Speaker Bios for Capitol Hill Briefing

Pamela Baker.Pamela Baker is a fisheries biologist with Environmental Defense's Oceans Program. For several years, she has been heavily involved in working with coastal communities to improve fishery management and aquacultural practices in the Gulf of Mexico. Ms. Baker's fields of specialization include reef fish and shrimp fisheries and coastal shrimp farming. Ms. Baker holds a M.A. degree in marine policy from the University of Rhode Island and serves on state and federal fishery management advisory panels addressing issues including individual fishing quotas, shrimp management and essential fish habitat.

Daryl Sykes.A resident of New Zealand, Daryl Sykes has 21 years of experience as a commercial fisherman and charter vessel skipper, specializing in rock lobster trapping, trolling, and shellfish diving. Since 1996, Mr. Sykes has served as fisheries research and management advisor to the New Zealand Rock Lobster Industry Council Ltd., one of the original stakeholder organizations formed by quota holders to conduct stock research and enhancement for fishermen and the government of New Zealand. Mr. Sykes is considered a leading expert on IFQs and its impacts on fishery resources

Captain Wayne Werner. Mr. Werner is the owner and operator of the reef fish vessel F/V Seaquest. He lives in Galliano, Louisiana and has fished the waters of the Gulf of Mexico for more than 30 years. Captain Werner serves as an advisor to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council on issues such as red snapper and individual fishing quota management.