False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team Members
Overview
Under the 1994 amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NOAA Fisheries is required to establish Take Reduction Teams to develop and implement Take Reduction Plans for reducing incidental mortality and serious injury to strategic stocks of marine mammals that interact with Category I and II commercial fisheries. Section 101(a)(5)(E) of the MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361 provides guidance regarding the membership and composition of Take Reduction Teams.
Members of take reduction teams shall have expertise regarding the conservation or biology of the marine mammal species which the take reduction plan will address, or the fishing practices which result in the incidental mortality and serious injury of such species. Members shall include representatives of Federal agencies, each coastal State which has fisheries which interact with the species or stock, appropriate Regional Fishery Management Councils, interstate fisheries commissions, academic and scientific organizations, environmental groups, all commercial and recreational fisheries groups and gear types which incidentally take the species or stock, Alaska native organizations or Indian tribal organizations, and others as the Secretary deems appropriate. Take reduction teams shall, to the maximum extent practicable, consist of an equitable balance among representatives of resource user interests and nonuser interests.
Academic and Scientific
| Primary | Alternate |
|---|---|
Robin BairdCascadia Research Collective Tel: (360) 943-7325 | John CalambokidisCascadia Research Collective Tel: (360) 943-7325 |
Eric Gilman Hawaiʻi Pacific University and Blue Ocean Institute Tel: (808) 888-9440 | Steve Beverly 465 rue des Frigates Mont Dore Sud Tel: 687-465289 |
Aude Pacini 46-007 Lilipuna Road Tel: (858) 337-6225 | |
Victoria (Tory) O’Connell Coastal Marine Research Tel: (907) 738-4000 | Lauren Wild University of Alaska Southeast
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Andrew (Andy) Read Duke University Marine Lab Tel: (252) 504-7590 | Lars Bejder Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
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Conservation and Environmental Groups
| Primary | Alternate |
|---|---|
Hannah Bernard Hawaii Wildlife Fund Tel: (808) 280-8124 | - |
Brendan Cummings Center for Biological Diversity Tel: (760) 366-2232, ext. 304 | Kristen Monsell Center for Biological Diversity
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Michael Jasny Natural Resources Defense Council Tel: (310) 434-2300 | - |
Jane Davenport Defenders of Wildlife | - |
Longline Fishery Industry
| Primary | Alternate |
|---|---|
Roger Dang Pacific Fishing & Supply, Inc. Tel: (808) 533-1195 | - |
John Myking Viking V Inc. Kailua, HI 96734 | |
Jonathan Moribe Finback Fisheries, LLC
| Dave Lewis 350 Ward Ave 106-335
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Phil Westbrook 350 Ward Ave
| - |
Ryan Steen Stoel Rives LLP 600 University Street, Suite 3600, Tel: (206) 386-7610 | Sean Martin Hawaii Longline Association Tel: (808) 537-2905 |
Federal and State Government and Fishery Management Organizations
| Primary | Alternate |
|---|---|
Asuka Ishizaki Western Pacific Fishery Management Council Tel: (808) 522-8224 | Matthew Seeley Western Pacific Fishery Management Council
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Dennis Heinemann Marine Mammal Commission Tel: (301) 504-0087 | - |
Jeannine Rossa Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
| David Sakoda Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources Tel: (808) 587-0100 |
Kristy Long The NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources Tel: (206) 526-4792 | - |
Dawn Golden NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office Tel: (808) 725-5100 | Kevin Brindock NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Regional Office Tel: (808) 725-5145 |