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NASAC - Directory of State Aquaculture Coordinators


The National Association of State Aquaculture Coordinators (NASAC)is an affiliate of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA). The Coordinators are responsible for coordinating aquaculture programs at the State or territorial level. The purpose of NASAC is to promote, to encourage, and to assist the development of aquaculture in the United States by enhancing communication among Federal, State, local and tribal governmental agencies; agricultural research and extension institutions; and trade and marketing organizations. For more information contact: Karl Roscher, Secretary/Treasurer, National Association of State Aquaculture Coordinators, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401-7080.
Please submit any changes to RoscheKR@mda.state.md.us
Phone: (410) 841-5724, FAX (410) 841-5970.

Click on the state name below for the State Aquaculture Coordinators and Contacts.

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Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee
Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virgin Islands | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming

ALABAMA

John Gamble
Marketing & Economics Division
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries
PO Box 3336
Montgomery AL 36109-0336
(334)240-7245
(334)240-7270 FAX
ageconadm@agi.state.al.us

Jimmy Carlisle
Commodity Producers Services
Alabama Farmers Federation
P.O. Box 11000
Montgomery AL 36191
(334) 613-4214
(334) 284-3957 FAX
jcarlisle@alfafarmers.org

ALASKA

John Thiede
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Mining, Land and Water
550 W 7th Ave, Suite 900C
Anchorage AK 99501-3577
(907)-269-8543
(907)-269-8913 FAX
john_thiede@dnr.state.ak.us

Cynthia Pring - Ham
Commercial Fisheries Division
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
P O Box 15526
Juneau AK 99811-5526
(907)465-6150
(907)465-4168 FAX
cynthia_pring-ham@fishgame.state.ak.us

AMERICAN SAMOA
Ta'alo P. Lauofo
Department of Agriculture
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799

ARIZONA
Richard Willer
Arizona Department of Agriculture
1688 West Adams
Phoenix AZ 85007-2617
(602)542-4293
(602)542-4290 FAX
rwiller@azda.gov

ARKANSAS
Ted McNulty
Arkansas Development and Finance Authority
423 Main Street Suite 500
Little Rock AR 72201
(501)682-5849
(501)682-5893 FAX
tmcnulty@adfa.state.ar.us

CALIFORNIA
Bob Hulbrock
California Department of Fish and Game
1812 Ninth Street
Sacramento CA 95814
(916)-445-4034
(916)-445-4044 FAX
rhulbrock@dfg.ca.gov

CANADA
Mark Cusack
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Bedford Institute of Oceanoraphy
1 Challenger Drive
Dartmouth, NS
Canada
B2Y 4A2
(902) 426-2506
(902) 426-2706 FAX
cusackm@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca

COLORADO
Scott Leach
Colorado Department of Agriculture
700 Kipling Suite 4000
Lakewood CO 80215-8000
(303)239-4117
(303)239-4125 FAX
jim.rubingh@ag.state.co.us

CONNECTICUT
David Carey
Bureau of Aquaculture & Laboratory
Connecticut Department of Agriculture
PO Box 97
Milford CT 06460
(203)874-0696
(203)783-9976 FAX
DEPT.AGRIC@SNET.NET

DELAWARE
Phillip Towie
Delaware Department of Agriculture
2320 South Dupont Highway
Dover DE 19901-5515
(302)698-4500
(302)697-4463 FAX
mark.davis@state.de.us

FLORIDA

Sherman Wilhelm
Florida Department of Agriculture
Division of Aquaculture
1203 Governor's Square Blvd. Fifth Floor
Tallahassee FL 32301
(501) 682-5849
(501) 682-5893 Fax
timcnulty@adfa.state.ar.us
www.FloridaAquaculture.com

(850) 488-4033
(850) 410-0893 FAX
wilhels@doacs.state.fl.us
www.FloridaAquaculture.com

GEORGIA
Ted Hendrickx
Wildlife Resources Division - Fisheries
2123 US Highway 278 SE
Social Circle GA 30025
(770)-918-6418
(706)-557-3040 FAX
ted_hendrickx@dnr.state.ga.us

GUAM
Jeff Tellock
Guam Department of Commerce
Guam Aquaculture Development & Training
102 M Street
Tiyan GU 96913
(671)734-3011/7327
(671)477-9031 FAX

HAWAII
John Corbin
Aquaculture Development Program
Hawaii Department of Agriculture
1177 Alakea Street Room 400
Honolulu HI 96813
(808)587-0030
(808)587-0033 FAX
jcorbin@hawaiiaquaculture.org

IDAHO
Debra Lawrencel
Division of Animal Industries
Idaho Department of Agriculture
PO Box 7249
Boise ID 83707
(208)332-8540
(208)334-4062 FAX
dlawrence@idahoag.us

ILLINOIS
Ms. Delayne Holsapple Reeves
Illinois Department of Agriculture
State Fairgrounds
PO Box 19281
Springfield IL 62794-9281
(217)524-9129
(217)524-5960 FAX
dreeves@agr.state.il.us

INDIANA
Paul Brown
Purdue University
1159 Forestry Building
West Lafayette IN 47907-1159
(765) 494-4968
(765) 496-2422 FAX
pb@fnr.purdue.edu

IOWA
Rich Clayton
Extension Aquaculture Specialist
Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management
339 Science II
Ames IA 50011-3221
(515)294-4622
(515)294-7874 FAX
rclayton@iastate.edu

KANSAS
Troy Amspacker
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
Milford Fish Hatchery
3100 Hatchery Drive
Junction City KS 66411
(785)238 2638
(785)238-1369 FAX
troya@wp.state.ks.us

KENTUCKY
Angela Caporelli
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
100 Fair Oaks Lane 5th floor
Frankfort KY 40601
(502)564-4983 ext 259
(502)564-0303 FAX
angela.caporelli@ky.gov

LOUISIANA
Roy Johnson
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
PO Box 3334
Baton Rouge LA 70821-3334
(225)-922-1280
(225)-922-1289 FAX
roy_j@ldaf.state.la.us
www.ldaf.state.la.us

MAINE
Samantha Horn-Olsen
Aquaculture Policy Coordinator
Maine Department of Marine Resources
State House Station 21
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 624-6554
(207) 624-6024 FAX
samantha.horn-olsen@maine.gov

MARYLAND
Karl Roscher
Maryland Department of Agriculture
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis MD 21401-7080
(410)841-5724
(410)841-5970 FAX
roschekr@mda.state.md.us
www.marylandseafood.org

MASSACHUSETTS
Scott Soares
Massachusetts Department of Food and Agriculture
251 Causeway Street
Suite 500
Boston MA 02114-2151
(617)-626-1730
(617)-626-1850 FAX
scott.soares@state.ma.us
www.mass.gov/dfa/aquaculture

MICHIGAN
Nancy Frank
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Animal Industry Division
PO Box 30017
Lansing MI 48909
(517)373-1077
(517)373-6015 FAX
frankn@michigan.gov

MINNESOTA
Ying Ji
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
90 W Plato Boulevard
St Paul MN 55107
(651)296-5081
(651)296-6890 FAX
ying.jie@state.mn.us

MISSISSIPPI
Gene Roberston
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
PO Box 1609
Jackson MS 39215-1609
(601)359-1102
(601)359-1175 FAX
gene@mdac.state.ms.us

MISSOURI
Bart Hawcroft
Missouri Department of Agriculture
1616 Missouri Blvd
Jefferson City MO 65102
(573)526-6666
(573)751-2868 FAX
bart.hawcroft@mda.mo.gov

MONTANA
Angie DeYoung
Montana Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Development Division
PO Box 200201
Helena MT 59620-0201
(406)444-2402
(406)444-9442 FAX
adeyoung@mt.gov
www.netnet.agr@state.mt.us

NEBRASKA
Richard Sanne
Ag Promotion and Development
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
PO Box 94947
Lincoln NE 68509-4947
(402)471-4876
(402)471-2759 FAX
agprom@agr.state.ne.us

NEVADA
No Aquaculture Program

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rollie Barnaby
University of New Hampshire Sea Grant Extension
Rockingham County/NH Sea Grant Cooperative Extension
113 North Road
Brentwood NH 03833
(603)749-1565
(603)743-3997 FAX
rollie.barnaby@unh.edu

NEW JERSEY
Linda O' Dierno
Fish and Seafood Development
New Jersey Department of Agriculture CN 330
Trenton NJ 08625
(609)984-6757
(609)633-7229 FAX
linda.odierno@ag.state.nj.us

NEW MEXICO
Mike Sloane
New Mexico Department of Game & Fish
PO Box 25112
Sante Fe NM 87504
(505)-476-8055
(505)-476-8131 FAX
msloane@state.nm.us

NEW YORK
Philip Hulbert
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
50 Wolf Road Room 522
Albany NY 12233-4753
(518)-402-8920
(518)-485-5827 FAX
pxhulber@gw.dec.state.ny.us

NORTH CAROLINA
Debra Sloan
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
208 Sugar Cove Road
Franklin, NC 28744
(828)524-1264
(828)524-1264 FAX
debrasloan@earthlink.net
www.agr.state.nc.us/aquacult

NORTH DAKOTA
No Aquaculture Program

OHIO
Laura Tiu
Ohio State University Piketon Research Center
1864 Shyville Rd.
Piketon OH 45661-9749
(740)-289-2071
(740)-289-4591 FAX
tiu.2@osu.edu

OKLAHOMA

Mitch Broiles
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
Food & Forestry
2800 N Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City OK 73105-4298
(405)-522-6131
(405)-522-0756 FAX
mbroiles@oda.state.ok.us

OREGON
Dalton Hobbs
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Development and Marketing Division
1207 NW Naito Parkway
Suite 104
Portland OR 97209-2832
(503)-872-6600
(503)-872-6601 FAX
dhobbs@oda.state.or.us

PENNSYLVANIA
Charlie Conklin
P.O. Box 584
Effort PA 18330
(570)629-0427
(570)619-6584 FAX
charlieconklin@verizon.net

PUERTO RICO
Jaime Gonzalez Azar
Fisheries Development Program
Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture
PO Box 10163
San Juan PR 00908-1163
(787)724-4911
(787)725-7884 FAX

RHODE ISLAND

Dave Alves
Coastal Resources Management Council
Oliver Stedman Government Center
4808 Tower Hill Rd
Wakefield RI 02879-1900
(401)-783-3370
(401)-783-3767 FAX
dalves@crmc.state.ri.us

SOUTH CAROLINA
Gerry Bonnette
South Carolina Department of Agriculture
PO Box 11280
Columbia SC 29211-1280
(803)-734-2218
(803)-734-0325 FAX
gbonnett@scda.sc.gov

SOUTH DAKOTA

Kara Nagel
South Dakota Department of Agriculture
Division of Agricultural Development
Foss Building
523 E Capitol
Pierre SD 57501-3182
(605)773-5436
(605)773-3481 FAX
kara.nagel@state.sd.us

Dennis Unkenholz
South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks
521 E Capitol
Pierre SD 57501
(605)773-4508
(605)773-6245 FAX
dennis.unkenholz@state.sd.us


TENNESSEE
Robert Beets
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Market Development Division
P O Box 40627
Nashville TN 37204
(615)-837 5517
(615)-837 5194 FAX
robert.beets@state.tn.us

TEXAS

Susan Dunn
Institutional and Produce Marketing
Texas Department of Agriculture
PO Box 12847
Austin TX 78711
(512)475-1663
(512)463-7843 FAX
susan.dunn@agr.state.tx.us

Bob Blumberg
General Land Office
1700 N Congress Avenue
SFA Building Room 710
Austin TX 78701-1495
(512)463-5028
(512)463-5098 FAX


UTAH
Kent Hauck
Utah Department of Agriculture & Food
P.O. Box 146500
Salt Lake City UT 84114-6500
(801)538-7025
(801)538-7169 FAX
khauck@utah.gov

VERMONT
Denise Russo
Vermont Department of Agriculture
116 State Street Drawer 20
Montpelier VT 05620-2901
(802)828-3829
(802)828-3831 FAX
drusso@agr.state.vt.us

VIRGINIA
T. Robins Buck
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
1100 Bank Street Suite 210
Richmond VA 23219
(804)371-6094
(804)371-2945 FAX
robins.buck@vdacs.virginia.gov

VIRGIN ISLANDS
Arthur Petersen, Jr.
Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture
Estate Lower Love
Kingshill, St. Croix VI 00850
(340)778-0991
(340)778-3101

WASHINGTON
Dan Swecker, Senator
Washington State Aquaculture Coordinator
10420 173rd Ave. SW
Rochester WA 98579
(360)-273-5890
(360)-273-6577 FAX
dan@wfga.net

WEST VIRGINIA
Rob Nichols
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston WV 25305
(304)558-2208
(304)558-3594 FAX
rnichols@ag.state.wv.us

WISCONSIN
Ron Johnson
P.O. Box 1194
Bayfield, WI 54814
(715)-779-3081
(715)-209-5701 FAX
ron@javatrout.com

WYOMING
Wyoming Business Council
Division of Agriculture and Timber
2219 Carey Avenue
Cheyenne WY 82002-0100
(307)777-6577
(307)777-6593 FAX
wda@state.wy.us



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