WORKING WATERFRONT COMMISSION

Appointed by Governor: Merrill T. Campbell, Jr.; Robert H. Evans; Benjamin G. Parks.

Appointed by Senate President: J. Lowell Stoltzfus

Appointed by House Speaker: Sue Kullen

Ex officio: Renee Stephens, designee of Secretary of Business & Economic Development; Gina M. Hunt, designee of Secretary of Natural Resources; Susan B. M. Langley, Ph.D., designee of Secretary of Planning; Stephen R. McHenry, Executive Director, Maryland Agricultural & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation; Virginia (Vicky) Carrasco, designee of Director, Sea Grant Program [Maryland Sea Grant College]; Charles Samuel Boston, designee of Executive Director, Maryland Association of Counties; Percy J. Purnell, Jr., designee of Executive Director, Maryland Municipal League; Roman Jesien, designee of Executive Director, Coastal Bays Association [Program]; F. William Sieling III, designee of President, Chesapeake Bay Seafood Industries Association; W. Laurence Simns, President, Maryland Watermen's Association; H. Russell Dize, member, Maryland Watermen's Association; Brian Wimpee, designee of Executive Director, Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's Association.

Staff:
Sarah Widman (410) 260-8266
c/o Fisheries Service, Department of Natural Resources
Tawes State Office Building, B2, 580 Taylor Ave., Annapolis, MD 21401 - 2397
e-mail: swidman@dnr.state.md.us
web: www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/commercial/wwc/index.html

Andrew D. Gray (410) 946-5530, (301) 970-5530
c/o Dept. of Legislative Services
Legislative Services Building, 90 State Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401

• Interim Report, 28 January 2008
• Final Report, 1 December 2008

The Working Waterfront Commission was initiated in June 2007 (Chapter 30, Acts of 2007). The Commission studied and issued recommendations on how to ensure that Maryland's commercial fishing industry continues to have access to public trust waters.

On January 28, 2008, the Commission submitted an interim report to the Governor and General Assembly, and its final report on December 1, 2008. Authorization for the Commission extends through December 31, 2008 (Chapter 17, Acts of 2008).

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