DARTMOUTH, MA (February 28, 2008) – UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) Professors Steven Cadrin and Daniel Georgianna have both been appointed for three-year terms to the New England Fisheries Management Council’s Science and Statistical Committee. The appointments were announced by Council Chair John Pappalardo at the Feb. 12 Council meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
"Three members of the UMass Dartmouth faculty are now going to advise the government on critical decisions about the nation’s living marine resources," said SMAST Dean Frank Muller-Karger, who was also a member of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. "The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, which was reauthorized by the U.S. Congress in 2006, very specifically states that the government needs to manage resources based on scientific knowledge. Our experts help carry out the spirit of the law. We take very seriously this responsibility to protect the public trust." "The SSC has a heavy responsibility," said Prof. Kevin Stokesbury, Chair of the SMAST Department of Fisheries Oceanography where Drs. Cadrin and Georgianna are affiliated. "Its members have to review the science driving the fisheries management plans, often on a very short time schedule. Dan and Steve are both outstanding in their fields of study and excellent additions to the SSC. Our department will support them to the best of our ability."
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