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Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan

The goal of the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan (Plan) is to reduce deaths and serious injuries of Atlantic coastal bottlenose dolphins incidental to commercial fishing.

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Bottlenose Dolphin

Bottlenose Dolphin

The Plan

The Team

Commercial Fishery Representatives:

  1. Sammy Corbett - North Carolina Gillnet and Crab Pot Fisheries
  2. Joey Frost - North Carolina Stop Net Fishery
  3. Sonny Gwin - Maryland Gillnet Fishery
  4. Kenneth Heath – Virginia Pound Net Fishery
  5. Chris Hickman - Long Haul Seine Fishery and North Carolina Gillnet Fisheries
  6. Jimmy Hull – Stone Crab Trap/Pot Fishery
  7. Raymond King – Florida Blue Crab Trap/Pot Fishery
  8. Richard Luedtke - New Jersey Gillnet Fishery
  9. Rick Marks - New Jersey Gillnet and Haul Seine Fisheries
  10. Peter Nixon - Virginia Gillnet, Beach Seine, Crab Pot, and Pound Net Fisheries
  11. Mike Peele - North Carolina Beach Seine, Pound Net, and Gillnet Fisheries
  12. Joe Speight - North Carolina Beach Seine Fishery
  13. Adam Tyler - North Carolina Gillnet Fishery
  14. Leonard Voss - Delaware Gillnet and Crab Pot Fisheries
  15. Christopher Walker - Virginia Gillnet Fishery
  16. Robert West - North Carolina Gillnet, Pound Net, and Crab Pot Fisheries
  17. Drew Willis - North Carolina Recreational Crab Pot and Gillnet Fisheries
  18. David Woolman - South Carolina Crab Pot Representative

Council and Interstate Fishery Representatives:

  1. Chris Conklin - South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
  2. Toni Kerns - Atlantic State Marine Fishery Commission

State and Federal Representatives:

  1. Laura Engleby - National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional Office
  2. Mike Greco - Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife
  3. Dr. Dennis Heinemann - Marine Mammal Commission
  4. BJ Hilton - Georgia Department of Natural Resources
  5. Kristy Long – National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources
  6. Chris McDonough - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
  7. Red Munden - North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries
  8. Tom Pitchford - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  9. Meghan Rickard - New York Department of Environmental Conservation
  10. Somers Smott - Virginia Marine Resources Commission
  11. Stacy VanMorter - New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
  12. Angel Willey - Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Non-Governmental Representatives:

  1. Jane Davenport – Defenders of Wildlife
  2. Beth Lowell - Oceana
  3. Courtney Vail – Lightkeepers Foundation
  4. Sharon Young - Humane Society of the United States

Research/Academic Representatives:

  1. Dr. Tara Cox – Savannah State University
  2. William McLellan - University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  3. Dr. Andrew Read - Duke University
  4. Mark Swingle - Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center
  5. Dr. Randall Wells – Chicago Zoological Society’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program

Contacts:
Jessica Powell, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region, Small Cetacean Conservation Coordinator, 727-824-5312.

David Hilton, National Marine Fisheries Service, Fishery Liaison, 252-928-9092.
(*List of Team Members Updated: August 8, 2019)

Recent and Upcoming Meetings

More Information

Contact

Jessica Powell

National Marine Fisheries Service

Southeast Region

727-824-5312

Last updated by Office of Protected Resources on 11/08/2023

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