Charles J. Moore
Marine Biologist
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Charleston, SC

Charles Moore is a marine biologist with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources in Charleston, South Carolina. After receiving a Masters Degree in Marine Biology from the University of Delaware in 1968, he spent 9 years studying estuarine fish populations in Chesapeake Bay for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

During his 25-year career with the Maine Resources Division he managed marine recreational and commercial finfish resources. He served on advisory panels for the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the National Maine Fisheries Service and is a representative of the International Game Fish Association. He was Conservationist of the year (1986) for the Coastal Conservation Association and for the South Carolina Wildlife Federation (Water Award) in 1998. Attached to the Office of Environmental Management, his recent efforts have been with understanding and communicating to the public the impact of mercury on the environment. His review of this subject lead to a symposium, Methylmercury (Impacts on Wildlife and Human Health), that he organized and moderated, April 9-10, 2001 in Charleston, South Carolina.