{"id":9072,"date":"2016-07-27T08:49:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T12:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?post_type=tribe_events&amp;p=9072"},"modified":"2016-07-27T08:49:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T12:49:08","slug":"seminar-resilient-communities-and-fisheries-arise-from-resilient-ecosystems","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/event\/seminar-resilient-communities-and-fisheries-arise-from-resilient-ecosystems\/","title":{"rendered":"SEMINAR &#8211; Resilient Communities and Fisheries Arise from Resilient Ecosystems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Richard Merrick, Director, Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, NOAA Fisheries<\/p>\n<p>Resilient, productive ocean fisheries are critical to coastal economies and ways of life. NOAA Fisheries has developed an agency-wide Ecosystem-based Fishery Management (EBFM) policy, which outlines a set of principles to guide NOAA&#8217;s actions and decisions on the management of ocean fisheries over the long-term. The Policy and the accompanying Roadmap ensure our commitment to ecosystem-based fishery management\u2014an integrated, science-based approach that includes consideration of the entire ecosystem, including people&#8211; into the agency\u2019s resource management decisions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2016\/07\/MerrickWBlues.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-9073 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2016\/07\/MerrickWBlues.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Merrick\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2016\/07\/MerrickWBlues.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2016\/07\/MerrickWBlues-105x55.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Richard Merrick began serving as Director, Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor in September 2011. In this capacity, he leads NOAA Fisheries\u2019 efforts to provide the science needed to support sustainable fisheries and ecosystems and to continue our country\u2019s progress in ending overfishing, rebuilding fish populations, saving critical species, and preserving vital habitats. As the head of NOAA Fisheries\u2019 scientific operations, Dr. Merrick directs NOAA\u2019s six regional Fisheries Science Centers, including 30 NOAA Fisheries laboratories. He joined NOAA Fisheries in 1985 as an oceanographer at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center conducting ecological field research from then through 1997 in the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea and Arctic. In 1997, he transferred to the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, (in Woods Hole, MA) where he initially served as Branch Chief for Protected Species, and then as Chief of the Resource Evaluation and Assessment Division where he directed this Center\u2019s assessment, ecological, and social-science research for fish and protected species. He has led various regional and national efforts to improve fishery and protected resources science, and has broad experience in dealing with a wide variety of controversial fishery and protected species. Dr. Merrick\u2019s education includes a Ph.D. in fisheries from the University of Washington; a master\u2019s of science degree in biological oceanography as well as a master\u2019s degree in marine resource management from Oregon State University; and a master\u2019s degree in city and regional planning and a bachelor of science degree from Clemson University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker: Richard Merrick, Director, Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, NOAA Fisheries Resilient, productive ocean fisheries are critical to coastal economies and ways of life. 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