Government contacts related to Menhaden
Federal Government
U.S. Commerce Department
(The Federal Department that oversees NOAA, NOAA Fisheries, ASMFC, GSMFC, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services)
Secretary of Commerce, Gina M. Raimondo https://www.commerce.gov/about/leadership/gina-m-raimondo
Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Don Graves
Mailing Address: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20230
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Commercegov/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA.gov
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator, Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D. - https://www.commerce.gov/about/leadership/richard-w-spinrad-phd
Deputy Undersecretary for Operations, Benjamin Friedman
Mailing Address: NOAA, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Room 5128, Washington, DC 20230
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NOAA
NOAA Fisheries https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
NOAA Fisheries Leadership https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about-us#who-we-are
NOAA Fisheries Directorate https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/noaa-fisheries-directorate
Mailing Address: NOAA Fisheries Directorate, 1315 East-West Highway, 14th Floor, Silver Spring MD 20910
Regional Offices https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/contact-directory/regional-offices
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NOAAFisheries
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission ASMFC https://www.asmfc.org/
Atlantic States Commissioners https://asmfc.org/about-us/commissioners
Atlantic States Menhaden Board https://safis.accsp.org:8443/myJSPs/asmfcmembersearch.jsp?member=30
ASMFC Chesapeake Menhaden Workgroup Comments: 2024-0916 Menhaden Working Group Comments
Atlantic States Menhaden Technical Committee https://safis.accsp.org:8443/myJSPs/asmfcmembersearch.jsp?member=29
Atlantic States Menhaden Advisory Panel https://safis.accsp.org:8443/myJSPs/asmfcmembersearch.jsp?member=282
ASFMC Staff https://asmfc.org/about-us/staff
Contact page https://asmfc.org/contact/contact-us
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AtlanticStatesMarineFisheriesCommission
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission GSMFC https://www.gsmfc.org/
Gulf States Commissioners https://www.gsmfc.org/commiss
Gulf States Sates/Federal Management Committee https://www.gsmfc.org/membership-SFFMC
Gulf States Menhaden Advisory Committee https://www.gsmfc.org/membership-SFFMC-MAC
GSFMC Staff https://www.gsmfc.org/staff
Contact page https://www.gsmfc.org/contact
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064727824966
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service https://www.fws.gov/
United States Senate Directory
Find a Senator https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
United States Congressional Directory
Find a Congressional Representative https://www.house.gov/representatives
(The Federal Department that oversees NOAA, NOAA Fisheries, ASMFC, GSMFC, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services)
Secretary of Commerce, Gina M. Raimondo https://www.commerce.gov/about/leadership/gina-m-raimondo
Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Don Graves
Mailing Address: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20230
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Commercegov/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA.gov
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator, Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D. - https://www.commerce.gov/about/leadership/richard-w-spinrad-phd
Deputy Undersecretary for Operations, Benjamin Friedman
Mailing Address: NOAA, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Room 5128, Washington, DC 20230
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NOAA
NOAA Fisheries https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
NOAA Fisheries Leadership https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about-us#who-we-are
NOAA Fisheries Directorate https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/noaa-fisheries-directorate
Mailing Address: NOAA Fisheries Directorate, 1315 East-West Highway, 14th Floor, Silver Spring MD 20910
Regional Offices https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/contact-directory/regional-offices
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NOAAFisheries
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission ASMFC https://www.asmfc.org/
Atlantic States Commissioners https://asmfc.org/about-us/commissioners
Atlantic States Menhaden Board https://safis.accsp.org:8443/myJSPs/asmfcmembersearch.jsp?member=30
ASMFC Chesapeake Menhaden Workgroup Comments: 2024-0916 Menhaden Working Group Comments
Atlantic States Menhaden Technical Committee https://safis.accsp.org:8443/myJSPs/asmfcmembersearch.jsp?member=29
Atlantic States Menhaden Advisory Panel https://safis.accsp.org:8443/myJSPs/asmfcmembersearch.jsp?member=282
ASFMC Staff https://asmfc.org/about-us/staff
Contact page https://asmfc.org/contact/contact-us
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AtlanticStatesMarineFisheriesCommission
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission GSMFC https://www.gsmfc.org/
Gulf States Commissioners https://www.gsmfc.org/commiss
Gulf States Sates/Federal Management Committee https://www.gsmfc.org/membership-SFFMC
Gulf States Menhaden Advisory Committee https://www.gsmfc.org/membership-SFFMC-MAC
GSFMC Staff https://www.gsmfc.org/staff
Contact page https://www.gsmfc.org/contact
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064727824966
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service https://www.fws.gov/
United States Senate Directory
Find a Senator https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
United States Congressional Directory
Find a Congressional Representative https://www.house.gov/representatives
State Governments
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Atlantic Coast
Virginia
Governor Glenn Youngkin - https://www.governor.virginia.gov/communicating-with-the-governors-office/
+ VA Governor phone number and mailing address - https://www.virginia.gov/agencies/office-of-the-governor/
Secretary of Natural Resources, Travis Voyles (in charge of VMRC) - https://www.naturalresources.virginia.gov/contact-us/
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine - https://www.kaine.senate.gov/
U.S. Senator Mark Warner - https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/
VA Full Senate & House Congressional Delegation - https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Portal/Resources/CongressionalList.pdf
Virginia House of Delegates Agricultural Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
These committee members are in charge of menhaden legislation.
https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?committee=H01
Virginia Senate Agricultural Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
These committee members are in charge of menhaden legislation.
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+com+S1
Virginia Marine Resources Commission - https://www.mrc.virginia.gov/
VMRC Commissioner's contact information - https://www.mrc.virginia.gov/commissionersoffice.shtm
VMRC Deputy Commissioner's contact information - https://www.mrc.virginia.gov/deputycommission.shtm
VMRC contact information and staff listings - https://www.mrc.virginia.gov/staffdirectory.shtm
VMRC Calendar - https://www.mrc.virginia.gov/calendar.shtm
Maryland
Governor Wes Moore - https://governor.maryland.gov/contact-us/Pages/default.aspx
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin - https://www.cardin.senate.gov/
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen - https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/
Maryland's full U.S. Congressional Delegation - https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/39fed/06ushse/html/rep.html
+ Governors for the other 13 Atlantic Coast States that belong to ASMFC, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Mississippi
+ Governors for the other 3 Gulf Coast States that belong to GSMFC, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Virginia
Governor Glenn Youngkin - https://www.governor.virginia.gov/communicating-with-the-governors-office/
+ VA Governor phone number and mailing address - https://www.virginia.gov/agencies/office-of-the-governor/
Secretary of Natural Resources, Travis Voyles (in charge of VMRC) - https://www.naturalresources.virginia.gov/contact-us/
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine - https://www.kaine.senate.gov/
U.S. Senator Mark Warner - https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/
VA Full Senate & House Congressional Delegation - https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Portal/Resources/CongressionalList.pdf
Virginia House of Delegates Agricultural Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
These committee members are in charge of menhaden legislation.
https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?committee=H01
Virginia Senate Agricultural Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
These committee members are in charge of menhaden legislation.
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+com+S1
Virginia Marine Resources Commission - https://www.mrc.virginia.gov/
VMRC Commissioner's contact information - https://www.mrc.virginia.gov/commissionersoffice.shtm
VMRC Deputy Commissioner's contact information - https://www.mrc.virginia.gov/deputycommission.shtm
VMRC contact information and staff listings - https://www.mrc.virginia.gov/staffdirectory.shtm
VMRC Calendar - https://www.mrc.virginia.gov/calendar.shtm
Maryland
Governor Wes Moore - https://governor.maryland.gov/contact-us/Pages/default.aspx
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin - https://www.cardin.senate.gov/
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen - https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/
Maryland's full U.S. Congressional Delegation - https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/39fed/06ushse/html/rep.html
+ Governors for the other 13 Atlantic Coast States that belong to ASMFC, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Mississippi
+ Governors for the other 3 Gulf Coast States that belong to GSMFC, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission.
