Oversight Field Hearing on the Efforts to Introduce Non-Native Oyster Species to the Chesapeake Bay and the National Research Council's report titled "Non-native Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay."
Panel I
Dr. James L. Anderson
Professor, University of Rhode Island, Kingston
Co-Chair of National Research Council Committee on
Non-native Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay
Dr. Robert B. Whitlatch
Professor, University of Connecticut, Groton
Member of the National Research Council Committee on
Non-native Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay
Dr. Fredrick G. Kern III
Acting Chief Coastal Resource Health Branch
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dr. Donald F. Boesch
President
University of Maryland
Center for Environmental Science
Dr. Standish K. Allen, Jr.
Professor
Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences
Panel II
Colonel Yvonne J. Prettyman-Beck
District Engineer, Norfolk District
US Army Corps of Engineers
Ms. Rebecca W. Hanmer
Director, Chesapeake Bay Program Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. C. Ronald Franks
Secretary
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Dr. James A. Wesson
Department Head
Conservation and Replenishment Department
Virginia Marine Resources Commission
Panel III
Mr. Larry Simns
President
Maryland Watermen's Association
Ms. Frances Porter
Executive Director
Virginia Seafood Council
Mr. William J. Goldsborough
Senior Fisheries Scientist
Chesapeake Bay Foundation