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Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team Members

The Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team helped us develop a Take Reduction Plan that was published in December 1998 as a final rule. The Plan described in the final rule was intended to be an evolving plan that changed as scientists learned more about Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy harbor porpoise abundance and bycatch rates. NOAA Fisheries has retained the team and currently monitors progress via a monitoring strategy and identifies the need for Plan improvements. The Team is made up of fishermen, scientists, conservationists, and state and federal officials from Maine to North Carolina.
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Team Members

Gillnet Industry

  1. Jamie Hayward, Elliot, ME (Alternate: Dan Salerno)
  2. Todd Sutton, Newport, RI
  3. Jackie Odell, Gloucester, MA (Alternate: Phil Lynch)
  4. Douglas Feeney, Chatham, MA
  5. Ernie Bowden, Jr., Chincoteague, VA
  6. Sonny Gwin, Berlin, MD
  7. Leonard Voss, Smyrna, DE
  8. Chris Rainone, Little Egg Harbor, NJ (Alternate: Rick Marks)
  9. Greg DiDomenico, Fairfax, VA
  10. Aubrey Church, Chatham, MA

State Fishery Resource Managers

  1. Chris Davis, Virginia Marine Resources Commission 
  2. Meghan Rickard, New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation (Alternate: Jesse Hornstein)
  3. Renee Zobel, New Hampshire Fish and Game Dept. 
  4. Erin Wilkinson, Maine Dept. of Marine Resources (Alternate: Meredith Mendelson)
  5. Tara Plee, Rhode Island Division of Marine Fisheries (Alternate: Corinne Truesdale)
  6. Audrey Ostroski, Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife (Alternate: Richard Wong)
  7. Erin Burke, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (Alternate: Emma Fowler)
  8. Mackenzie Peacock, New Jersey Division of Fish, Game, and Wildlife (Alternate: Stacy VanMorter)
  9. Angel Willey, Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources (Alternate: Amanda Weschler)
  10. David Ushakow, North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (Alternate: Drew Cathey)
  11. Colleen Bouffard, Connecticut Bureau of Natural Resources

Federal Resource Managers

  1. Kristy Long, NOAA Fisheries, Headquarters
  2. David Wiley, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
  3. Dee Allen, Marine Mammal Commission 
  4. Jennifer Goebel, NOAA Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region

Fishery Management Organizations

  1. Robin Frede, New England Fishery Management Council 
  2. Hayden Dubniczki, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Alternate: Kiley Dancy)
  3. Toni Kerns, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission 

Academic/Scientific Groups

  1. Bill McLellan, University of North Carolina-Wilmington 
  2. Tara M. Cox, Savannah State University
  3. Sue Barco, unaffiliated
  4. Damon Gannon, University of Georgia Marine Institute

Gear Research

  1. Ted Platz, New England Fishery Management Council
  2. Pingguo He, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

Conservation/Environmental Groups

  1. Kristen Monsell, Center for Biological Diversity (Alternate: Sarah Uhlemann)
  2. Regina Asmutis-Silvia, Whale and Dolphin Conservation (Alternate: Andrea Bogomolni)
  3. Jane Davenport, Defenders of Wildlife

More Information

Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan

Contact: Elizabeth Stratton, Greater Atlantic Region, Marine Mammal Specialist, elizabeth.stratton@noaa.gov.

 

Last updated by Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office on 09/18/2026