| Irwin M. Alperin | Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries |
| David J. Brown | Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries |
| Edward M. Brooks | Boston College |
| Melbourne R. Carriker | Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole |
| Arthur P. Chesmore | Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries |
| David Dean | Ira C. Darling Center, University of Maine |
| Walter Gray | University of Rhode Island |
| James G. Hoff | Southeastern Massachusetts University |
| Donald B. Horton | The Research Institute of the Gulf of Maine (TRIGOM) |
| Galen E. Jones | University of New Hampshire |
| Robert P. Lawton | Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries |
| Bernard J. McAlice | Ira C. Darling Center, University of Maine |
| Johnes K. Moore | Salem State College |
| Robert Murchelano | Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Lab, Milford, CT |
| Frank O'Brien | Southeastern Massachusetts University |
| James V. O'Connor | Boston College |
| Barry S. Timson | University of Masachusetts |
| Robert T. Wilce | University of Massachusetts |
| Langley Wood | University of New Hampshire |
| Robert Zottoli | Fitchburg State College |
