Kaplan to chair advisory committee

Ilene Kaplan, professor of sociology, has been asked to chair the Social Science Advisory Committee to NOAA Fisheries/New England Fishery Management Council.

The committee addresses the social impacts of marine regulations developed by the federal government. In addition, Kaplan's work on ecosystem-based management and social dimensions has appeared in "Managing Our Nation's Fisheries," a government publication on marine policy.

Kaplan also will present material at the social science section of the New England Fishery Management Council hearings this fall.