Current Projects
National Marine Fisheries Service

Client/Funder:
National Marine Fisheries Service (posted 8/16/01)

Purpose and Scope:
This study examines the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) regulatory capabilities, financial management capacity, constituent relations, and organizational structure. The principal study tasks are to:

• Review the adequacy of the processes and the data used by NMFS to meet its regulatory requirements and respond to litigation brought by various constituent groups. In this connection, a National Academy of Sciences committee is reviewing the availability and use of scientific data in fisheries management and litigation.
• Review the implementation efforts associated with recent budget and financial management changes. This includes an update of a resource requirements study done in FY2002, an assessment of the internal management plan to respond to the initial study, and NMFS' progress against that plan
• Review the effectiveness of the process and practices followed in consulting with various constituent groups. This includes the identification of steps NMFS could take to improve the effectiveness of these interactions and their outcomes.
• Review the adequacy of the existing organization structure for purposes of effectively carrying out the mission, programs and activities.

Center:
Management Studies

Project Director:
Arnold E. Donahue

Project Status:
Concluded

Panel:

The Academy has appointed the following individuals to a Panel to direct and oversee this study.

Mary Gade [Chair]-Non-Equity Environmental Partner, Sonnen, Schein, Nath & Rosenthal. Former Environmental Practice Group Chair, Hopkins & Sutter; Director, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Former positions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, including Assistant Regional Counsel, Associate Regional Counsel, Deputy Director, Waste Management Division, and Associate Division Director for Superfund, Chicago, Illinois; Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Washington, D.C.

Terry Garcia*-Senior Vice President, Mission Programs, National Geographic Society. Former Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of Commerce, Deputy Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, General Counsel, NOAA, and Partner, Manatt, Phelps, & Phillips, Los Angeles.

Jonathan B. Howes-Special Assistant to the Chancellor and Professor of Planning and Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Former Secretary, Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources (DEHNR), State of North Carolina; Research Professor and Director, Center for Urban and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina; Mayor, Town of Chapel Hill; Director, Urban Policy Center, Urban America, Inc.; Director, State and Local Planning Assistance, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Theodore M. Schad-Consultant on Water Resources Management. Former Chief Water Resources Specialist and Deputy Director, Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress; Staff Director, Senate Select Committee on Water Resources; Executive Director, National Water Commission; Deputy Executive Director, Commission on Natural Resources, National Academy of Sciences.

Susan Shipman*-Chief, Coastal Fisheries, Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GDNR); Chair, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Member and former Chair, South Atlantic Regional Fishery Management Council. Former Chief, Marine Fisheries Branch, and Program Leader, Commercial Fisheries Program, GDNR.

* Not an Academy Fellow

Meetings:
For further information contact:

Marty Ditmeyer
Project Assistant
MDitmeyer@napawash.org
202-347-3190 x: 3047