NOP taskforce members named

Members of the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Organic Program have been named:

Ron Hardy, director, Aquaculture Research Center, University of Idaho

Sebastian Belle, executive director, Maine Aquaculture Association

Robert Bullis, director of animal health for Advanced BioNutrition Corp., Maryland

Bart Reid, Permian Shrimp Co., Texas

Albert Tacon, aquaculture research director, Aquatic Farms Ltd., Hawaii

Ralph Elston, president, AquaTechnics, Washington

Rebecca Goldberg, senior scientist, Environmental Defense, New York

Rob Mayo, chairman, Carolina Classics, North Carolina

George Lockwood, industry consultant and former fish farmer, California

Christopher Nelson, vice president, Bon Secour Fisheries, Alabama

John Hargreaves, associated professor, Louisiana State University

Kwamena Quagrainie, assistant professor, University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff

The identity of the members of the task force charged with devising organic standards for wild-caught fish have yet to be released by the USDA.