Gordon Colvin is the former director of marine resources for the Department of Environmental Conservation and is currently retired in Florida. His decades of experience concerning not just Long Island fishing but New England fishing as a whole makes his knowledge exceptionally useful. Mr. Colvin’s background in studying fisheries and regulations is extensive and he continues to contribute to the field today by supporting NOAA’s Marine Recreational Information Program.

John German is a lifelong fisherman based in Long Island. He has decades of experience with fishing, especially with lobster, as he is one of the few people left with a lobster fishing license. He is an invaluable source of information concerning lobsters as well as Long Island fishing as a whole, as he was a firsthand witness to the 1990s lobster die-off and has spent his entire life fishing in the region.