Richard Charter

Chair, NOAA's Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council

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Senior Policy Advisor for Marine Programs for Defenders of Wildlife and Chair of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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