Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Team Members

The Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Team is one of several take reduction teams established to help develop plans to mitigate the risk to marine mammals posed by fishing gear.

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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

Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan

Contact: Erin Fougères, Southeast Region, Take Reduction Team Coordinator, 727-824-5323, erin.fougeres@noaa.gov

Last updated by Southeast Regional Office on 09/11/2020

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