Professional Service to the University
 Departmental Committees
2006-Present Chair Tenure and Promotion Committee
2004- Present Member Faculty Honors Committee
2004- Present Member Student Recruitment Committee
2002-2003 Member Curriculum Committee

2000-2001

 Member Search Committee for Chair of Biological Sciences Department
1997 Chair Ad Hoc Computer Committee

1997

    Seminar Committee
1996-1997   Curriculum Committee
1996 Chair Curriculum Committee (Aug-Oct)
1996 Chair Executive Committee (Aug-Oct)
1995-1996   Budget and Finance Committee
1995-1996   Search Committee for the Associate Director AMRL
1994-1996   Executive Committee
1995   Search Committee for Ichthyologist Position


 
School and University Committees
2006-Present Member Tenure and Promotion Committee
2004-Present Member Responsible Conduct in Research Task Force
2004-Present Member Named Chair Selection Committee
1998-1999 Member Search Committee for Chair, Department of Oceanography
1998-1999 Member College of Sciences Technology Committee
1997 Member Search Committee for three Geology faculty positions, College of Sciences
1992-1993 Member Search Committee for the Dean of the College of Sciences
1987-1990 Member Biohazards Committee
1986 Member Library Committee
1986 Member Local Arrangements Committee, Virginia Academy of Science


 
Professional Service to the Community/State/Nation
 Advisory Boards
2005-2007 Member  Ocean Studies Board.
2004-Present Member School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Advisory Council, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
2002-Present Member Virginia Sea Grant Academic Advisory Panel.


 
Invited Talks

2003  “Fish Carry Passports”. To the Board of Visitors, Old Dominion University. April.

2003  “Fish Carry Passports”. To the College of Science Advisory Board, Old Dominion University. March
 

1998  “Results of a stock assessment for spot, Leiostomus xanthurus”. To the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Newport News, Virginia. December.
 

1995  “Results of a stock assessment for black drum, Pogonias cromis”. To the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Newport News, Virginia. September.
 

1993  “The status of the stocks of black drum, Pogonias cromis”. To the Virginia Marine Resources Commission Black Drum Workshop. Newport News, Virginia. June.
 

1993  “The value of recreational angler surveys in managing Virginia’s fisheries”. To the Virginia Marine Resources Commission Marine Advisor Council. Newport News, Virginia. February.
 

1992  “Black drum: One of the oldest fish in Chesapeake Bay”. Eastern Shore chapter of the ACCA. Exmore, Virginia. April.
 

1991  “The population dynamics of black drum in Chesapeake Bay and the Mid-Atlantic Bight”. To the Virginia Marine Resources Commission Black Drum Workshop. Newport News, Virginia. December
 

1986  Roundtable Lecture on fisheries work at Old Dominion University.
 

1986  Speakers Bureau Lecture on Food from the Oceans to Peninsula Junior High School.


 
Review of Journal Articles

Serve periodically as a reviewer of articles for the Canadian Journal of Fish and Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries Bulletin, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, the Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, and Ecology. This includes, at a minimum, 12 manuscripts per year covering the topics of age and growth, daily ageing, angler surveys, stock assessment, and computer simulation modeling.


 
Review of Grants and Contracts

Serve periodically as a reviewer of Sea Grant, Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee, and National Science Foundation proposals, among others. This includes, at a minimum, 12 per year covering the topics of age and growth, daily ageing, angler surveys, stock assessment, and computer simulation modeling.

1996 National Science Foundation, Ocean Sciences Directorate,
Proposal Review Panel for Biological Oceanography.


 
Editor of Journal
2005-Present Contributing Editor Marine Ecology Progress Series.
1988-1990 Associate Editor Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.


 
Officer of Society
1996-1998 Executive Committee Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society.
1994-1996 President Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society.
1994-1996 Executive Committee American Fisheries Society.
1992-1994 President-elect Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society.
1987 Northeastern Regional Representative Early Life History Section, American Fisheries Society.


 
Convener of Symposia
2003 “Scale and otolith chemistry - use and misuse” American Fisheries Special Symposium, Quebec City, Canada. August.
1997-1998 Steering Committee Multispecies Fisheries Management Workshop, Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Bay Program.
1993 "The Status of Recruitment Process and Fishery Oceanography Research in the U.S. and Canada" American Fisheries Special Symposium,  Portland, Oregon. September.
1989-1990 Member American Fisheries Society Steering Committee for the International Symposium and Workshop on Creel and Angler Surveys in Fisheries Management.


 
Other Service
 International
2004-2005 Member Pacific Salmon Commission Technical Dispute Settlement Board (Canada-US Pacific Salmon Treaty).
2004 Session Chair Third International Symposium on Fish and Otolith Research and Application, Townsville, Australia. July.
2001 Local Coordinator CCAMLR Workshop on Estimating Age in Patagonian Toothfish, Norfolk, Virginia, July 23-27
Hosted at the Center for Quantitative Fisheries Ecology, Old Dominion University.
2001-2002 Invited Participant CCAMLR Otolith Network.
1996-2000 United States Representative Scientific Council to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization.
1997 Session Chair Fisheries Society of the British Isles International Symposium on Ichthyoplankton Ecology, Galway, Ireland. July.
1995 Workshop Leader Angler Survey Design and Analysis, Department of Fisheries, New South Wales, Australia.
1993 Session Chair The International Symposium on Fish Otolith Research and Application, Chemical tags and otolith composition, Hilton Head, South Carolina.
1990 Session Chair The International Symposium and Workshop on Creel and Angler Surveys in Fisheries Management. March.


 
National
2007 Member Executive Committee, Ocean Studies Board, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council
2006 Invited Participant

Representing the American Fisheries Society at the State Directors and Saltwater Sportfishing Community Recreational Fishing Data Meeting, Washington, DC.
2006 Invited Participant National Academies/ National Research Council, Planning Meeting: Changing Ice Conditions in the Arctic-Implications and Opportunities. November. Washington, DC.
2005-2007 Member Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
2003-2005 Member

Committee on Review of the Western Alaska Research and Restoration Plan for Salmon, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
2003-2005 Member Committee on Best Science Data, AFS white paper, American Fisheries Society.
2003 Co-chair Symposium on “Scale and otolith chemistry methods: use and misuse.” 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. August.
2003 Co-chair Bluefish Research Workshop, session on reproduction, cohort, and stock structure. Rutgers University.
2001-2002 Chair National Marine Fisheries Service Review, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
1998-2001 Member Publications Advisory Board, American Fisheries Society.
2000 Invited Participant Workshop on the Education and Training Needs for Fisheries Science and Management: Stock Assessment Science, Fisheries Economics, and Fisheries Social Science. Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
1998-2000 Member Committee on Improving the Collection and Use of Fisheries Data. Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
1997-1998 Chair Publications Award Committee, American Fisheries Society
1997 Member Committee to Review Northeast Fishing Stock Assessments. Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
1996 Session Chair The American Fisheries Society Symposium on: "Marine Fisheries and their Management". Dearborn, Michigan. August.
1996 Invited Participant Joint Workshop on Fisheries Resource Survey Capabilities, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Alexandria, VA. June.
1995-1996 Member Fisheries Stock Assessment Models Review Panel, Ocean Studies Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences.
1993 Session Chair The American Fisheries Society Symposium on "The Status of Recruitment Process and Fishery Oceanography Research in the U.S. and Canada". Portland, Oregon. September.
1993 Member Fisheries Techniques Steering Committee, Education Section, American Fisheries Society.
1992 Session Chair Population Modeling Research Approaches session at the 16th Annual Larval Fish Conference, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island.
1990 Session Chair 120th American Fisheries Society, Fisheries Assessment and Survival Estimation session. August.
1988-1989 Member Time and Place Committee, American Fisheries Society.
1984 Session Chair Freshwater Management session at the 114th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society. August.


 
Regional  
2002-2006 Member Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
2000 Invited  Participant Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Ecosystem Plan Workshop, Chesapeake Bay Program.
2000-Present Member-at-large Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Bay Program.
1998-Present Member Virginia Sea Grant Academic Advisory Board.
1986-Present Member Fisheries Management Advisory Council of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
1986-1988 Member Chesapeake Bay Stock Assessment Committee. (Jointly sponsored by E.P.A. and NOAA).
1994-2000 Member Scientific and Statistics Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council.
1995-2000 Alternate Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Bay Program.
1998 Invited Participant Multispecies Fisheries Modeling Workshop, Statistical and Technical Advisory Committee, Chesapeake Bay Program, Solomons, MD. April.
1997 Invited Participant

Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Charleston, S.C. June.


 
Local  
1997 Co-convener Working Watermen’s Organizational Meeting. Old Dominion University. March.
1994 Workshop Leader Tidewater Business and Professional Women’s Math and Science Fair, March 26.
1991 Member Special Advisory Committee of the Virginia House of Delegates on Fishery Management. This committee recommended the revision of marine fisheries legislation in Virginia and the three proposals put forward are now laws.
1987 Consultant WHRO (Public Broadcasting System) Assistance in preparing a special broadcast on women and minorities in science.
1987 Member of the Board Women’s Caucus, Old Dominion University.
1986   WHRO (Public Broadcasting System) Preparation of a program filmed in December 1986 for broadcast in May 1987 on fisheries science and oceanography.