Marine Resources Assessment for the Marianas Operating ... - SPREP

AUGUST 2005 FINAL REPORT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We are grateful to the many people who generously provided data, literature, and information needed for
this marine resources assessment. These people include Ken Cochrane (CNMI Coastal Resources
Management Office, Saipan), Jerry Deutscher (Guam National Wildlife Refuge, Guam), Esther
Gumataotao (Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans, Guam), Jay Guttierez (Guam Division of Aquatic and
Wildlife Resources, Guam), Paul Hamilton (CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife, Saipan), Stephani
Holzwarth (NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i), Peter Houk
(CNMI Division of Environmental Quality, Saipan), David Hoy (Division of Refuge Planning, USFWS, ),
Larry Ilo (CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife, Saipan), Kurt Kessler (USFWS Guam), Trina Leberer
(Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, Guam) , Debra Losey (NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science
Center), Nathan Martin (Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, Guam), Dwayne Minton
(National Park Service, Guam), Gustav Paulay (Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida),
Joseph Ruak (CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife, Saipan), Andrew Smith (Nature Conservancy, Pacific
Island Countries Coastal Marine Programs), Barry Smith (University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Guam),
John Starmer (CNMI Coastal Resources Management Office, Saipan), Brent Tibbatts (Guam Division of
Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, Guam), Victor Torres (Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans, Guam),
Mike Trianni (CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife, Saipan), Michael Tenorio (CNMI Division of Fish and
Wildlife, Saipan), Scott Vogt (Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Honolulu, Hawaii), Robert Wescom
(COMNAVMARIANAS Guam), and Susana Wilkins (University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Guam).
We are grateful for constructive review comments and helpful discussion on draft versions of this report
from Rusty Brainard (NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i), Gerry
Davis (NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, Hawai'i), Patricia Fryer
(Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, University of Hawai'i), Peter Houk (CNMI Division of
Environmental Quality, Saipan), Trina Leberer (The Nature Conservancy, Guam), Michael Parke (NOAA
Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolul, Hawai'i), Gustav Paulay (Florida Museum of
Natural History, Gainesville, Florida), Vanessa Pepi (Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Honolulu,
Hawai'i), Joaquin Salas (CNMI Coastal Resources Management Office, Saipan), Barry Smith (University
of Guam Marine Laboratory, Guam), Stephen Smith (Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Honolulu,
Hawai'i), Mike Trianni (CNMI Division of Fish and Wildlife, Saipan), Scott Vogt (Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Honolulu, Hawai'i), Peter Vroom (NOAA Fisheries, Pacific Islands Fisheries
Science Center, Honoulu, Hawai'i), and Robert Wescom (COMNAVMARIANAS Guam).