Marc Mangel, PhD
Senior Scientific Advisor

Dr. Mangel has been a Senior Scientific Advisor to MRAG Americas for more than 20 years. He is Professor of Biology Emeritus in the Theoretical Ecology Group, University of Bergen, and Distinguished Professor of Mathematical Biology Emeritus in the Department of Applied Mathematics University of California Santa Cruz.  He directed the Center for Stock Assessment Research (a partnership between UCSC and the NMFS Santa Cruz Laboratory to train students and post-docs in the quantitative methods needed for stock assessment) from 2000-2016. Prior to coming to UCSC in 1996, he worked (1977-1980) for the Center for Naval Analysis (a Federal Contract Research Center conducting operations and systems analysis for the US Navy) and at the University of California Davis (1980-1996). At UCSC, he conducted research on quantitative methods for fishery management, the population biology of disease, and developing models to predict the Population Consequences of Disturbance (PCoD) with a focus on marine mammals. Dr. Mangel has held Fulbright and Guggenheim fellowships and is a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has held visiting positions at the Hebrew University (Scheinbrun Professor), University of Oxford (Member, Wolfson College), the Weizmann Institute (Varon Professor), Florida State University (William R. and Lenore Mote Eminent Scholar Chair in Fisheries Ecology and Enhancement, twice) and Ben Gurion University (Dozor Professor). Dr. Mangel has worked on fishery problems since graduate school, when he and Colin Clark developed models for the tuna purse seine fishery. In addition, he wrote one of the first papers applying Bayesian methods to stock assessment (Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 42:150-163, 1985) and applied such methods to the recovery of California sardine, was the first invited outside expert to the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (1986-1989) and was subsequently a member of the US delegation to the scientific committee (1991) and to the working groups of the scientific committee (1996, 1997), convened and chaired the steering committee concerning principles of wild living resource conservation (published as Ecological Applications 6:338-362, 1996 and a focal document for the Marine Life Management Act), served on the Committee of Scientific Advisors of the US Marine Mammal Commission for six years, and was a member of the Ecosystem Advisory Panel, the Scientific Advisory Panel for West Coast Marine Reserve Planning, and the team that conducted a review of the harvest policy used by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. He served the NERC Special Committee on Seals from 2004-2011.  Dr. Mangel was the independent expert witness for Australia in the case in the International Court of Justice “Whaling in the Antarctic: Australia v. Japan, New Zealand Intervening” in which the Court determined that the Japanese Special Permit Whaling program was not for purposes of scientific research.

Connie D. Delano
IT Project Manager
CoC Program Administrator

Ms. Delano began in the marine sciences cultivating quahog spat with Orleans Shellfish Dept. on Cape Cod.  She was a Dock Monitor for Oregon Fish & Wildlife and Washington Fish & Game while earning her BS at OSU.  Later, Ms. Delano became a Compliance Inspector for NMFS Foreign Fisheries Observer Program. She monitored aboard mackerel, tuna and squid fleets from Europe, Japan and the US inside the US EEZ.  Ms. Delano is a USCG licensed captain, a PADI Divemaster, was taxonomist for environmental consulting firms, and collected benthic and pelagic key environmental indicators. In 1991, Ms. Delano became a NE Observer Program Data Editor for Manomet under a NMFS contract. Her position developed into Data Manager where she oversaw data editing of 11 commercial fisheries while supervising Observer data collection, developed the Observer data manual with NMFS, conducted Observer trainings, collaborated with NMFS IT staff on data entry software, attended USCG Safety Trainings, and organized Observer gear. As Technical Advisor for Manomet, she built a video database for Massachusetts DMF.  Ms. Delano migrated into web-based programming and application integration for Suffolk University, while earning her MBA. In 2014, she became IT Project Manager for MRAG Americas, developing a detailed database to manage administration of the NE Fisheries Observer Program. Other projects Ms. Delano has developed for MRAG Americas are a PHP/MySQL mobile expenses website, a mobile app to timely collect logistics, a database to track ISSF Audit Policy resolutions, application integration, data warehousing policies, and financial data management.  She has also been Technician for their Electronic Monitoring project funded by the Nature Conservancy through Archipelago Marine Research.

Robert J. Trumble, PhD
Senior Consultant

Dr. Robert (Bob) Trumble retired from MRAG Americas in 2017. He joined MRAG Americas in 2000 as Senior Research Scientist and became Vice President in 2005. As a marine scientist for over 50 years, Bob has wide-ranging experience in marine fish science and management, fishery habitat protection, and oceanography. As Senior Consultant (Retired) he contracts with MRAG Americas and with various other clients. He has performed project planning, assembled research teams, and conducted research, with a focus on improving management of aquatic ecosystems and the resources and fisheries they support. His projects have included manager of certifications for Marine Stewardship Council and other sustainability and traceability assessments; oversight of observer programs; preparation and review of fishery management and habitat management plans; development bycatch management and control; preparation of environmental assessments; and conducting workshops on fishery issues. Dr. Trumble has extensive experience working with government agencies, commercial and recreational fisheries groups, Indian tribes, and national and international advisory groups. Dr. Trumble received a PhD in Fisheries from the College of Fisheries, University of Washington. Dr. Trumble enjoys kayak fishing as much as his busy retirement schedule allows.