Saving Seafood is pleased to provided comprehensive video coverage of the entire 2010 Fishing Summit. A detailed, hour-by-hour participant list appears below. Special thanks to the City of New Bedford for their help in providing the raw video.
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HOUR 1:
• Scott Lang – Mayor of New Bedford, MA – Opening remarks on the Fishing Summit
• John Quinn – Massachusetts State Representative
• Bill Straus – Massachusetts State Representative
• Antonio Cabral – Massachusetts State Representative
• Ann-Margaret Ferrante – Massachusetts State Representative
• Bruce Tarr – Massachusetts State Senator
• James Cantwell – Massachusetts State Representative
• Barney Frank – Congressman, D-MA
• John Saunders – Councillor-at-Large, New Bedford
• John Bullard – Fisheries Summit Moderator and President of the Sea Education Association
• Brian Rothschild – Professor of Marine Science and Technology, UMass Dartmouth: Overview of Panel Discussion 1: Catch Shares and Sectors
HOUR 2:
• Brian Rothschild (continued) – Professor of Marine Science and Technology, UMass
• Panel Discussion 1 – Catch Shares and Sectors
• Pat Kurkul – National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Regional Administrator
• Paul Diodati – Director, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
HOUR 3:
• Richie Canastra – Co-owner, New Bedford and Boston Display Auctions
• Vito Giacalone – Policy Director, Northeast Seafood Coalition
• Frank Mirarchi – Captain of F/V Barbara Peters, Dragger, Scituate, MA
• Carlos Rafael – New Bedford-based fishing fleet owner
• Bud Walsh – Attorney, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
• Julie Wormser – New England Regional Director, Oceans Program, Environmental Defense Fund
• Deval Patrick – Governor of Massachusetts
HOUR 4:
• Detailed question and answer session – the audience raises a variety of issues with Panel 1 (catch shares and sectors)
HOUR 5:
• Eric Schwaab – NOAA Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
• Brian Rothschild – Overview of Panel Discussion 2 – Scallop and Scallop Bycatch
• Kevin Stokesbury – Chairman, Department of Fisheries Oceanography, UMass Dartmouth
• David Pierce – Deputy Director, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
• Jim Kendall – New Bedford Seafood Consulting
• Drew Minkiewicz – Attorney for the Fisheries Survival Fund
• Ron Smolowitz – Technical Consultant to the Fisheries Survival Fund
HOUR 6:
• Ron Smolowitz (continued from hour 5) – Technical Consultant to the Fisheries Survival Fund
• Mike Fogarty – Scientist at Woods Hole and NOAA Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
• Brian Rothschild – Overview of Panel Discussion 3 – Amending the Magnuson-Stevens Act
• Rodney Avila – Fishing Boat Owner and member of the New England Fishery Management Council
• Pamela F. Lafreniere – Maritime Attorney Specializing in Fisheries Issues, New Bedford, MA
• Jackie Odell – Executive Director, Northeast Seafood Coalition
• Jimmy Odlin – New England Fishery Management Council
• Steve Ouellette – Maritime Attorney Specializing in Fisheries Issues, Gloucester, MA
• Harriet Didriksen – Scallop Boat Owner, Port of New Bedford
HOUR 7:
• Detailed question and answer session – the audience raises a variety of issues with Panel 3 (amending the Magnuson-Stevens Act)
• Jimmy Ruhle – President of the Commercial Fishermen of America – provides an overview of the summit
• Scott Lang – Closing remarks from New Bedford's Mayor
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