Ecosystem-Based Management Technical Advisory Panel
Members
The Council established the Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management Technical Advisory Panel (EBFM TAP) to assist in the development, collection, evaluation, and peer review of statistical, biological, economic, social, and other scientific information relevant to the Council’s development of the Fishery Ecosystem Plan.
The EBFM TAP is composed of scientists, regional partners and academics engaged in ecosystem research and/or knowledgeable and interested in the conservation and management of the ecosystems of managed fisheries.
Sennai Habtes
EBFMTAP Chairperson
Bureau Chief of Fisheries Programs
Division of Fish and Wildlife
USVI Dept of Planning and Natural Resources
Edwin Cruz Rivera
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biology and Bioenvironmental
Morgan University
Juan J. Cruz Motta
Professor
Dept. Marine Sciences
University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez
Kevin McCarthy
Caribbean Fisheries Branch Chief
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
NOAA/NMFS
Álida Ortiz Sotomayor
Emeritus Professor
University of Puerto Rico - Humacao
Tarsila Seara
Associate Professor Marine Affairs
Program Coordinator
Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science
University of New Haven
Orian Tzadik
Natural Resources Specialist
Protected Resources Division
NOAA Fisheries
Stacey Williams
Institute for Socio-Ecological Research, Inc.
Scientific lead and co-founder Coastal Survey Solutions LLC