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CONTENTS
Agenda
Acknowledgments
Conference Steering Committee
Abstracts of Oral Presentations
Abstracts of Poster Presentations
Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 04-13

Ninth Flatfish Biology Conference, December 1-2, 2004, Water's Edge Resort, Westbrook, Connecticut

by Conference Steering Committee: Renee Mercaldo-Allen (Chair)1, Anthony Calabrese (retired)1, Donald J. Danila2, Mark S. Dixon1, Ambrose Jearld3, Deborah J. Pacileo4, Chris Powell5, and Sandra J. Sutherland3

1National Marine Fisheries Serv., Milford Lab., 212 Rogers Ave., Milford, CT 06460-6490; 2Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Millstone Environmental Lab., P.O. Box 128, Waterford, CT 06385; 3National Marine Fisheries Serv., Woods Hole Lab., 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026; 4Connectict Dept. of Environmental Protection, Marine Fisheries Div., 333 Ferry Rd., Old Lyme, CT 06371; 5Rhode Island Dept. of Environmental Management, Div. of Fish & Wildlife, 3 Fort Wetherill Rd., Jamestown, RI 02835

Print publication date November 2004; web version posted December 13, 2004

Citation: Mercaldo-Allen, R. (chair); Calabrese, A.; Danila, D.J.; Dixon, M.S.; Jearld, A.; Pacileo, D.J.; Powell, C.; Sutherland, S.J., steering committee members. 2004. Ninth Flatfish Biology Conference, December 1-2, 2004, Water’s Edge Resort, Westbrook, Connecticut. U.S. Dep. Commer., Northeast Fish. Sci. Cent. Ref. Doc. 04-13; 69 p.

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AGENDA

Oral Presentations
Salons A/B

Wednesday, December 1st

8:00 a.m.  Registration/Coffee, Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m. 

Welcome and Introduction

Renee Mercaldo-Allen
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Milford, CT

Frank Almeida
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Woods Hole, MA
Session I
Chris Powell, Chair
Rhode Island Division of Environmental Management
Division of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Fisheries
Jamestown, RI
9:00 a.m.

Movement of Yellowtail Flounder: A Cooperative Tagging Study
Steve Cadrin1, Azure Westwood1, Larry Alade1, Nathan Keith1, Rodney Rountree2, Dave Martins2, Ross Kessler2, Darin Jones2, April Valliere3, Jeremy King4, John Boardman4, Heath Stone5, and New England Fishermen
1NMFS/NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 2School for Marine Science and Technology, New Bedford, MA, 3Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife, Jamestown, RI, 4Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, Pocasset, MA and 5Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans, NB, Canada

9:20 a.m.

Variation in Growth of Juvenile Plaice on a British Nursery Beach: How Homogenous Are Flatfish Habitats at Small Temporal and Spatial Scales?
Benjamin J. Ciotti and Timothy E. Targett
University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, Lewes, DE

9:40 a.m.

Annual Movement-Site Fidelity Patterns of Summer Flounder Within Virginia and From State to Mid-Atlantic Waters (2000-2004)
Jon A. Lucy1 and Claude M. Bain III2
1College of William and Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA; and 2Virginia Saltwater Fishing Tournament, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, Virginia Beach, VA

10:00 a.m.

Resource Partitioning Between Four Species of Flounder in Narragansett Bay
Kathryn Banahan
University of Rhode Island, School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI

10:20 a.m. Break/Coffee/Refreshments
Session II
Donald J. Danila, Chair
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., Millstone Environmental Laboratory
Waterford, CT
10:40 a.m.

Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) Spawning and Early Life History in the New York and New Jersey Harbor Estuary
Jenine Gallo1, Ron Pinzon1, John Duschang2, and Matthew J. Rattenberg2
US Army Corps of Engineers-New York District, New York, NY and 2Lawler, Matusky and Skelly Engineers, Pearl River, NY

11:00 a.m.

Acute and Chronic Stress in Juvenile Summer Flounder Paralichthys dentatus: Effects on Plasma Cortisol Concentrations and Growth
Steven Gavlik1 and Jennifer L. Specker2
1UMASS-Dartmouth, Biology Department, North Dartmouth, MA, and 2University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI

11:20 a.m.

Environmental Gene Expression in Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Peter F. Straub1,2 and Ashok D. Deshpande1
1NMFS/NEFSC/Howard Marine Laboratory, Highlands, NJ and 2Richard Stockton College, Biology Program, Pomona, NJ

11:40 a.m.

Winter Flounder in Western Long Island Sound: Facts, Photos, Fallacies and Fate – It Ain’t Rocket Science!
Arthur Glowka
Fisherman - Western Long Island Sound, Stamford, CT

12:00 p.m.

Ecology and Biological Strategies of Etropus crossotus and Citharichthys spilopterus  (Pisces: Bothidae) Related to the Estuarine Plume, Gulf of Mexico
Patricia Sanchez-Gil1, Alejandro Yañez-Arancibia2, Margarito Tapia Garcia3, John W. Day4, Charles A. Wilson4, and James H. Cowan4
1Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Doctorado en Ciencias Biologicas, Mexico, 2Coastal Ecosystem Unit, Institute of Ecology, México, 3Departamento de Hidrobiología, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico and 4Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Coastal Ecology Institute, School of the Coast and Environment, Baton Rouge, LA

12:20 p.m. Hosted Buffet Lunch

Session III
Ambrose Jearld, Chair
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Woods Hole, MA

1:20 p.m.

Stage-Specific Effects of Cortisol on Growth and Food Consumption by Larval Summer Flounder
Danielle R. Reardon1,2, David A. Bengtson2, and Jennifer L. Specker1
1University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, and 2University of Rhode Island, Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Kingston, RI

1:40 p.m. 

Feeding in Larval Summer Flounder: Regulation by Hormones
Jason P. Breves1, David A. Bengtson2, and Jennifer L. Specker1
1University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI and 2University of Rhode Island, Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Kingston, RI

2:00 p.m.

Abundance and Distribution of Juvenile Flatfishes in a Near-Shore Shallow Water Habitat in New Haven Harbor
Jose J. Pereira, Ronald Goldberg, and Paul Clark
NMFS/NEFSC/Milford Laboratory, Milford, CT

2:20 p.m.

Observing Larval Supply Processes on Coastal Ocean Seascapes: Adaptive Surveys in the New Jersey Shelf Observation System and a Preliminary Description of Pelagic Habitat Associations with Special Reference to Larval Flatfishes
John Manderson1, John Quinlan2, and Patricia Shaheen3
1NMFS/NEFSC/Howard Marine Laboratory, Highlands, NJ, 2Rutgers University, IMCS, New Brunswick, NJ, and 3Wagner College, Staten Island, NY

2:40 p.m.

Effects of Dredging on the Functional Role of Nursery Habitats for Juvenile Flatfishes. Part I: Distribution of Juvenile Summer and Winter Flounder in the Pre-dredged Assawoman Canal, Delaware, with Reference to Bottom Type
Brian P. Boutin and Timothy E. Targett
University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, Lewes, DE

3:00 p.m.

Assessment of Power Plant Entrainment in Comparison to Long-Shore Ichthyoplankton Transport
Donald Galya1, Michael Scherer2, James Herberich1, Stephanie Kelly1, and Jacob Scheffer3
1ENSR Corporation, Westford, MA, 2Marine Research Inc., Falmouth, MA and 3Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Plymouth, MA

3:20 p.m. Refreshment Break

Session IV
Mark Dixon, Chair
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Milford, CT

3:40 p.m.

Observations on the Systematics of Etropus crossotus Jordan & Gilbert 1882
Alicia Long
NMFS/National Systematics Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC

4:00 p.m.

Developmental Changes in Gut, Skin, and Gill Epithelial Glycoconjugates in Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus L): A Lectin Histochemical Study
Bruno Soffientino1, Marta Gomez-Chiarri2, and Jennifer L. Specker1
1University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI and 2University of Rhode Island, Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, Kingston, RI

4:20 p.m.

The Cortisol Antagonist, RU486, Inhibits Salinity Tolerance in Larval Summer Flounder
Philip A. Veillette, Maricruz Marino, Misty M. Garcia, and Jennifer L. Specker
University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI

4:40 p.m.

In Situ Effects of Suspended Particulate Loads Produced by Dredging on Eggs of Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus)
Grace Klein-MacPhee1, William K. Macy1, and Walter Berry2
1University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, and 2U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, RI

5:00 p.m.

Impacts of Hypoxia on Juvenile Fish Growth: Evidence from Laboratory and Field Studies
Kevin L. Stierhoff and Timothy E. Targett
University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, Lewes, DE

5:30 p.m. Poster Set-up

6:00 p.m.

Hosted Mixer and Poster Session

Thursday December 2nd
8:15 a.m. Registration/Coffee/Continental Breakfast

Session V
Sandra Sutherland, Chair
National Marine Fisheries Service
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Woods Hole, MA

8:40 a.m.

Predatory Impact of the Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) on Post-Settlement Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) as Revealed by Immunological Dietary Analysis
David L. Taylor
Rutgers University, Marine Field Station, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Tuckerton, NJ

9:00 a.m.

Study of Class-0 Benthic Fish Species in Norwalk Harbor, CT, Concentrating on Winter Flounder
Elise Brzuska1, Tom Gethin-Jones1, Liz Conover1, Liz Boggs1, Margot Schloss1, Aj Pikal1, Jim Lucey1, and Richard B. Harris2
1Wilton High School, Wilton, CT, and 2Earthplace-The Nature Discovery Center, Westport, CT

9:20 a.m.

Investigations into the Growth of Yellowtail Flounder In and Around a Closed Area
Kathy L. Lang1, Christopher M. Legault1, Andrew J. Applegate2, Heath H. Stone3, Jay Burnett1, and Vaughn M. Silva1
1NMFS/NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 2Northeast Fisheries Management Council, Newburyport, MA, and 3Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Biological Station, St. Andrews, NB, Canada

9:40 a.m.

The Winter Flounder Gender Bender: What Are We Culturing?
Elizabeth A. Fairchild, W. Huntting Howell, Nathan Rennels, and James Sulikowski
University of New Hampshire, Department of Zoology, Durham, NH

10:00 a.m.

Spatially Explicit Modeling of the Effects of a Thermal Discharge and Ambient Temperatures on Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Robert J. O’Neill, Thomas L. Englert, and Jee K. Ko
Lawler, Matusky and Skelly Engineers LLP, Pearl River, NY

10:20 a.m. Break/Coffee/Refreshments

Session VI
Deborah Pacileo, Chair
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Marine Fisheries Division
Old Lyme, CT

10:40 a.m.

Flatfishes of Chesapeake Bay: An Overview of Species Diversity, Abundance and Occurrence
Thomas A. Munroe1, Hank Brooks2, and Wendy Lowery2
1NMFS/National Systematics Laboratory, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, and 2College of William and Mary, Department of Fisheries Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA

11:00 a.m.

Scale Formation in Selected Western North Atlantic Flatfishes
Kenneth W. Able and Jennifer C. Lamonaca
Rutgers University Marine Field Station, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Tuckerton, NJ

11:20 a.m.

The Importance of Freshwater Riverine Habitat, Particularly as a Nursery for Paralichthys lethostigma, in the Atchafalaya River Delta, Louisiana
Bruce A. Thompson1, Gary W. Peterson2, and Jason K. Blackburn1,3
1Louisiana State University, Coastal Fisheries Institute, Baton Rouge, LA, 2Louisiana State University, Coastal Ecology Institute, Baton Rouge, LA, and 3Louisiana State University, Department of Geography, Baton Rouge, LA

11:40 a.m.

Temporal Trends in Distribution and Abundance of Flatfishes in Lower Chesapeake Bay and its Major Tributaries
Wendy A. Lowery1, Hank Brooks1, and Thomas A. Munroe2
1College of William and Mary, Department of Fisheries Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA and 2NMFS/National Systematics Laboratory, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC

12:00 p.m.

Metabolic Acidosis Stimulates Renal Tubular Sulfate Secretion in the Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Ryan M. Pelis and J. Larry Renfro
University of Connecticut, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Storrs, CT

12:20 p.m. Hosted Buffet Lunch
Session VII
Thomas A. Munroe, Chair
NMFS/National Systematics Laboratory
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, DC
1:20 p.m.

Behavioral Responses of Summer Flounder and Weakfish to Declining Dissolved Oxygen: Inter- and Intraspecific Comparisons
Damian C. Brady and Timothy E. Targett
University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, Lewes, DE

1:40 p.m. Abundance and Distribution of Etropus microstomus and Etropus crossotus in Virginia’s Portion of Chesapeake Bay and its Major Tributaries
Hank Brooks1, Wendy A. Lowery1, and Thomas A. Munroe2
1College of William and Mary, Department of Fisheries Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, and 2NMFS/National Systematics Laboratory, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
2:00 p.m.

An Evaluation of Summer Flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, Estuarine Habitat Use Using Acoustic Telemetry
Dana Rowles, Ken Able, and Thomas Grothues
Rutgers University, Marine Field Station, Tuckerton, NJ

2:20 p.m.

Ulcerative Dermatitis in Massachusetts Bay Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Michael Moore1, Roxanna Smolowitz2, Kevin Uhlinger2, Lisa Lefkovitz3, John Ziskowski4, George Sennefelder4, Jeremy King5, Maurice Hall6, Jack Schwartz5, and David Pierce5
1Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA, 2Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 3Battelle, Duxbury, MA, 4NMFS/NEFSC/Milford Laboratory, Milford, CT, 5Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, Boston, MA and 6Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Environmental Quality Department, Boston, MA

2:40 p.m.

Reduction in Organic Contaminant Exposure and Resultant Hepatic Hydropic Vacuolation in Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) Following Improved Effluent Quality and Relocation of the Boston Sewage Outfall into Massachusetts Bay, USA: 1987-2003
Michael Moore1, Lisa Lefkovitz2, Maury Hall3, Robert Hillman2, David Mitchell4, and Jay Burnett5
1Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 2Battelle Duxbury Operations, Duxbury, MA, 3Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Boston, MA, 4ENSR International, Westwood, MA and 5NMFS/NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

3:00 p.m.

Adjourn Meeting

Poster Session
Salon C

Wednesday, December 1st, 6:00 p.m.

Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, Hatching Success as a Function of Burial Depth in the Laboratory
Walter J. Berry1, Elizabeth K. Hinchey1, Norman I. Rubinstein1, and Grace Klein-MacPhee2
1U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett, RI, and 2University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI

Effect of Contaminated Sediments on Mortality and Predation Avoidance in Winter Flounder
Andrew F. J. Draxler1, Daniel Wieczorek1, Lori Davias2, Michael Schafer1, Yan Waguespack3, and Bashir Balogun3
1NMFS/NEFSC/Howard Marine Laboratory, Highlands, NJ, 2North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, and 3University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD

A Comparison of the Use of Estuarine Habitats by Flatfishes in South Carolina and Georgia
Guy’ DuBeck and Mary Carla Curran
Savannah State University, Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Savannah, GA

Bay Whiff Distribution and Abundance in Galveston Bay, Texas
Lindsay Ann Glass
Texas A & M, Galveston TX

The Abundance of Flatfishes in Country Club Creek, GA
Karen Harris and Mary Carla Curran
Savannah State University, Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Savannah, GA

Differential Effects of Preservative Methods on American Plaice and Atlantic Cod Ovarian Tissue
Nikolai Klibansky and Francis Juanes
University of Massachusetts, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, Amherst, MA

Use of Shallow Habitats by Juvenile Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuonectes americanus, along the Maine Coast
Mark Lazzari
Maine Department of Marine Resources, Boothbay Harbor, ME

Impacts of Size on Growth and Early Maturity in Female Yellowtail Flounder, Limanda ferruginea (Storer)
Anthony J. Manning, Margaret P.M. Burton and Laurence W. Crim
Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada

Real-time PCR Analysis of Steroid Enzyme Gene Expression during Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) Development
Makoto Matsuoka1, Solveig van Nes2, Øivind Andersen2, Tillmann Benfey3, and Michael Reith1
1National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Marine Biosciences, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2Norwegian Institute of Aquaculture Research, Aas, Norway, and 3University of New Brunswick, Department of Biology, Fredericton, NB, Canada

PLEUROGENE: Genomics for the Enhancement of Commercial Production of Atlantic Halibut and Senegal Sole
Makoto Matsuoka1, Michael Reith1, Joan Cerdà2, Harry M. Murray1, Debbie Martin-Robichaud3, Brian Blanchard4, and Susan E. Douglas1
1Institute for Marine Biosciences, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain, 3Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Biological Station, NB, Canada, and 4Scotian Halibut Limited, Clarks Harbour, NS, Canada

Effects of Contaminants on Winter Flounder Living in a Sewage-Impacted Estuary-Jamaica Bay, NY
Lourdes Mena1, Lucia Cepriano2, Nancy Denslow3, Martin Schreibman4, and Anne E. McElroy1
1Stony Brook University/MSRC, Stony Brook, NY, 2State University of New York, Farmingdale, NY, 3University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, and 4Aquatic Research & Environmental Assessment Center, Brooklyn, NY

Habitat For Flatfish: The Relative Importance of Depth, Temperature and Substrate
Elizabeth T. Methratta, Brian E. Smith, and Jason S. Link
NMFS/NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

Development of Digestive Capacity in Larval Atlantic Halibut: A Preliminary Survey
Harry M. Murray, Jeffrey W. Gallant, Stewart C. Johnson, and Susan E. Douglas
National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Marine Biosciences, Halifax, NS, Canada

Fish Community Structure of Intertidal Habitats of the Mount Hope Bay Estuary with Emphasis on Juvenile Winter Flounder, Pseudopluronectes americanus
Adrienne Pappal
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, School for Marine Science and Technology, New Bedford, MA

Regulation of Carbonic Anhydrase-Dependent Renal Sulfate Secretion by Cortisol in Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Ryan M. Pelis1,2, James E. Goldmeyer1, Joseph Crivello1, and J. Larry Renfro1
1University of Connecticut, Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Storrs, CT, and 2Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Salisbury Cove, ME

A Flatfish Perspective on Asymmetry: What Genes Mediate Southern Flounder Metamorphosis?
Alex M. Schreiber and Yan Tan
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Embryology, Baltimore, MD

Benthic Food Webs on Georges Bank: Where Do Flatfish Fit into the Picture?
Brian. E. Smith, Elizabeth T. Methratta, and Jason S. Link
NMFS/NEFSC, Woods Hole Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

Elemental Fingerprints of Juvenile Winter Flounder Otoliths From Narragansett Bay, RI and Surrounding Coastal Ponds
Bryan K. Taplin1, Richard J. Pruell1, John Brazner2, Ross Kean3, and Jennifer Yordy4
1US EPA, Atlantic Ecology Division, Narragansett RI,  2US EPA, Mid-Continent Ecology Division, Narragansett, RI,  3Research and Productivity Council, Fredericton, NB, Canada, and 4Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Fin Rot in Winter Flounder from New Haven Harbor, CT: The Clinical Profile of a Wasting Disease
John J. Ziskowski, Jose Pereira, Renee Mercaldo-Allen, and Catherine Kuropat
NMFS/NEFSC/Milford Laboratory, Milford, CT

Axial Skeletal Anomalies in Commercially Important Fish from the North Atlantic
John Ziskowski
NMFS/NEFSC/Milford Laboratory, Milford, CT


Acknowledgments

Printing Courtesy of
Heather Fletcher
NMFS/NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA

Cover Design
Catherine Kuropat
NMFS/NEFSC/Milford Laboratory
Milford, CT

Cover Photo
Michael Baron
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH

Layout
Laura Garner
NMFS/NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA

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Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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Conference Steering Committee

Anthony Calabrese
NMFS/NEFSC/Milford Laboratory (Retired)
Milford, CT

Donald Danila
Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., Millstone Environmental Laboratory
Waterford, CT

Mark Dixon
NMFS/NEFSC/Milford Laboratory
Milford, CT

Ambrose Jearld
NMFS/NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA

Renee Mercaldo-Allen (Chair)
NMFS/NEFSC/Milford Laboratory
Milford, CT

Deborah Pacileo
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Marine Fisheries Division
Old Lyme, CT

Chris Powell
Rhode Island Division of Environmental Management
Jamestown, RI

Sandra Sutherland
NMFS/NEFSC/Woods Hole Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA