NYSG Fisheries Specialist Antoinette Clemetson (pictured below), organizer of the 2010-2011 Safety-At-Sea training program, was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding outreach (left to right) by Captain Joseph M. Vojvodich, US Coast Guard regional commander for Sector LIS during a 40th anniversary ceremony at Stony Brook University. The USCG was an important partner in this successful program. From left to right: Lt. Christian J. Barger, USCG Marine Safety Detachment Supervisor; Capt. Bill Nelson, USCG Auxiliary; Officer in Training BMCS Jason Walter; Clemetson; Dr. Jim Ammerman, NYSG Director; and Capt. Vojvodich.


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For this project, NYSG Fisheries Specialist Antoinette Clemetson also received the Northeast Sea Grant Consortium Outstanding Outreach Achievement Award. She is pictured below at the Northeast Sea Grant's November 2011 regional meeting in Newport, Rhode Island flanked by NYSG's Director Dr. James Ammerman (far left) and NYSG Associate Director Dr. Kathy Bunting-Howarth (far right).


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Clemtson is working with the U.S. Coast Guard on another Safety-At-Sea workshop, this one with a slightly different focus. "This year, the consensus is to target operators of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (UPVs), given the stated interest from the USCG to increase the agency’s outreach to this vessel category," she says. "For our partners in the health field, I should emphasize that these captains and crew face a unique and challenging work environment operating from a small craft." The training is slated for May 2012 in Montauk, NY.