Sea World Researcher Named to Federal Post
William E. Evans, executive director of the Hubbs Marine Research Institute at Sea World, has been named head of the National Marine Fisheries Service under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it was announced Tuesday.
As NOAA’s assistant administrator for fisheries, Evans will be responsible for the management and enforcement of fishery resources in the 200-mile-wide U.S. fishery conservation zone and for the protection of threatened marine animals, NOAA Administrator Anthony Calio said. Evans, a marine zoologist, has headed the Hubbs Institute since 1977. He has been chairman of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission since April, 1984. His recent work has included aerial surveys of dolphins to estimate numbers, and research for the U.S. Navy on dolphins’ navigation ability.
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