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The Save the Summer Flounder Fishery Fund has hired Dr. Mark Maunder as it's first step in dealing with the "Scientific" aspect of it's goals and mission statement.
Dr. Maunder (who is already working with SSFFF) has just completed his initial review of the current Summer Flounder Stock Assessment.
Dr Maunder is recognized internationally as a leader in the development of methodology for fisheries stock assessment and population dynamics modeling. He has been the team leader or participant in numerous stock assessments. Dr Maunder has been a main developer for three general stock assessment models used by several organizations worldwide. He has taught several courses in stock assessment and ecological modeling, including a graduate course at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dr Maunder is currently a senior scientist at the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Through his company, Quantitative Resource Assessment LLC, Dr Maunder has served as a consultant for several national and international governmental and non-governmental organizations. He has been an invited speaker on many occasions, reviewed stocks assessments for several national and international organizations, has over 30 peer reviewed publications, numerous reports, attended many international conferences and workshops on fisheries, ecology, and statistics, and has obtained substantial external funding as lead or co- Principle Investigator. Dr Maunder’s research focuses on the development of statistical methodology for fisheries stock assessment, protected species, and ecological modeling.
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