Thomas B. McCormick
Curriculum Vitae
Experience:
Project Management
President of McCormick Environmental, Inc. (formaly Proteus SeaFarms International, Inc.). In 1983 founded a California corporation for research and production aquatic species and environmental enhancement.
Grant Director: Plan, organize, and direct applied research and implement restoration projects
Education
Master of Science in Marine Science – Invertebrate Zoology, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Windham College, Putney, VT.
Professional Experience:
Compost Biota Workshop – Soil Food Web, October 28 – 30, 2014
Certified Professional in Storm Water Quality – Review Course, August, 2014
BMP Selection to Improve your Watershed – One day seminar, August 2014
Aerated Static Pile Composting Hands-On Workshop, O2 Compost April 16 – 19, 2014
Global Positioning System (GIS V24) Ventura College January 2007
Geographic Information Systems (GIS V26) Introduction to GIS Software, Ventura College 2008
GIS: Project Development (GIS V 28), Ventura College 2008
Meetings:
New York Fruit and Vegetable Expo, 2010
Northeast Organic Farming Annual Meeting 2010
Channel Islands Symposium, Oxnard, CA, 2008 – 2012
American Fisheries Society, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA 2007
World Aquaculture Society, Las Vegas, NV 2006
National Shellfish Association, Annual Meeting Monterey, CA 2005
6th Channel Islands Symposium, Ventura, CA 2003
Western Society of Naturalists, Annual Meeting Ventura, CA 2003
National Marine Fisheries Service, Endangered Species Act Application Process, La Jolla 2001
5th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Friday Harbor, WA 2001
CALCOFI, Abalone Recovery Symposium, La Jolla, CA 2001
Workshop on rebuilding abalone stocks in British Columbia, Nanaimo, BC 2000
Professional Affiliations, and selected publications and presentations:
Founding Director, President, and Senior Scientist
Channel Islands Marine Resource Institute (CIMRI) 1995 – Present
Started and guide this educational non-profit organization to conduct research and provide experiential educational opportunities for Ventura County students. Manage White Abalone Recovery Program.
White Abalone Recovery Team Member, National Marine Fisheries Service 2002 – 2008
Work with state and Federal biologists, researchers, and resource managers and public aquaria to obtain information and develop policy for restoration of white abalone populations. Educate the public about marine resources.
Industry Advisor, California Sea Grant College Program 1987 – 2002
Reviewed annual grant applications for funding from university researchers.
Director, California Aquaculture Association 1989-1990.
Provided guidance for this state-wide association.
Selected Publications
McCormick, T.B., Brogan, J., Perry, L.M. and Buckley, L.M. 2008. Drift Macroalgae as a dispersal mechanism for the white abalone (Haliotis sorseni). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 362:255-232.
Friedman, C.S., Scott, B.B., Strenge, R.S., Vadoplas, B., and McCormick, T. B. 2007. Oxytetracycline as a tool to manage and prevent loss of the endangered white abalone, Haliotis sorenseni, caused by withering syndrome. J. Shellfish. Res., 26(3): 877-885
Buckley, L.M., and McCormick, T. B. 2006. White abalone restoration as a tool to foster participation and entrepreneurship in coastal fisheries, aquaculture and environmental sciences. Fourth Education and Science Forum, Florida A&M University, October 30 – November 1, 2006 www.ecsc.famu.edu/NOAA-EPP/Forum2006.
McCormick, T.B. and Borgan, J.L. 2003. Early reproduction in hatchery-raised white abalone, Haliotis sorenseni, Bartsch, 1940. J. Shellfish Res. 22(3) 825-829.
McCormick, T.B. 2000. Abalone (Haliotis spp.) aquaculture: present status and a stock enhancement tool. In Workshop on rebuilding abalone stocks in British Columbia. Edited by A. Campbell. Can. Spec. Pub. Fish & Aquat. Sci. 130:55-60
McCormick, T.B., Herbinson, K., Mill, T.S. and Altick, J. 1994. A review of abalone seeding, possible significance and a new seeding device. Bull. of Marine Science, 55(2-3):680-693.
McCormick, T.B. and Hahn, K.O. 1983. Japanese culture practices and estimated costs of juvenile production in the USA. J. World Maric. Soc. 14:149-161.
Mill, T.S. and McCormick, T.B., 1992. Optimal sperm density for fertilization in three species of abalone (Haliotis). In Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Abalone, La Paz, Mexico, 21025 Nov. 1989. Fish. Res. Pap. Dep. Fish. (S. Aust.) 24:42 – 48.
Recent Posters:
McCormick, T., Buckley, L., Navas, G., Serrano, A., Hawes, L. Nielsen, H., and Plascencia, I. 2006. Preliminary study of the Purple Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, when fed Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, or Pacific Dulse, Palmaria mollis. Fourth Education and Science Forum, Florida A&M University, October 30 – November 1, 2006 www.ecsc.famu.edu/NOAA-EPP/Forum2006.
Selected Presentations:
The Race to Save the White Abalone, Video, 2001
5th International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, Friday Harbor, WA 2001
Abalone (Haliotis spp.) aquaculture: present status and a stock enhancement tool.
McCormick, T. B.
Real Science, TV Program 2002. The Science of White Abalone
National Geographic Today, TV Program 2003. White Abalone
Channel Islands Marine Resource Institute Lecture Series 2004
McCormick, T.B. White abalone biology and restoration.
Western Society of Naturalists – Annual Meeting
November 11 – 14, 2004, Santa Rosa, CA
McCormick, T.B., J. Brogan and L.M. Perry. Drift Macroalgae
as a dispersal mechanism for the white abalone, Haliotis sorenseni Bartsch, 1940
World Aquaculture Society, California Aquaculture Association/ Aquaculture America February 13 – 16, 2005, Las Vegas, NV
Special Symposium: Aquaculture and the Restoration of Endangered Species
McCormick, T.B. Cultivation of Endangered White Abalone for Restoration
National Shellfish Association, March 26 – 30, 2005
Monterey, CA
McCormick, T. B. Research progress on white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni)
American Fisheries Society
Special Symposium: Culture of Fish Species in Crisis
September 10 – 14, 2005, Lake Placid, NY
McCormick, T.B. and L.M. Buckley. Research and recovery efforts for an endangered West Coast abalone (Haliotis sorenseni)
From Shore to Sea Lecture Series
Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
October 10th and 11th, 2006
McCormick, T.B. White Abalone Recovery Program at the Channel Islands Marine Resource Institute
Channel Islands Marine Symposium, February 4 – 7, 2008
McCormick, T.B. and J. Brogan. Progress on white abalone research.
Buckley, L. M, and T. B. McCormick
White abalone restoration as a tool to foster participation and entrepreneurship in coastal fisheries, aquaculture and environmental sciences
Planning Retreat, Protected Resources Division
National Marine Fisheries Service, Lake Tahoe, Sept 2008
Progress to date and funding needs for white abalone Restoration.
McCormick, T.B.
North American Biochar Symposium, Amherst, MA October 13 – 16, 2014
McCormick, T.B. Biochar for salt marsh restoration