Margaret Leinen, Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School of Oceanography and Vice Provost for Marine Programs Jackleen de La Harpe, Editor John Merrill, Guest Editor R. Darrell McIntire, Design Maritimes is published four times a year in the spring, summer, fall, and winter by the University of Rhode Island's Office of Marine Programs. Address correspondence to: Jackleen de La Harpe, Editor University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, Office of Marine Programs, Narragansett Bay Campus Narragansett, RI 02882-1197, jack@gso.uri.edu Maritimes Advisory Group, 1998-2000: Peter August, Natural Resources Science Bob Bullock, Biological Sciences Jackleen de La Harpe, Office of Marine Programs John Merrill, GSO Rob Pockalny, GSO Jan Rines, GSO Cheryl Schroeder, GSO Cara Sucher, GSO Eleanor Uhlinger, Pell Marine Science Library Tom Weber, Ocean Engineering Cathy Wessells, Environmental & Natural Resource Economics Ulysses Whitworth, Fisheries, Animal, & Veterinary Science Ellen Yoder, RI Sea Grant Program