Bill Dewey Email & Phone Number

Since receiving his degree in shellfish biology from the University of Washington in 1981 Bill Dewey has worked as a shellfish farmer in Washington State. He is Director of Public Affairs for Taylor Shellfish Farms, the largest producer of farmed shellfish in the United States and he has owned and operated his own shellfish farm in Samish Bay for 25 years. Mr. Dewey works on environmental, human health, aquaculture and regulatory policy issues at the local, state and federal levels on behalf of Taylor Shellfish and the broader shellfish industry. He serves on a number of boards and committees locally and nationally including the Board of Directors of the National Aquaculture Association and the Pacific Shellfish Institute. He co-chairs the Washington Department of Ecology Ag Water Quality Advisory Committee. He has participated for over thirty years with the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC), a cooperative program that implements the National Shellfish Sanitation Program. He served on Washington State’s Ocean Acidification Blue Ribbon Panel in 2011 and currently serves on the Washington Marine Resources Advisory Council (MRAC) advising Washington’s Governor and Legislature on the state’s response to ocean acidification.

Listed skills include Sustainability, Public Policy, Research, Public Speaking, and 30 others.

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  University Of Washington

  Fisheries Management