Katherine A. Klausmeier, Chair (chosen by Secretary of Agriculture)
Staff: Noreen L. Eberly
c/o Aquaculture Development & Seafood Marketing
Dept. of Agriculture
Wayne A. Cawley, Jr. Building
50 Harry S Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 8960
(410) 841-5724
e-mail: eberlynl@mda.state.md.us
Formed in June 2002 , the Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries, consists of three work groups: the Executive Committee, the Aquaculture Industry Work Group, and the Seafood Industry Work Group (Chapter 535, Acts of 2002).
The Aquaculture Industry Work Group will assess the status and potential of the Maryland aquaculture industry, including requirements for its enhancement. Aquaculture crops in Maryland include hybrid striped bass, catfish, crawfish, tilapia, trout, oysters, and soft-shell crabs. To strengthen the aquaculture industry, mechanisms for better coordinating agencies of the University of Maryland will be developed by the Work Group. Innovative methods to target commercial production and restore critical aquaculture species also will be studied by the Work Group. In addition, the Work Group will review how other states develop aquaculture.
The Seafood Industry Work Group will study and develop innovative techniques for seafood processing. Besides blue crabs, Maryland's important commercial species include striped bass, bluefish, catfish, croaker, flounder, perch, spot, sea trout, oysters, and soft clams. The Work Group will examine whether existing marketing techniques for these species are being fully used by the seafood industry. It also will review methods that other states have implemented to develop their seafood industries, and devise ways of expanding the local and national markets for Maryland seafood.
Reports of the two Work Groups will be reviewed by the Executive Committee of the Task Force which will integrate their findings and recommendations into the Task Force final report.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Katherine A. Klausmeier, Chair (chosen by Secretary of Agriculture)
Howard (Chip) Crum, Chair, Aquaculture Industry Work Group (chosen by Task Force Chair)
William Woodfield, Chair, Seafood Industry Work Group (chosen by Task Force Chair)
Appointed by Chair, Seafood Industry Work Group: Richard F. Colburn; Jay Newcomb; Thomas E. Rippen.
Appointed by Chair, Aquaculture Industry Work Group: John C. Astle; Andrew M. Lazur, Ph.D.; Robert Parkinson.
Appointed by Senate President: John C. Astle
Appointed by House Speaker: Charles R. Boutin; Dan K. Morhaim; Anthony J. O'Donnell.
Appointed by Secretary of Agriculture: Stephen T. Gordon; Aden King.
Appointed by Chancellor, University System of Maryland: Andrew M. Lazur, Ph.D.; Donald Webster; Frederick W. Wheaton, Ph.D.; Yonathan Zohar, Ph.D.
Representatives of Maryland Aquaculture Association: Howard (Chip) Crum; Robert Parkinson.
Representative of Food Dealers Council, Maryland Retailers Association: Jeffrey Zellmer
Representative of Maryland Watermen's Association: John A. VanAlstine
Ex officio: Karl R. Roscher, designee of Secretary of Agriculture; Vernon J. Thompson, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Richard A. Eskin, Ph.D., designee of Secretary of Environment; Erin Butler, designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Jill T. Stevenson, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources.
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY WORK GROUP
William Woodfield, Chair (chosen by Task Force Chair)
Appointed by Senate President: Richard F. Colburn; Norman R. Stone, Jr.
Appointed by House Speaker: Rudolph C. Cane
Appointed by Secretary of Agriculture: Jay Newcomb; Kim Scott.
Appointed by Chancellor, University System of Maryland: Douglas W. Lipton, Ph.D.; Thomas E. Rippen; Ki Sun Yoon, Ph.D.
Representative of Maryland Aquaculture Association: Roy Castle
Representatives of Chesapeake Bay Seafood Industries Association: F. William Sieling III; William Woodfield.
Representative of Food Dealers Council, Maryland Retailers Association: David Grove
Representative of Restaurant Association of Maryland: William King
Representatives of Maryland Watermen's Association: Robert Evans; Larry Simns.
Ex officio: Noreen L. Eberly, designee of Secretary of Agriculture; James H. McLean, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Kathy L. Brohawn, designee of Secretary of Environment; Alan Taylor, designee of Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene; Howard J. King III, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources.
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