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DMR Shellfish Management Division StaffShellfish Management is a Division in the Bureau of Resource Management under Public Health. Staff includes an Area Biologist Supervisor and three Area Biologists. Use the links below to find contact information or simply scroll down the page. Contact Information CONTACT INFORMATIONRegion 1 - Southern Maine Regional Office
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A Maine native, Don Card attended Bath schools and graduated from the the University of Maine with a B.S. degree in Biology. Don began work with the Department in 1973 as a deck hand on the R/V Duchess. He spent a number years with the Extension Service as a Specialist working on experimental fishing gear. He later conducted oil pollution research and resource inventories as a Scientist stationed at the Boothbay Harbor Lab. He has been a Regional Biologist for the past 20 years. Don resides in Phippsburg with his wife Betsy and they have three children: Carrie Anne, Christopher and Heather. He enjoys traveling with his family and 
Ron is a life long resident of Maine growing up in Union. After attaining a BA in Zoology, he went to work in 1977 for the Maine Department of Marine Resources. He has worked for over 20 years in positions of increasing responsibility for the DMR; starting as a fisheries technician working with herring and progressing to the level of senior shellfish biologist, with brief stops to work with alewives and shellfish growing area pollution assessment. . He has since 1993 been responsible for directing up to 22 municipalities in shell fisheries management and conservation. He lives in Sheepscot with his wife Pattie. Ron enjoys hunting, reading and playing a game much like golf.
Hannah grew up on the Maine coast where for generations her family was involved in the lobster, ground fish, clam and scallop industries. In 1997, she graduated from Unity College with a B.S. in Environmental Science. Seasonally from 1995-98 she worked for Marine Resources as a conservation aide contributing to the Alewife/Striped Bass restoration project, and an experimental netting and tracking program for Shortnose and Atlantic Sturgeon. In 1998, she was promoted to a Marine Resources Specialist I within the Shellfish Growing Area Program and also assisted the Marine Biotoxin Lab. From 2001-02, Hannah worked as a Marine Resources Scientist I on the Maine/New Hampshire Inshore Trawl Survey, participating in an extensive fisheries independent benthic assessment of Maine's coastal waters. In 2004 Hannah was promoted to Regional Biologist in the Division of Shellfish Management and Coastal Permit Review for Hancock and Washington Counties. Hannah lives in Orland where she enjoys being the number one Red Sox fan.
Denis comes to Maine DMR from Massachusetts' Division of Marine Fisheries. He graduated from the University of Maine Orono in 1990 with a B.S. in Natural Resources. During his years at UMaine he worked part-timeback home, as a Shellfish Warden for the Town of Eastham on Cape Cod. After graduating from UMaine, Denis worked from 1990 to 1998 as a Shellfish Warden and Harbormaster for the Town of Eastham. In January of 1999 he was hired by Massachusetts' Division of Marine Fisheries to work at their Depuration Plant in Newburyport and assist the Shellfish Classification program. Denis provided technical assistance to the North Shore Communities on shellfish enhancement projects. He perfers to work hands on with the harvesters on shellfish enhancement projects rather than sitting behind a desk. Denis lives in Sullivan with his wife Peggy and their son, Cameron and daughter, Lauren. When not working, Denis enjoys fishing, hunting and watching the Red Sox, Patriots and UMaine Hockey. 