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Daniel E. Roberts, Jr.

WaterInterface LLC

**** ****** *****, *******, **. 33598

Phone: 727-***-****; E-mail: adwszv@r.postjobfree.com EDUCATION

Associate of Science 1969

Pensacola State College. September, 1968 -June, 1969 Florida State University. January 1970-June 1972

Bachelor of Science, Biological Science with emphasis on Marine Biology 1972 30 graduate credit hours, Marine Science. University of South Florida, Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL. campuses. September 1982-June 1993 while employed at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI).

Numerous in-service training certifications and training courses in graphic computer programming (LabVIEW), Statistical Analysis System (SAS), R (R Core Team (2013), QGIS, open-source GIS, ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro.

Work Experience: Career research scientist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. 1974-2011; Consultant and Contract Scientist 2014-Present, WaterInterface LLC. RECENT GIS MAPPING AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS EXPERIENCE Research Director: WaterInterface LLC; Provided contract Science for Mote Marine Laboratory 2014- Current; responsible for all GIS analysis for the MML Center for Electronic Monitoring 2014 - Present.

• Manage administrative and marine research activities of company and conduct fishery research and spatial analyses.

• Manage contracts with a major coastally located Marine Research Laboratory to conduct electronic monitoring research of Gulf of Mexico commercial fisheries. Execute scientific elements of contracts. My company was part of a team with technical responsibilities including data analysis, spatial analysis, and installation/maintenance of electronic equipment onboard commercial fishing vessels to determine monitoring efficacy for NOAA. Co-Principal Investigator on grants (National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, NOAA Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program, Environmental Defense Fund, NOAA Cooperative Research Grants). o Installed and maintained EM equipment on commercial fishing vessels, repaired and replaced hydraulic and photo-sensors, control units, wiring, etc. for Archipelago Marine Research™ systems.

o Manage EM GIS database consisting of electronic sensor, GPS, and video annotation data including transition from MS Access database to geographic databases (shapefiles, geodatabases). Integrate fishery data with environmental, geological, biological, datasets spatially joined to fishing locations.

o Calculate catch per unit effort (CPUE) for target and bycatch multispecies assemblages using videographic and location data collected from multiple commercial fishing boats. GIS/SPATIAL ANALYSIS Resume and CV: DER 04/03/2023 2

o Determine spatial relationships of target species and bycatch species as well as CPUE. o Develop a geographic analysis strategy for the fishery. o Development of predictive models to evaluate management strategies for the Gulf of Mexico longline and bandit RF Fishery.

o Leveraged spatial heterogeneity to produce thematic maps for future management and research.

o Conduct highly sophisticated linear modelling and spatial analyses in ArcGIS, SAS, GEODA, and R.

o Produce technical reports, publications, estimate likelihood of results and suggest management strategies for target species and bycatch, especially highly migratory sharks.

o Determine spatial relationships of highly migratory species (sharks) to target species. o Produced highly technical spatial maps.

• Extensive GIS experience and spatial analysis including global and local scale profiling of autocorrelated data, evaluating topological, geometric, or geographic properties, development of point process, SCR, SAR, spatial autocorrelation, hot spot, neighbor statistics, and other spatial and linear models. GIS analyst on several fishery and fish stock enhancement projects. o Experience is focused on fish and wildlife ecology, especially marine, estuarine, and riverine ecosystems.

• Conducted analysis of 7 years of EM data and submitted results to the Environmental Defense Fund, NOAA Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program, NOAA Cooperative Research Programs, Southeast Data Assessment and Review (SEDAR) of NOAA Fisheries, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, a few of the funding agencies.

• Reports, Grant Reports, Publications, Presentations, and Panel Contributions. o Electronic Monitoring Applications and Data Solutions for Sustainability in a Gulf of Mexico Multispecies Fishery, Phase II. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Electronic Monitoring and Recording (EMR) Program, Collaborator: Waterinterface, LLC. o Functional Electronic Monitoring of the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery, Phase II: Tactical Assessment of Bycatch, Discards, and Community Structure including Highly Migratory and Data Limited Species, Grant from NOAA’s Cooperative Research Program

(CRP), Collaborator: Waterinterface, LLC.

o Building Linkages for Use of Electronic and Human Observer Data in the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery, Net Gains Alliance, Collaborator: Waterinterface LLC. o Gulf-Wide Electronic Monitoring for a Sustainable Commercial Reef Fish Fishery. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Electronic Monitoring and Recording

(EMR) Program, Collaborator: Waterinterface, LLC., o Best Fishing Practices for Bycatch Reduction in the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery: Employing Innovation Underwater Cameras and the Refined Modeling to Further the Use of Electronic Monitoring, NOAA Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program (BREP), Collaborators: SeaSucker; Sub Aqua Imaging Systems Inc., Waterinterface, LLC, o Reducing Bycatch and Optimizing Efficiency in the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery, Phase I: Accurately Assessing the Bycatch Problem Using Electronic Monitoring in Cooperative Research, NOAA NMFS Cooperative Research Project (CRP), Collaborator: Waterinterface LLC.

o Accurately Assessing Catch and Bycatch with Electronic Monitoring (EM): The Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery as a Model for EM Application and Improvement, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

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o Regional Capacity Building for Gulf Electronic Monitoring, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Innovation Fund, Collaborators: Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation, Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance, Waterinterface LLC, and Archipelago Marine Research Ltd.

• Working Papers In support of Fishery Management

o Lee, M., C. Neidig, D. Roberts. 2022. Electronic Monitoring Documentation of Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) Catches in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Commercial Reef Fish Bottom Longline Fishery. SEDAR74-DW-08. SEDAR, North Charleston, SC. 10 pp. o Neidig, C., D. Roberts, M. Lee, R. Schloesser. 2021. Preliminary Non-Technical Fishery Profile and Limited Data Summary for Scamp, Mycteroperca phenax with Focus on the West Florida Shelf: Application of Electronic Monitoring on Commercial Snapper Grouper Bottom Longline Vessels. SEDAR68-DW-22. 8 pp.

https://sedarweb.org/docs/wpapers/S68_DW_22_electronic_monitoring.pdf o Neidig, C., M. Lee, R. Schloesser, D. Roberts. 2020. Bottom Longline Discard Summary for Greater Amberjack, Seriola dumerili, with Focus on the West Florida Shelf: Application of Electronic Monitoring. SEDAR70-WP-08. SEDAR, North Charleston, SC. 6 pp.) o C. Neidig*, M. Lee, D. Roberts, R. Schloesser, T. King. 15 September 2021. Electronic Monitoring (EM) Cooperative Research in the Gulf of Mexico Commercial Reef Fish Fishery - Bycatch, Discards, and Community Structure. NOAA Cooperative Research Program (CRP) National Workshop.

o C. Neidig*, Lee, M. and Roberts, D. 21 March 2021. Introduction to Electronic Monitoring-Center for Fisheries Electronic Monitoring. Global Seafood Alliance's Workshop.

o C. Neidig*, D. Roberts, M. Lee, R. Schloesser. 6 October 2020. EM - Gulf of Mexico Commercial Reef Fish Fishery. International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) Technology Integration for Fisheries Dependent Data (WGTIFD) Workshop. o C. Neidig*, D. Roberts, M. Lee. 18 August 2020. Eyes on the Gulf of Mexico Snapper- Grouper Fishery - Linking EM Trip Data to Other Commercial Fisheries Data. Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistical Program (ACCSP). Commercial Technical Working Group.

• Presented scientific results at professional conferences and workshops, panels and committees.

o Electronic Monitoring (EM) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Snapper/Grouper Fishery. Carole Neidig, M.S. Thomas King, Ph.D, Daniel Roberts, M.S.,Bob Hueter, Ph.D., Ken Leber, Ph.D., American Fisheries Society ~ August 21, 2017. o Daniel E.Roberts,Jr. Panel Member, 2019/2020 National Electronic Monitoring Workshop, East Coast. Video review and data processing as drivers of electronic monitoring program costs and explore regional protocols for managing costs and achieving electronic monitoring program objectives. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Science and Technology, The National Electronic Monitoring Workshop Report 2019 2020. o Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, Electronic Fishery Monitoring Statistics Development Panel Member, Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission.

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