Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Team Members

Take Reduction Plan | Team Members | Meetings

Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Team Members:

Commercial Fishery Representatives:

1. Mike Baker - Florida Shark Gillnet Fishery
2. Paul Biermann - North Carolina Gillnet Fishery
3. Sammy Corbett - North Carolina Gillnet and Crab Pot Fisheries
4. Martin Dunson - Florida Crab Pot Fishery
5. Edward Ellwell - New Jersey Crab Pot, Gillnet, and Pound Net Fisheries
6. Joey Frost - North Carolina Stop Net Fishery
7. Kenneth Heath – Virginia Pound Net Fishery
8. Chris Hickman - Long Haul Seine Fishery and North Carolina Gillnet Fisheries
9. Raymond King – Florida and Georgia Crab Trap/Pot Fishery
10. Richard Luedtke - New Jersey Gillnet Fishery
11. Rick Marks - New Jersey Gillnet and Haul Seine Fisheries
12. Dave Martin - Maryland Gillnet Fishery
13. Sean McKeon - North Carolina Fisheries Association
14. Peter Nixon - Virginia Gillnet, Beach Seine, Crab Pot, and Pound Net Fisheries
15. Mike Peele - North Carolina Beach Seine, Pound Net, and Gillnet Fisheries
16. Joe Speight - North Carolina Beach Seine Fishery
17. Leonard Voss - Delaware Gillnet and Crab Pot Fisheries
18. Christopher Walker - Virginia Gillnet Fishery
19. Robert West - North Carolina Gillnet, Pound Net, and Crab Pot Fisheries
20. Drew Willis - North Carolina Recreational Crab Pot and Gillnet Fisheries
21. David Woolman - South Carolina Crab Pot Representative

Council and Interstate Fishery Representatives:

1. David Cupka - South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
2. Melissa Paine - Atlantic State Marine Fishery Commission
3. Richard Seagraves - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

State and Federal Representatives:

1. Dean Cain - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
2. Laura Engleby - National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional Office
3. Lewis Gillingham - Virginia Marine Resources Commission
4. Mike Greco - Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife
5. Steve Heins - New York Department of Environmental Conservation
6. Peter Himchak- New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
7. David Laist - Marine Mammal Commission
8. Kristy Long - National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources
9. Red Munden - North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries
10. Steve Early - Maryland Department of Natural Resources
11. Tom Pitchford - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
12. A.G. Woodward - Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Non-Governmental Representatives:

1. Beth Lowell - Oceana
2. Sierra Weaver – Defenders of Wildlife
3. Courtney Vail – Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
4. Sharon Young - Humane Society of the United States

Research/Academic Representatives:

1. Joseph DeAlteris - University of Rhode Island
2. William McClellan - University of North Carolina at Wilmington
3. Andrew Read - Duke University
4. Mark Swingle - Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center
5. Randy Wells – Mote Marine Laboratory

More Information

• Federal Register Notice of Team Public Meeting and Team Members [pdf] (October 2001)
• Federal Register Notice of Team Public Meeting [pdf] (August 2001)
• Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan
• Bottlenose Dolphin Species Information
• Other Take Reductions Teams
• Take Reduction Planning

Contacts

• David Hilton, National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Liaison for BDTRT,
  252-928-9092
• Stacey Horstman, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Region,
  727-824-5312

Updated: October 17, 2012