Each regional management council has an SSC responsible for reviewing the scientific basis of council management plans and actions and developing fishing level recommendations in accordance with national fisheries management guidelines.  The South Atlantic Council’s SSC meets twice a year to address a broad range of topics, including stock assessments, management action evaluations, social and economic analyses, habitat evaluations, and ecosystem management issues.  SSC members also play a key role in developing stock assessments for Council managed resources through participation in SEDAR, the Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review program. View SSC job description.

For additional information, please contact John Carmichael, Science and Statistics Program Manager at john.carmichael@safmc.net or call (843) 571-4366.

(Updated 3/17/09)

Dr. Carolyn Belcher, Chair
GA Department of Natural Resources
Coastal Resources Division
One Conservation Way, Suite 300
Brunswick, GA 31520
912/264-7218 (ph); 912/262-3143
carolyn_belcher@dnr.state.ga.us

Dr. Luiz Barbieri, Vice-Chair
FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission/FMRI
100 Eighth Avenue SE
St. Petersburg, FL  33701-5095
727/896-8626 ext. 4116 (ph)
luiz.barbieri@myfwc.com

Dr. John Boreman, Jr.
23 Covington Lane
Durham, NC 27712
919/768-7198 (ph)
John.Boreman@ncsu.edu
 
Dr. Jeffrey Buckel
Department of Zoology Center for Marine Science and Technology
North Carolina State University
303 College Circle
Morehead City, NC 28557
252/222-6341(ph); 252/222-6311(f)
jeffrey_buckel@ncsu.edu

Alex Chester
12200 SW 74th Court
Pinecrest, FL 33156
305/234-5187 (ph)
alexchester@bellsouth.net

Dr. Matt Cieri
Maine Department of Marine Resources
McKown Point Rd.
West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575
207/633-9520 (ph)
matthew.cieri@maine.gov

Dr. Andrew B. Cooper
School of Resource and Env. Management
Simon Fraser University
Main Office Room 8405, TASC 1 Bldg.
8888 University Drive 
Burnaby, BC, CANADA V5A 1S6
778/782-3954 (ph); 778/782-4968(f)
603/397-0027 (cell)
andrew_cooper@sfu.ca

Chip Collier
NC Division of Marine Fisheries
127 Cardinal Drive
Wilmington, NC 28405
910/796-7292 (ph)
chip.collier@ncdenr.gov

Dr. Scott Crosson        
NC Division of Marine Fisheries
P.O. Box 769
Morehead City, NC  28557
252/808-8107 (ph)
Scott.crosson@ncdenr.gov

Christine Jensen
Stock Assessment Scientist
NC Division of Marine Fisheries
P.O. Box 769
Morehead City, NC 28557
252/808-8072 (ph)
252/726-6062 (f)
Christine.Jensen@ncdenr.gov

Dr. Yan Jiao
Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA  24061-0321

540/231-5749 (ph)
yjiao@vt.edu

Anne Lange
1493 Diamond Blvd
Mt Pleasant, SC  29466
843/ 971-0628 (ph)
AMLange@aol.com

Dr. Sherry L. Larkin
Food & Resource Economics Dept.
P.O. Box 110240
University of Florida
Gainsville, FL 32611-0240
352/392-1845 Ext. 431 (ph)
SLarkin@ufl.edu

Dr. Marcel Reichert
SC DNR/Marine Resources Division
P.O. Box 12559 (217 Ft. Johnson Road, Charleston SC 29412)
Charleston, SC  29422-2559
843/953-5778 (ph)
ReichertM@dnr.sc.gov

Dr. John C. Whitehead
Department of Economics
3094 Raley Hall
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608-2051
828/262-6121 (ph)
828/262-6105 (f)
whiteheadjc@appstate.edu

Dr. Erik H. Williams
Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research
Beaufort Laboratory
101 Pivers Island Rd.
Beaufort, N.C. 28516
252/728-8603 (ph)
252/728-8619 (f)
erik.williams@noaa.gov