Fishery Management Council Appointments Announced U.S. Department of Commerce announced this week the appointment of Richard L. Gray, Jr., to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the reappointment of David W. Ortmann to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. Gray is a recreational fisherman from Beaufort, S.C, and Ortmann is a fisheries biologist from Couer d’Alene, Idaho. These appointments are made in addition to the seventeen other council appointments announced on June 16, 2004. The eight regional fishery management councils prepare fishery management plans for marine fish stocks in their respective geographical areas of responsibility. The management plans are then submitted for review by NOAA Fisheries and approved by the Secretary of Commerce. Terms of the council members expire annually on August 10 for approximately one-third of the 72 obligatory and at-large members appointed to the eight regional councils. On behalf of the secretary, the assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries solicits nominations from the governors of fishing states and oversees the annual appointments process. Councils represent diverse fisheries interests and are comprised of members whose combined knowledge and experience represent commercial and recreational fisheries as well as environmental, academic, and other interests from each geographical area concerned. To view the membership and activities of each Fishery Management Council, visit them on line
Fishery Management Council Appointments Announced
U.S. Department of Commerce announced this week the appointment of Richard L. Gray, Jr., to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the reappointment of David W. Ortmann to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. Gray is a recreational fisherman from Beaufort, S.C, and Ortmann is a fisheries biologist from Couer d’Alene, Idaho. These appointments are made in addition to the seventeen other council appointments announced on June 16, 2004.
The eight regional fishery management councils prepare fishery management plans for marine fish stocks in their respective geographical areas of responsibility. The management plans are then submitted for review by NOAA Fisheries and approved by the Secretary of Commerce.
Terms of the council members expire annually on August 10 for approximately one-third of the 72 obligatory and at-large members appointed to the eight regional councils. On behalf of the secretary, the assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries solicits nominations from the governors of fishing states and oversees the annual appointments process. Councils represent diverse fisheries interests and are comprised of members whose combined knowledge and experience represent commercial and recreational fisheries as well as environmental, academic, and other interests from each geographical area concerned.
To view the membership and activities of each Fishery Management Council, visit them on line
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/councils.htm.