New Members Appointed to Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Last week, Secretary Gutierrez appointed eight new individuals to serve on the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC), the Committee established in 1971 to advise the Secretary of Commerce on all living marine resource matters under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce. Initiated in August, the solicitation for nominations resulted in 28 names with diverse expertise from around the country, an unprecedented level of interest. Filling eight vacancies pending since September, these individuals will join 13 existing members and serve for a period of three years. The following individuals were appointed: Bill Dewey, Taylor Shellfish Company, Shelton, Washington James Donofrio, Recreational Fishing Alliance, New Gretna, New Jersey Catherine Foy, Aleutians East Borough, Steller Sea Lion Project, Alaska Steve Joner, Makah Fisheries Management, Makah Tribe, Neah Bay, Washington Dorothy Lowman, Natural Resource Consultant, Portland, Oregon Heather McCarty, McCarty & Associates, Juneau, Alaska Mary Beth Nickell-Tooley, East Coast Pelagic Association Tom Raftican, United Anglers of Southern California For a complete list of members and information regarding MAFAC meetings and reports, go to
New Members Appointed to Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee
Last week, Secretary Gutierrez appointed eight new individuals to serve on the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC), the Committee established in 1971 to advise the Secretary of Commerce on all living marine resource matters under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce. Initiated in August, the solicitation for nominations resulted in 28 names with diverse expertise from around the country, an unprecedented level of interest. Filling eight vacancies pending since September, these individuals will join 13 existing members and serve for a period of three years. The following individuals were appointed:
Bill Dewey, Taylor Shellfish Company, Shelton, Washington
James Donofrio, Recreational Fishing Alliance, New Gretna, New Jersey
Catherine Foy, Aleutians East Borough, Steller Sea Lion Project, Alaska
Steve Joner, Makah Fisheries Management, Makah Tribe, Neah Bay, Washington
Dorothy Lowman, Natural Resource Consultant, Portland, Oregon
Heather McCarty, McCarty & Associates, Juneau, Alaska
Mary Beth Nickell-Tooley, East Coast Pelagic Association
Tom Raftican, United Anglers of Southern California
For a complete list of members and information regarding MAFAC meetings and reports, go to
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mafac/. The next meeting of MAFAC will be held at the International Game Fish Association in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 14-16, 2006.