tom Allen
Jessica Geubtner, American Fisheries Society
Peter Huhtala, Pacific Marine Conservation Council
Jennifer Jeffries, National Marine Fisheries Service
Amanda Leland, Office of U.S. Representative Sam Farr
William Lindberg, University of Florida
Rick Marks, Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh
Sunshine Menezes, Office of U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr.
Mark Millikin, National Marine Fisheries Service
Jonathan Phinney, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ellen Pikitch, Wildlife Conservation Society
Jim Preacher, U.S. Geological Survey
Tim Reagan, Marine Mammal Commission
Malia Rivera, Office of U.S. Representative Eni Faleomavaega
Robin Schrock, U.S. Geological Survey
Heather Silber, Office of U.S. Representative John Tierney
Edith Thompson, Office of U.S. Representative Wayne Gilcrest
Jim Uphoff, Maryland Fisheries Service