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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Silver Spring, Md.
Greater Atlantic regional administrator John Bullard announced plans to retire Jan. 5, 2018. Bullard, who took the job in 2012, will leave a legacy of improved relationships with the regulated community, the research community, environmentalists, local, state and federal officials and agency partners, including the New England and the Mid-Atlantic fishery management councils and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. As regional administrator, Bullard worked with the fishery management councils and the commission to manage 44 fish stocks, including two scallops and lobster, worth more than $500 million each. During his tenure, he faced the New England groundfish crisis, and worked with Congress and state directors to deliver $32.8 million in disaster assistance to affected fishing families and communities. Bullard also led the charge to modernize access and sharing of fishery-dependent data in cooperation with the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, the fishing industry, the councils and the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program. He championed electronic monitoring pilot projects on fishing vessels with partners in the industry and environmental non-government organizations to increase coverage and improve the data on which our science is based.