August 11, 2017 — The following was released by the New England Fishery Management Council:
The New England Fishery Management Council is bidding farewell to Mary Beth Tooley of Maine and welcoming a new face to the Council table – Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Commissioner Patrick Keliher.
On June 28, 2017, the Secretary of Commerce announced that three New England Council members, whose terms were scheduled to expire, had been reappointed to serve for another three years effective August 12, 2017.
- Peter Kendall of New Hampshire was appointed to his third term on the Council;
- Elizabeth “Libby” Etrie of Massachusetts was appointed to a second term; and
- John Pappalardo of Massachusetts was appointed to a second term.
Terry Stockwell of Maine was appointed to fill the seat being vacated by Tooley, who had served three consecutive terms. Stockwell is the Council’s vice chairman and previously served as the state of Maine’s designated fisheries official to the Council. In June, however, Stockwell retired from state service following a 21-year career at DMR, and he now is beginning his first term as a secretarial appointee.