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Russell Dunn, National Policy Advisor for Recreational Fisheries

Russell (Russ) Dunn

Russell Dunn
NOAA Fisheries National Policy Advisor
for Recreational Fisheries

Russell (Russ) Dunn brings 14 years of public and private sector marine fisheries policy experience to the position of NOAA Fisheries National Policy Advisor for Recreational Fisheries at both the national and international levels. Since joining NOAA Fisheries Service in 2002, he has served as Branch Chief of the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Management Division in the Southeast Region, the primary domestic policy advisor for the United States’ delegation to ICCAT, and as the Acting Chief of the HMS Management Division.

Prior to joining NOAA Fisheries, Dunn was the Director of Government Relations for the National Audubon Society’s Living Ocean’s Campaign, served on NOAA Fisheries Service’s Billfish and Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panels, and worked for then Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell to facilitate consensus building on issues within the U.S. Senate.

Dunn is based out of the NOAA Fisheries Service Southeast Regional Office and may be contacted at 727-551-5740 and via email at Russell.Dunn@noaa.gov.

NOAA Fisheries Recreational Fisheries Coordinators
Forbes Darby
National Recreational
Fisheries Coordinator
301-713-9501
301-713-2384 (fax)
Michael Bailey
Southeast Recreational
Fisheries Coordinator
727-570-5474
727-570-5394 (fax)
Marty Golden
Pacific Coast Recreational
Fisheries Coordinator
562-980-4004 
562-980-4047 (fax)
     
NOAA Fisheries Recreational Fisheries Coordination Team
ALASKA REGION
  Jay Ginter Alaska Regional Office
  Chris Lunsford Alaska Fisheries Science Center
     
PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION
  Alvin Katekaru Pacific Islands Regional Office
  Hongguang Ma Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
     
NORTHWEST REGION
  Walt Dickhoff Northwest Fisheries Science Center
  Bob Turner Northwest Regional Office
     
SOUTHWEST REGION
  Craig Heberer Southwest Regional Office
  James Hilger Southwest Fisheries Science Center
  Steve Ralston Southwest Fisheries Science Center
  Charles Villafana Southwest Regional Office
     
SOUTHEAST REGION
  Kimberly Amendola Southeast Regional Office
  Kenneth Brennan Southeast Fisheries Science Center
     
NORTHEAST REGION
  Earl Meredith Northeast Fisheries Science Center
  Paul Perra Northeast Regional Office
     
PROTECTED RESOURCES
  Melissa Andersen Office of Protected Resources
     
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  Gordon Colvin Office of Science and Technology
     
HABITAT CONSERVATION
  Brian Pawlak Office of Habitat Conservation
     
LAW ENFORCEMENT
  John Reghi Office of Law Enforcement
     
AQUACULTURE
  Jessica Beck  Southeast Regional Office
     
HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES
  Randy Blankinship Office of Sustainable Fisheries
  Brad McHale Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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