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172 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine conducted on fisheries management at the invitation of the Namibian Fisheries Ministry. He also developed an empirically estimated computer simulation model to analyze bycatch reduction device regulations in amendment nine to the Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery management plan. Notably, he created the National Economics Program within the National Marine Fishery Service. Seventy scientists are now working for the National Marine Fishery Service to address mitigation of fishery management regulation effects on the fishing industry. Dr. Ward received two Certificates of Appreciation for Service on the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council Social and Economics Panel and the Science and Statistical Committee. He received a Certificate of Recognition from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and an Award for Outstanding Performance in Economic Research from the National Marine Fisheries Service. D r. John Michael Ward began his career with an interest in political science and economics. During his undergraduate career, he was introduced to fishery economics. After earning a BA in economics and political science and an MA in economics from the University of Maine, he received a PhD in natural resource economics from the University of Rhode Island. He commenced his career in 1979 as a team leader in the Maritime Administration. In 1981, he transferred to the Southeast Region of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), where he worked with academics, industry stakeholders and international organizations on fishery management policy analyses. He moved to the NMFS headquarters in 1996, where he served as the fisheries economics team leader until 2003. Until his retirement in 2010, he was the senior economists in the Office of International Trade. He was then recruited by the Marine Advisory Program, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, University of William and Mary, to serve as their senior fisheries economist. Dr. Ward cooperated with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations on fisheries development and fishing fleet capacity issues. The dynamic bio-economic ecosystem computer simulation model he developed was the basis for a two-week symposium he JOHN MICHAEL WARD, PHD ECONOMIST, MARINE ADVISORY PROGRAM Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary Gloucester Point, VA SCIENCES, PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY