United Anglers of Southern California announced today that Dan Wolford, science director for Coastside Fishing Club will be the main speaker at UASC's Fundraising banquet June 2, 2013, 6 pm at the Newport Beach Golf Club. Topics include a positive message about barotrauma, and what fishermen need to know about sustainable fisheries, the future of the MLPA, Southern California closures, and most importantly what each of us can do that will make a difference. Wolford is also the chairman of the Pacific Fishery Management Council. Wolford has been a recreational fisherman all his life, first in Oregon and for the past 30 years in California.

Since retiring in 2001 as an aerospace systems engineering manager, he has been a volunteer advocate for recreational fishermen in support of science-based fisheries management. Serving as the science director for the Coastside Fishing Club he has actively supported research on rockfish barotrauma survivability, advocated for release strategies to improve survivability of regulatory discards, developed recreational groundfish catch estimation methodologies, and supported salmon net pen acclimation projects.

He has worked with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and and the Fish and Game Commission to create recreational seasons and regulations for salmon, sturgeon, and striped bass. Wolford has served on the PFMC's Salmon Advisory Subpanel and the ad hoc Salmon Amendment Team, and has worked with members of the Groundfish Management Team and Groundfish Advisory Subpanel. Wolford has also volunteered as a member of the steering committee for the Partnership for Sustainable Oceans (PSO).