The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department) is soliciting nominations for the Ocean Resources Enhancement Advisory Panel (OREAP). Information about the OREAP and how to apply can be found here. All nominees must submit the following by March 15, 2024: (1) letter of interest, (2) resume, (3) and two letters of support from the stakeholder group that they would like to represent on the OREAP.
The OREAP is a legislatively mandated advisory body that advises the Department’s Director in establishing policy and direction, including the expenditure of fee revenue, for the Ocean Resources Enhancement and Hatchery Program (OREHP). The purpose of the OREHP is to determine if hatchery-released marine finfish can enhance stocks of wild species through increased hatchery production of fish and to monitor fisheries to assess hatchery contributions. Currently, the focus of the OREHP’s research is on white seabass (Atractoscion nobilis).
Please click here for more information on the OREHP, or you may contact me at Valerie.Taylor@wildlife.ca.gov or OREHP@wildlife.ca.gov.
