Slacum Jr appointed to Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

The United States Commerce Department announced on Wednesday, 3 August the appointment of Harold Ward Slacum Jr. of Maryland to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council for a three-year term.

Slacum will be sworn in at the MAFMC meeting on 4 October and his appointment will last until 10 August, 2019. His appointment was delayed after Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan revised his list of nominees submitted to the Commerce Department, causing NOAA Fisheries to reevaluate nominees submitted by both Hogan and Delaware Gov. Jack Markell.

NOAA Fisheries anticipates that Slacum will be sworn in at the MAFMC meeting scheduled for October 4, 2016. Under this appointment, Slacum will serve on the council until August 10, 2019.

The MAFMC is one of eight U.S. regional fishery management councils established as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Act to help manage ocean fish stocks. Council members represent diverse constituents including commercial and recreational fisheries, environmental interests and academia, according to NOAA.

Each year, approximately one-third of the total 72 appointments to the eight councils become open. Governors of fishing states, territories and tribal governments submit their nominations to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, who Secretary reviews the submissions and appoints members to the councils. In June, 19 appointees were announced by NOAA Fisheries, which works with the councils during plan development, approval and implementation.

“U.S. fisheries are among the most sustainable in the world, and NOAA Fisheries is grateful for the efforts these individuals devote to our nation’s fisheries management and to the resiliency of our oceans,” said Eileen Sobeck, assistant NOAA administrator for fisheries. “We look forward to working with both new and returning council members.”

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