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Old 10-31-2006, 09:05 AM   #1
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Contact Info For The Regulators And Polititians

Gulf council

pressreleases@gulfcouncil.org Subject line – SUSCRIBE

Subscribing to this will get you notice's of upcomming meetings.

http://www.gulfcouncil.org/Beta/GMFM...ilschedule.htm Scheduled meetings.



Council Members

Chair: Robin Riechers (Texas) robin.riechers@tpwd.state.tx.us
Vice-Chair: Corky Perret (Mississippi) perret@dmr.state.ms.us
Council Staff


Voting Members

Representative
Appointed
Sector
Phone/Fax


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Florida

William K, Daughdrill
210 South Macarthur Ave.
Panama City, Florida 32401
2005
Recreational
850-814-5468






Robert Gill bgillbgill@gerthlink.net
7330 W. Golf Club Street
Crystal River, FL 34429
2006
Commercial
352-795-1916

352-795-4355




Julie Morris morris@ncf.edu
New College

Environmental Studies Program
5700 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, Florida 34243
2001
Other
941-359-4527

941-359-4538






Alabama

Robert Shipp rshipp@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Dept. of Marine Sciences
University of South Alabama
Life Sciences Bldg., Rm 25
309 University Blvd.
Mobile, AL 36688 2005 Recreational 251-460-6351 251-460-7357




Bobbi Walker chancyw@gulftel.com
P.O. Box 100
Orange Beach, Alabama 36561
2000
Recreational
251-981-6159

251-981-8191




Mississippi

Philip Horn
Clark Seafood
P.O. Box 220
Pascagoula, Mississippi 39567
2004
Commercial
228-762-4511
228-769-5108


Thomas McIlwain tom.mcIlwain@usm.edu
Gulf Coast Research Lab
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
2006
Other
228-818-8866






Louisiana

Harlon Pearce
606 Short Street
Kenner, LA 70062
2006
Commercial
504-467-3809




Susan Villere svillere@vilquest.com
200 Tchefuncte Oaks
Mandeville, LA 70471
2006
Recreational
985-845-3557






Texas

Degraaf Adams degraaf_adams@ars.aon.com
6031 Marie Lane
Richmond, Texas 77469
2004
Recreational
832-476-5608

800-953-4542


Joseph Hendrix, Jr. jhendrix1706@aol.com
Seafish Mariculture
P.O. Box 19497
Houston, Texas 77224
2002
Commercial
956-428-0533

956-428-3016





State and Federal Voting Representatives

Florida
Roy O. Williams, Assistant Director, roy.williams@myFWC.com

Marine Fisheries.
(designee for Ken Haddad) ken.haddad@myFWC.com
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Division of Marine Fisheries
Farris Bryant Building
620 South Meridian Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
850-487-0554

850-487-4847




Alabama
R. Vernon Minton, Director or vminton@dcnr.state.al.us
Stevens Heath (occasional designee)
Alabama Department of Conservation

and Natural Resources
Marine Resources Division
P.O. Drawer 458
Gulf Shores, Alabama 36535
251-968-7576

251-968-7307


Mississippi
Corky Perret, Vice Chair corky.perret@dmr.state.ms.us
(designee for William Walker)
Department of Marine Resources
1141 Bayview Avenue, Suite 101
Biloxi, Mississippi 39530
228-374-5000

228-374-5220




Louisiana
Karen Foote foote_k@wlf.state.la.us
(designee for John Roussel)
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Room 356
P.O. Box 98000
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70898-9000
225-765-2383

225-765-2489




Texas
Robin Riechers, Chair robin.reichers@tpwd.state.tx.us

(designee for Larry McKinney)
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
4200 Smith School Road
Austin, Texas 78744
512-389-4864

512-389-8177




NMFS
Dr. Roy Crabtree, Regional Administrator roy.crabtree@noaa.gov
Virginia Fay (designee) virginia.fay@noaa,gov
Phil Steele (designee) phil.steele@noaa.gov
National Marine Fisheries Service
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701



Congressmen

http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml


Senators


http://senate.gov/general/contact_in...nators_cfm.cfm



www.myfwc.com

Director: Mark Robson
Marine Fisheries Services
Section Leader: Dr. Virginia Vail
Marine Fisheries Management
Section Leader: Roy Williams

2590 Executive Ctr. Circle E, Ste. 201
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Telephone: 850-487-0554,
SC 278-0554
(Fax: 487-4847)

Memebers of congress & The congressional Sportsman caucus

http://www.sportsmenslink.org/caucus/caucus_members.asp

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Re: Contact Info For The Regulators And Polititians

Some excellent info provide by Patrick.


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Originally Posted by Patmygreen

Good Info; Economics of Commercial versus Recreational Fishing

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http://myfwc.com/planning/ECONOMICS...NDWLDLF2005.pdf
This is from the FWC whom I think is considered impartial. Please incorporate this information in your letters to whom it may concern.
ECONOMICS OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RECREATION
FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
ESTIMATES FOR 2005
Category Economic Impact Jobs
Hunting $783,378,920 7,338
Freshwater Fishing $2,118,002,070 19,519
Saltwater Fishing $5,818,894,107 59,418
Wildlife Viewing $1,919,762,397 19,361
TOTAL
$10,640,037,494 105,636 jobs
Additionally, commercial fishing and the boating industry contributed the following economic impacts to Florida’s economy.

Category Economic Impact Jobs
Commercial Fishing $562 Million 9,787
Seafood Processing Industry $614 Million 3,108 jobs


Contact:
David Harding, Ph.D.
Economist
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
2574 Seagate Drive
Tallahassee, Florida 32399 – 1600
Telephone: 850 – 488 - 6661
E-mail: David.Harding@MyFWC.com
Economics of Fish and Wildlife 2005
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