Ed Gorecki, a former HRI endowed research fellow, is now working in Silver Spring,
Maryland, for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). While at
HRI, he worked under HRI Endowed Chair
Dr. Richard McLaughlin in HRI’s
Coastal and Marine Policy & Law
program.
Ed Gorecki (right) receives his NOAA pin from NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher.
Gorecki left HRI in May 2007 to work as a congressional intern
in Washington, DC, and is now TAMU-CC’s first Knauss Sea Grant
Fellow, working for NMFS at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
headquarters.
Gorecki attributes his success in the fellowship program to his
unique experiences at TAMU-CC and HRI. He acknowledges that while
his classroom experiences provided a foundation of knowledge to
work from, it was his student leadership activities and work
experience at HRI that provides him with the competitive edge.
“This job is more than I could have ever asked for, and I love
every minute of it. I hope to someday return the favor to all those
at the Harte and TAMU-CC who helped me get here.”
Gorecki began his fellowship in February in the Office of the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, the leadership office for NMFS. Since
then he has worked on a range of issues including endangered
species, marine mammals, sustainable fisheries and budget.
“It’s hard to describe my usual duties, because they’re always changing,” Gorecki
said. “When I first started I was taking trips to the Hill to help
brief congressional members on NOAA’s budget. The next day I was
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and compiling comments on draft ocean
energy legislation, and then a couple of days later I was drafting
a comment letter on proposed seafood importation regulations from
the Fish & Wildlife Service.”
Some of Ed’s other responsibilities include preparing briefing materials for the administrator of NOAA
and the Secretary of
Commerce, drafting position papers for senior leadership, and
serving as the chief NMFS editor for NOAA
newsletters NOAA World and FishNews. He is also
project-lead for a working group that will examine NOAA’s role in
formulation of any ocean governance strategies which may succeed the
US Ocean Action Plan.
Froeschke's presentation takes first
HRI PhD student John
Froeschke won first place
 for
his presentation, "The effect of hypoxia on habitat selection of
juvenile estuarine fishes," at the
Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting in April at the University of
Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Texas. As an HRI PhD student, Froeschke is
working with Dr. Greg Stunz on
the ecology of estuarine and coastal fishes in the Gulf of Mexico.
Kilgour articles appear in publications
HRI PhD student Morgan Kilgour recently
published an article in Crustaceana, stemming
 from her master's
research. She has two additional publications that are in press, a
note in Fishery Bulletin and a full article in Bulletin of Marine
Science. Morgan Kilgour works with HRI's Endowed Chair for
Marine Biodiversity, Dr. Tom
Shirley. Her Master's thesis focused on the bathymetric and
spatial distribution of five crab species on and around World War II
shipwrecks in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
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