Prof. Dr. Joseph DeAlteris

President, DeAlteris Associates Inc

Independent Expert for: Section D

Dr. Joseph DeAlteris retired from the University of Rhode Island (URI) in May 2012 and was awarded Professor Emeritus status. In 30 years of service to URI he has taught course work, conducted research, and developed outreach programs in fisheries conservation engineering, fish population dynamics and quantitative ecology, and shellfish aquaculture. DeAlteris mentored more than 40 graduate students completing MS and PhD degrees and served on numerous government committees including the National Research Council. He authored more than 35 publications in peer-reviewed journals, and also authored and co-authored numerous books, manuals, non-referred articles, and technical reports in the fields of fisheries biology, stock assessment and fishing gear technology.