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Our Mission

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission was established by the Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between Canada and the United States in 1955. The Commission has two major responsibilities:

To develop coordinated programs of research on the Great Lakes, and, on the basis of the findings, to recommend measures which will permit the maximum sustained productivity of stocks of fish of common concern; and
To formulate and implement a program to eradicate or minimize sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes.

Commissioners

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission is made up of eight Commissioners (four appointed from each the United States and Canada) and one U.S. Alternate Commissioner. Commissioners of the United States are appointed by the President for six-year terms. Commissioners of Canada are appointed by the Privy Council and serve at the Council's pleasure.

(Updated May, 2007)

Canada	United States
Peter Wallace, Chair	Michael Hansen, Vice-Chair
Robert G. Lambe	William James
Robert Hecky	Lyle Laverty
Wendy Watson-Wright	William Taylor
	David Ullrich

Biographical sketches of commissioners

Secretariat

The Commission executes its management responsibilities with a Secretariat staff located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Secretariat serves as the primary interface between the Commission and those with whom the Commission interacts, directs program and business management efforts, and provides decision support on a wide range of issues.

The following is a list of secretariat staff:

Dale Burkett	Sea Lamprey Manager - Operations
Jo Darlington	Program Assistant
John Dettmers	Senior Fisheries Biologist
Randy Eshenroder	Science Advisor
Jill Finster	Senior Communications & Policy Associate
Marc Gaden	Communications Officer & Legislative Liaison
Chris Goddard	Executive Secretary
Gary Isbell	Senior Fisheries Manager
Charles Krueger	Science Director
Laura Klotz	Program Assistant
Ted Lawrence	Communications & Policy Associate
Nancy Leonard	Research Associate
Scott Miehls	Research Associate - Fisheries
Holly Patrick	Research Associate - Sea Lamprey
Michael Siefkes	Sea Lamprey Program Specialist
Barbara Staples	Administrative Officer
Roy Stein	Senior Fisheries Scientist
Sean Wofford	Accounting and Information Systems Manager
Hao Zhuang	Web Developer

U.S. Advisors

The Great Lakes Fisheries Act of 1956 authorized the appointment of advisors to the U.S. Section of the Commission "to examine and be heard on all proposed recommendations, programs, and activities relating to [the lake they represent]." The U.S. Section appoints advisors from each lake from a list provided by the Great Lakes state governors. Due consideration is given to interests of state agencies, the commercial fish industry, sport fishermen, and the public-at-large.

List of Advisors

Duties of Advisors
Advisor Resolutions
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006 (No advisor resolutions were submitted)
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003 (No advisor resolutions were submitted)
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
- 1999 (No advisor resolutions were submitted)
- 1998 (No advisor resolutions were submitted)
- 1997

Canadian Advisors

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has authorized the appointment of advisors to the Canadian Section of the Commission to examine and be heard on all proposed recommendations, programs, and activities relating to the fishery.

List of Advisors
Duties of Advisors
News Release, Feb. 5, 1999: "Great Lakes Fishery Commission Expands Canadian Committee of Advisors"

Former Member of the Commission


CANADA

Commissioner	Years	Affiliation
W. J. K. Harkness	1956-1960	Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
A. O. Blackhurst	1956-1969	Ontario Council of Commercial Fisheries
L.A. Pritchard	1956-1971	Conservation and Development Service, Dept. of Fisheries
J.R. Dymond	1960-1965	University of Toronto
C.H.D. Clarke	1966-1972	Province of Ontario
E.W. Burridge	1967-1977	Department of Fisheries and the Environment, Canada
F. E. J. Fry	1969-1980	University of Toronto
C. J. Kerswill	1971-1978	Department of Environment, Canada
Kenneth Loftus	1972-1984	Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Murray G. Johnson	1978-1982	Department of Fisheries and Environment, Canada
H. Douglas Johnston	1979-1982	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Henry A. Regier	1980-1989	University of Toronto
Gary C. Vernon	1982-1984	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Patrick Chamut	1982-1986	Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Ward Faulkner	1986	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Aimee Lefebvre-Anglin	1986-1987	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Arthur Holder	1986-1989	Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Pierre Asselin	1987-1990	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Paul Sutherland	1987-1995	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
George Whitney	1988-1991	Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
David Good	1990-1991	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
F. W. H Beamish	1990-2004	University of Guelph
Gail L. Beggs	1991-1996	Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Cheryl A. Fraser	1993-1997	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
G. Burton Ayles	1995-2000	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Marie Tobin	1997-1998	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
David Balsillie	1997-2000	Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Ray T. Pierce	1998-2005	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
John C. Davis	2000-	Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Peter Wallace	2001-	Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Robert Hecky	2004-	University of Waterloo
Wendy Watson Wright	2005-	Fisheries and Oceans Canada


UNITED STATES

Commissioner	Years	Affiliation
John L. Farley	1956-1956	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lester P. Voigt	1956-1978	Wisconsin Conservation Department
Claude VerDuin	1956-1988	Midwest Federation, Fisheries Council ( Michigan)
D. L. McKernan	1957-1967	Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, USFWS
Clarence F. Pautzke	1967-1969	Department of the Interior
W. Mason Lawrence	1968-1988	New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
C.H. Meacham	1969-1970	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Nathaniel P. Reed	1971-1977	Department of the Interior
Frank R. Lockard	1978-1981	Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources
Robert Herbst	1978-1981	Department of the Interior
G. R. Arnett	1981-1982	Department of the Interior
William P. Horn	1982-1989	Department of the Interior
James Ridenour	1983-1989	Indiana DNR
Becky Norton Dunlop	1988-1989	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
James M. Cady	1988-1994	Minnesota
Charles C. Krueger	1988-1998	Cornell University
Charles K. Dutcher*	1989-1990	Office of Presidential Personnel for HR and Congressional/Political Affairs
Constance Harriman	1989-1991	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Robert L. Athey *	1990-1992	Jack C. Nicklaus Devlmpt . Corp.( Illinois)
Carroll D. Besadny	1990-1996	Wisconsin DNR
John Michael Hayden	1991-1993	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Harry L. Whiteley *	1992-1994	Harry H. Whiteley Associates
Bob Davison	1994-1996	Department of the Interior
David Dempsey *	1994-2001	Michigan Environmental Council
Bernard J. Hansen	1994-2006	Alderman, City of Chicago
Don Barry	1997-1998	Department of the Interior
Joseph Day	1997-2001	Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
Jamie Rappaport Clark	1998-2001	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Roy A. Stein	1999-2004	Ohio State University
Gerry A. Barnhart	2002-	New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
William W. Taylor *	2002-	Michigan State University
H. Craig Manson	2002-2005	Department of the Interior
Mike Hansen	2004-	University of Wisconsin
*=alternate commissioner

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Tel: 734-662-3209
Fax: 734-741-2010
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