The Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Team was established in 2005 (for more information, please see the Federal Register notice announcing the Team) and it is composed commercial fishermen and representatives of the Atlantic Pelagic Longline Fishing industry, environmental groups, marine mammal biologists, fisheries biologists, and other state and federal officials.
Team Members
Longline Fishery Industry
- Martin Scanlon, Hauppauge, NY
- Kerry Harrington, Berlin, MD
- Bill McIntyre, Montauk, NY
- Jeff Oden, Hatteras, NC
- Terri Beideman, Vast Array Corporation
- Dewey Hemilwright, Wanchese, NC
- Glenn Delaney, Blue Water Consultant
- Vince Pyle, Dania, FL (Alternate: Greg O’Neill, Dania, FL)
Academic and Scientific
- Bill McLellan, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
- Damon Gannon, University of Georgia Marine Institute (Alternate: Andy Read, Duke University Marine Laboratory)
- Tim Werner, OAI Consulting & UMASS-Boston School for the Environment
- David Kerstetter, NOVA Southeastern University- Oceanographic Center
Conservation and Environmental Groups
- Brendan Cummings, Center for Biological Diversity
- Sharon Young, The Humane Society of the U.S.
- The Ocean Conservancy- seat is currently vacant
- Jane Davenport, Defenders of Wildlife
- Beth Lowell, Oceana
Federal and State Government and Fishery Management Organizations
- Fentress “Red” Munden, NC Division of Marine Fisheries
- Rich Seagraves, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
- David Laist, Marine Mammal Commission
- Laura Engleby, NMFS Southeast Regional Office
- Kristy Long, NMFS Office of Protected Resources
More Information
Contact: Erin Fougères, Southeast Region, Take Reduction Team Coordinator, 727-824-5323, erin.fougeres@noaa.gov
North Atlantic right whale mother and calf. Credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #20556-01.
A map showing turtle effigy and turtle carcass drift track comparison. The reasoning behind using effigies was to develop a product that mimicked how a sea turtle carcass drifts in order to repeat the study in other locations without the use of actual sea turtle carcasses. Here you can see an effigy follows the same drift pattern as two sea turtle carcasses.
Credit: Wendy Paquette.