Bringing together the Commonwealth's major shellfish sectors.
The MSI Taskforce includes a broad range of representatives who will shape and guide the MSI process and advocate for implementation of the MSI recommendations. Click on the names to email Taskforce members.
Members.
Dan McKiernan, Deputy Director, Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries, Acting Chair
Paul Bagnall, President, Mass. Shellfish Officers Association
Matt Charette, Director, Woods Hole Sea Grant Program
Michael DeVasto, Grower/Harvester, Wellfleet
Mark Ells, Town Manager, Barnstable
Lisa Engler, Director, Coastal Zone Management (Proxy : Todd Callahan)
Seth Garfield, President, Massachusetts Aquaculture Association
Jill Goldsmith, Town Manager, Chatham
Tori Kim, Director, Mass. Environmental Policy Act Office (Proxy : Paige Czepiga)
John Lebeaux, Commissioner, Dept. of Agricultural Resources (Proxy : Sean Bowen)
Deb Markowitz, Mass. State Director, The Nature Conservancy (Proxy : Steve Kirk)
John Mitchell, Mayor, New Bedford
Michael Moore, Dept. of Public Health
Lt. Col. Pat Moran, MA Environmental Police
Senator Susan Moran (Proxy : Maria Syrniotis)
John Pappalardo, CEO, Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance (Proxy : Melissa Sanderson)
Representative Sarah Peake
Rene Read, Town Manager, Duxbury
Sefatia Romeo Theken, Mayor, Gloucester (Proxy : Pete Seminara)
Dan Sieger, Exec. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
Martin Suuberg, Commissioner, Dept. of Environmental Protection (Proxy : Lisa Rhodes)
Paul Bagnall, President, Mass. Shellfish Officers Association
Matt Charette, Director, Woods Hole Sea Grant Program
Michael DeVasto, Grower/Harvester, Wellfleet
Mark Ells, Town Manager, Barnstable
Lisa Engler, Director, Coastal Zone Management (Proxy : Todd Callahan)
Seth Garfield, President, Massachusetts Aquaculture Association
Jill Goldsmith, Town Manager, Chatham
Tori Kim, Director, Mass. Environmental Policy Act Office (Proxy : Paige Czepiga)
John Lebeaux, Commissioner, Dept. of Agricultural Resources (Proxy : Sean Bowen)
Deb Markowitz, Mass. State Director, The Nature Conservancy (Proxy : Steve Kirk)
John Mitchell, Mayor, New Bedford
Michael Moore, Dept. of Public Health
Lt. Col. Pat Moran, MA Environmental Police
Senator Susan Moran (Proxy : Maria Syrniotis)
John Pappalardo, CEO, Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance (Proxy : Melissa Sanderson)
Representative Sarah Peake
Rene Read, Town Manager, Duxbury
Sefatia Romeo Theken, Mayor, Gloucester (Proxy : Pete Seminara)
Dan Sieger, Exec. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
Martin Suuberg, Commissioner, Dept. of Environmental Protection (Proxy : Lisa Rhodes)
Please CLICK HERE for the Task Force meeting minutes and Task Force related documents
“I see the MSI Taskforce as a great opportunity to work cooperatively to strengthen the sustainability of our Commonwealth’s shellfish resources and growing shellfish industry. My staff and I look forward to working with fellow Taskforce members to support the continued development of an ecologically sustainable shellfish aquaculture industry, protect and enhance opportunities for wild shellfish harvest, and promote and strengthen state and municipal shellfisheries management in the Commonwealth.”
-- David Pierce Ph.D., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries
-- David Pierce Ph.D., Director, Division of Marine Fisheries