### Fisheries Recipients of the 2007 Department of Commerce Gold and Silver Medal

The Gold and Silver Medals are the highest two honor awards that can be
granted by the Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary will present the
Medals at the 59th Annual Honor Awards Ceremony on November 15, 2007.

The list below only includes those medal recipients in the NOAA National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

#### \` 2007 Gold Medal Recipients 

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[Individuals]{.underline}**

**Gerald Scott**\
***Leadership***\
National Marine Fisheries Service\
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*For the scientific assessment and management of fish stocks for the
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.*

**[Groups]{.underline}**

**William Hogarth\
Kevin M. Allexon (US)\
Karl Anderson (OLA)\
Laura Cimo (OLA)\
C. Stewart Harris\
Adam Issenberg (OGC)\
Matteo Milazzo\
Steven Murawski\
Mark Holliday\
Samuel Rauch III\
Alan Risenhoover\
Heather Sagar\
Constance Sathre (OGC)\
Carrie Selberg\
Galen Tromble\
Christopher Scheve (DOC OLIA)\
Leah Harrelson (DOC OLIA)**\
***Leadership***\
National Marine Fisheries Service\
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*For assisting in the passage of the 2006 Magnuson-Steven's Fishery
Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act, a major Administration
priority.*

**[Organization]{.underline}**

**NOAA\'s National Hydropower Team**\
***Leadership***\
National Marine Fisheries Service\
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*For unprecedented leadership in improving fish passage to ensure
sustainability of fish populations and habitat affected by hydropower
facilities.*

 

**2007 Silver Medal Recipients**

**[Individuals]{.underline}**

**Edward DeMartini**\
***Scientific/Engineering Achievement***\
National Marine Fisheries Service\
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*For developing analyses using visual survey methods, and not physical
specimens, to assess the health of central Pacific coral reef fish
communities.*

**[Groups]{.underline}**

**Linda Johnson (OGC)\
Richard Merrick\
Gregory Silber\
Barbara Zoodsma**\
***Leadership***\
National Marine Fisheries Service\
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*For developing a ship strike strategy to recover North Atlantic right
whales in partnership with the USCG and IMO.*

**Roy Crabtree\
Philip Steele\
Monica Smit-Brunello (OGC)\
Heather Blough\
Rodney Dalton\
Sarah Devido\
Antonio Lamberte\
Peter Hood\
John D. Reed\
David McKinney\
*Leadership***\
National Marine Fisheries Service\
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*For design and implementation of an Individual Fishing Quota Program
for the Gulf of Mexico commercial red snapper fishery.*

**Thomas Moore\
Kevin Kirsch (NOS)\
Sean Meehan (NOS)\
Daphne MacFarlan\
*Leadership***\
National Marine Fisheries Service\
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*For developing and implementing the T/V Margara Emergency Coral Reef
Restoration Project to successfully reattach over 10,000 corals.*

**Randall Absolon\
Gordon Axel\
Brian Burke\
Kinsey Frick\
Eric Hockersmith\
Byron Iverson\
Bruce Jonasson\
Mark Kaminski\
Darren Ogden\
Samuel Rambo\
*Scientific/Engineering Achievement***\
National Marine Fisheries Service\
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*For cutting-edge radiotelemetry equipment and research techniques to
rapidly provide precise data for management decisions to recover listed
salmon.*

**Kathryn Bisack\
Heather Haas\
Henry Milliken\
Kimberly Murray\
Debra Palka\
Marjorie Rossman\
Gordon Waring\
John Higgins, Jr.\
John Kenney, Jr.\
Glenn Salvador\
*Scientific/Engineering Achievement***\
National Marine Fisheries Service\
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*For reducing incidental catch of Northwest Atlantic Ocean marine
mammals and turtles to promote their recovery to sustainable population
levels.*