Science and Its Role in the National Marine Fisheries Service (2002)

Cynthia M. Jones, a Professor at Old Dominion University, earned a Ph.D. in oceanography from University of Rhode Island in 1984. She has served on numerous fisheries advisory boards and is past-present of the Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society. She was selected for membership on this committee because of her experience as a member on the following NRC committees: Committee on Fish Stock Assessment Methods, Committee to Review Northeast Fishery Stock Assessments, and the Committee on Improving the Collection and Use of Fisheries Data. She was also selected for her expertise in fisheries, recreational fish data collection, and population ecology.

Lee Anderson, a Professor and Director of Marine Policy at the College of Marine Studies at the University of Delaware, earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Washington in 1970. He was selected for membership on this committee because of his experience as a member on the NRC committee, Committee on the Bering Sea Ecosystem and his review of other NRC studies. He was also selected for his expertise in fisheries economics and the economics of fisheries management.

Edward Houde, is currently a Professor in the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science. He served previously as Director of

NSF’s Biological Oceanography Program, is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is the recipient of the Beverton (Fisheries Society of the British Isles) and Sette (American Fisheries Society) Awards for career achievement. He has served on the Ocean Studies Board and numerous advisory committees, including the ICES Living Resources Committee and the NMFS Ecosystem Principles Advisory Panel. Dr. Houde earned his Ph.D. in fishery science from Cornell University in 1968. Dr. Houde was selected for membership on this committee because of his service on the NRC Committee on Ecosystem Management for Sustainable Marine Fisheries and Committee on the Evaluation, Design, and Monitoring of Marine Reserves and Protected Areas in the United States. He was also selected for his expertise in fisheries science and management, fisheries oceanography, and aquatic resources management.

Bonnie McCay is a Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor at Rutgers University and a member of the Department of Human Ecology at Cook College. She earned her Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University in 1976. She is currently a member of the Ocean Studies Board and is a past-president of the International Association for the Study of Common Property, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and president of the Anthropology and Environment Section of the American Anthropological Association. Dr. McCay was selected for membership on this committee because of her service on the following NRC committees: Committee on Ecosystem Management for Sustainable Marine Fisheries, the Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas, and the Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids. She was also selected for her research and expertise in social, cultural, and economic dimensions of managing fisheries; and on the intersections of science, lay knowledge and participation, and environmental policy.

Alison Rieser is professor of law at the University of Maine School of Law. Dr. Rieser earned an LL.M. from Yale Law School in 1990.She was selected for membership on this committee because of her service as a member of the following NRC committees: Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas and the Committee on Marine Area Governance and Management. Dr. Rieser was also selected for her research and expertise in natural resources law, fisheries law, property and coastal land use law, marine policy, and law of the sea.

Patrick Sullivan is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. Prior to that, he served for ten years as a staff scientist for the International Pacific Halibut Commission. He earned a Ph.D. in biostatistics from the University of Washington in 1988. Dr. Sullivan was selected for membership on this committee because of his service on the NRC Committee on Improving the Collection and Use of Fisheries Data and his expertise in the assessment and management of fisheries resources.

Edward R. Urban, Jr. is currently the executive director of the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR). He received his B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1979 and his M.S., M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Delaware in 1982, 1986, 1989, respectively. Dr. Urban was selected for membership on this committee because of his expertise in fisheries science and policy and his experience as study director for the following NRC committees: Committee on Improving the Collection and Use of Fisheries Data,, Committee to Review Individual Fishing Quotas,and the Committee on Fish Stock Assessment Methods.

Richard D. Young participates in the Pacific Coast groundfish, crab, and shrimp fisheries as the owner and operator of the fishing vessel City of Eureka and the owner of the Willola, both based in Crescent City, California. Dr. Young earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1979. He has participated in a variety of research and management activities related to fisheries and is a former member of the Scientific and Statistical Committee of the Pacific Fishery Management Council. Dr. Young was selected for membership on this committee because of his service on the NRC Committee on Improving the Collection and Use of Fisheries Data and his experience as a commercial fisherman.

Terry Schaefer (Study Director) holds a Ph.D. in Oceanography and Coastal Sciences from Louisiana State University and a Masters degree in Biology/Coastal Zone Studies from the University of West Florida. Previously, Dr. Schaefer worked for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Park Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Forest Service. His expertise is in recruitment processes of marine inverte-

brates, coastal zone management, marine policy, and experimental statistics. Terry has worked on studies involving living marine resources, fisheries issues, and coastal mapping.

Darla Koenig (Senior Project Assistant) received her B.A. in English and her M.Hum. in Humanities from the University of Dallas in 1992 and 1997, respectively. During her tenure with the Ocean Studies Board, she has worked on studies involving living marine resources, fisheries issues, and marine chemistry.