Joseph J. Kimmel, Ph.D.

His Legacy To Caribbean Fisheries

Followingare some of his

many contributions

In 1985:Joseph J. Kimmel

presented his Ph.D. Dissertation

at the University of Puerto Rico,

Mayagüez Campus

In 1985:He wrote a paper on Fish Assessment, published in Environmental Biology of

Fishes

In 1986:Kimmel was Director of

Fisheries Research Laboratory,CODREMAR

In 1994:Was co writer of a paper for the 47th GCFI Meeting,“Fisheries Management Policy In Puerto Rico: A

Progress Report”,Published In 2005

Presented at the 47th GCFI Meeting in 1994Published 2005

In 1983:Kimmel participated at

the 46th

CFMC meeting

J. J. Kimmel, Ph.D., has participated at the CFMC Meetingsfor many years

At the 116th CFMC Meeting, St Croix, USVI,

2004

At the 116th CFMC Meeting, St Croix, USVI,

2004

In 2009:Kimmel presented a

White Paper to the CFMC on the Division of the

Caribbean EEZ

A White Paper:Define the Division of the

Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Around U.S. Caribbean Islands

Recently, September 2010, Dr. Kimmel did a

presentation to the CFMC on the Regulatory Amendment to the FMP

for Queen Conch Resources of PR and

USVI

Regulatory Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for Queen Conch Resources of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

These are not all, but just a few

among the many contributions he has made to the

Caribbean Fisheries.

Joe, as friends call him,

has also been present at dinner-

parties when groups meet to

release stress after the Meetings, we can always count

on him.

Dinner-Party at the St Thomas Fishers Association

Dining at an Italian Restaurant in St Croix, USVI

Goodbye Dr. Kimmel, we wish you the best at your next venture and enjoy retirement. We will miss you, but hope to see you some

time while visiting your second home,

the Caribbean.