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Science Committees

Committees & Panels Advisory Panels Scientific & Statistical Committees

Scientific & Statistical Committee Members are Economists, biologists, sociologists and natural resource attorneys who are knowledgeable about the technical aspects of fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico.

Socioeconomic Scientific & Statistical Committee Members are Sociologists and economists who advise the Council of the social and economic impacts of fishery management measures.

• Standing SSC
• Special Coral SSC
• Ecosystem SSC
• Special Mackerel SSC
• Special Red Drum SSC
• Special Reef Fish SSC
• Special Shrimp SSC
• Socioeconomic SSC
• Special Spiny Lobster/Stone Crab SSC
• SMZ Monitoring Team

SSC Membership Information

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Membership List Updated: 4/23/13

Standing SSC Luiz Barbieri Harry Blanchet Benjamin Blount Shannon Cass-Calay Bob Gill Read Hendon Walter Keithly Kai Lorenzen William Patterson Sean Powers Greg Stunz Jim Tolan John Ward Elbert Whorton	Special Coral SSC TBD	Ecosystem SSC Cameron Ainsworth Joan Browder Columbus Brown Bridgette Froeschke Stephen Holiman Tristan Kimbrell Behzad Mahmoudi Alan Matherne Michael Schirripa James Simons Glenn Thomas Wei Wu David Yoskowitz	Special Mackerel SSC TBD
Special Red Drum SSC Jason Adriance Mark Fisher Matt Hill Susan Lowerre-Barbieri Jim Tolan Ken Rose Elbert Whorton James Tolan	Special Reef Fish SSC Jason Adriance Erik Broussard Robert Ellis John Mareska Brooke Shipley-Lozano John Mareska	Special Shrimp SSC Martin Bourgeois Traci Floyd Ryan Gandy Leslie Hartman Alan Matherne James Nance	Socioeconomic SSC Lee Anderson Matthew Freeman Brad Gentner Stephen Holiman Stephen Holland Steve Jacob Mike Jepson Walter Keithly Sherry Larkin Alexander Miller Ebenezer Ogunyinka Ken Roberts Kurt Schnier John Ward David Yoskowitz
Special Spiny Lobster SSC Rene Buesa Ryan Gandy John Hunt Tom Matthews	SMZ Monitoring Team Mike Buchanan Jan Culbertson Jon Dodrill Mike Piccirilli Pete Sheridan Mark Sramek		Back to Top

Persons are ineligible for membership on any committee or panel if that person has been convicted of a felony offense or is determined to have violated any federal or state marine resource law or regulation within the previous five years. In addition, persons are ineligible for membership on any scientific committee (SSC, SAP, or SEP) if that person directly receives funding from an association that lobbies the Council on fishery issues.