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Ms. Lange has over 33 years of experience in marine fisheries science, research and management. For over 20 years, she conducted research for the NMFS NEFSC Woods Hole Laboratory, providing scientific advice to Federal, State and international fishery managers on coastal migratory and offshore pelagic stocks. Her research included individual stock assessments and biological, environmental and technological (gear-related) interactions in multi-species fisheries. She has developed and implemented research programs in collaboration with numerous state and foreign fishery agencies and various research institutions. From 1996-2006, she worked closely with the coastal states on numerous joint Federal-State fishery management issues, initially as a State-Federal coordinator and most recently as Chief of the State-Federal Fisheries Division in NMFS’ Office of Sustainable Fisheries. She has authored or co-authored over 70 fisheries papers, reports and journal publications and has experience in preparing environmental assessments and environmental impact statements. Ms.

Mr. Cooley has extensive experience in Contracts Administration and Program and Operations Management in the commercial and government arenas, as both a contractor and a client. He has over 45 years of experience in marine environment projects, constructing, converting and repairing marine structures; constructing and installing deep ocean subsea oilfield equipment; providing marine engineering and technical studies, operating scientific vessels and managing engineering and technical personnel in the office and in the field. He has managed projects overseas and in the United States. He served as Engineering Officer on a Hydrographic Ship mapping the Norwegian Trench and on the research ship deploying the test array for the US Navy SOSUS Sonar System.

Dr. Michael Laurs is a demonstrated leader and recognized scientific expert in fisheries oceanography; satellite remote sensing applications to fisheries and oceanography; large pelagic fish ecology, biology, and fisheries; and fisheries interactions with protected species. He also has broad knowledge and understanding of the U.S. fishery management council process. In addition he has had widespread experience in working with international fisheries and marine scientists in Europe, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Island Nations, Latin America, India, Sri Lanka, and Africa. Dr. Laurs enjoyed a distinguished career of 39 years with the NOAA NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center. For about two-thirds of his career he was a fisheries oceanography scientist primarily leading multidisciplinary programs on tunas and other large pelagic fishes. Dr. Laurs also pioneered the development and application of satellite remote sensing in marine fisheries research and fisheries operations. About one-third of his career he was director of NMFS laboratories in Honolulu, Hawaii and Pacific Grove, California. Dr.

Dr. Shehadeh has 30 years of experience in aquaculture research and development, of which 16 years were at the international level through positions with the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Center for Living aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) and as an independent consultant (2 years). Main positions held included: Senior Fishery Resources Officer (FAO), Rome, Italy; Executive Secretary, Strategy for International Fisheries Research (SIFR) Project (of the UNDP & World Bank), Ottawa, Canada; Manager, Mariculture & Fisheries Department, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait; Director General, ICLARM, Manila, Philippines. The geographic scope includes the Middle East and North Africa, the Mediterranean basin, Persian Gulf, Southeast Asia, some Pacific islands, USA, and Canada. His main interest in applied research has been the controlled reproduction of marine fish, with interest in integrated agriculture-aquaculture systems. The past 20 years have been devoted to the planning and management of research and development programs and institutional capacity building.

Mr Hotaling is a senior program, acquisition, and mission project manager with over 15 years experience managing complex major ship, aircraft, and infrastructure acquisition projects. He has engineering, technical, supervisory, contract administration, budget formulation and program execution skills. His capabilities and experience are in all aspects of program planning and control, including strategic planning, requirements definition, project acquisition planning, task definition, engineering, budget development, project management, specification preparation, schedule control, cost control, contract performance monitoring, ship design, construction and operation support and supervision. He has an extensive maritime background involving commercial, military and research ships and associated facilities. His leadership and team-building skills include significant interagency coordination focused on major ship modernization and conversion projects to meet unique user needs. He was instrumental in initiating the new NOAA/NMFS fisheries research ship construction program from inception to contract. He is experienced in working in a maritime regulation compliance structure.

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