igfa international committee of representatives

There are approximately 300 Representatives from nearly 90 countries and territories on the IGFA International Committee. These Representatives act as ambassadors of IGFA - a liaison between the angling interests in their areas across the globe and IGFA Headquarters in the United States. Consideration for new candidates is primarily based on personal recommendations, recreational fishing experience and knowledge of the IGFA and its history, rules, the recreational fishing industry, geographical location and other factors. Subsequently, IGFA Representatives must demonstrate integrity and knowledge with respect to the recreational angling community at home and abroad.

IGFA Representatives are asked to support the many goals and programs of the IGFA, with emphasis on encouraging anglers to become members and promoting the conservation goals of the IGFA. As members of the International Committee, adherence to IGFA's philosophy, mission and future endeavors is critical to IGFA's success as a premier international recreational fishing organization. The IGFA is dependent on the assistance of these great men and women and we thank them for their support.

Contact information is reserved for members of the IGFA. For more information, please email: hq@igfa.org


ALGERIA

Michel de Caffarelli, Cheraga


ANGOLA

Dr. Iain J. Nicolson, Luanda
Aruba (see NETHERLANDS)


AUSTRALIA

Chris Baty, Victoria
John Brooker, Tasmania
John Burgess, Maroubra, New South Wales
Peter Cox, Northern Territory
Rolf Czabayski, South Australia
Dr. David Curnock, Cairns
Mathew Gates, Exmouth, Western Australia
Karl Gould, Nelson Bay
Robert H. Lowe, Sutherland, New South Wales
Mark Maher, Fremantle, Western Australia
William Sawynok, North Rockhampton, Queensland
Otto Volz, Drummoyne, New South Wales
Albert A. W. Threadingham, South Queensland
Grahame Williams, Sydney, New South Wales


AUSTRIA

Kurt Hölzl, Vienna
Azores (see PORTUGAL)


BAHAMAS

Philip LeBoutillier, Abaco
Rachel Lightbourne, Nasau
Raul V. Miranda, Grand Bahama Island


BARBADOS

John David Marshall, Christ Church


BELGIUM

Michel Marchandise, Corroy-le-Chateau
Gerald Moonens, Riviere


BELIZE

Henry Beissner, Ambergris Caye
John Crump, Belize City

Bermuda (see UNITED KINGDOM)

Bonaire (see NETHERLANDS)


BRAZIL

Hélio Barroso, Rio de Janeiro
Angelo Calmon De Sá, Salvador, Bahia
Otacilio José Coser-Filho, Vitória
Ian-Arthur de Sulocki, Niteroi
José Maria Gomez P., Guarapari
Dieter Kelber, Sao Paulo
Marcos F. Martins Seabra, Sergipe


CAMEROON

Georges Cambanis


CANADA

Mark Melnyk, Toronto, Ontario
Harry Robertson, Labrador
Malcolm Stark, Northwest Territories

Canary Islands
(see SPAIN)


CAPE VERDE ISLANDS

Berno Niebuhr, São Vicente

Cayman Islands
(see UNITED KINGDOM)


CHINA

Eric Leung, Hong Kong
Capt. Kim Stuart, Hong Kong
Philip C. F. Yung, Hong Kong


COOK ISLANDS

Wayne Barclay, Rarotonga


COSTA RICA

Carlos Barrantes, Jr., San José
Gary Carter, Guanacaste
José Manuel Lopez Pinto, San José


CROATIA

Tomislav Segedin, Osijek


CUBA

José Miguel Díaz Escrich, Havana
Giuseppe Omegna, Havana
Samuel Yera Pompa, Santa Clara
Curacao (see NETHERLANDS)


DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Evelio Mederos


ECUADOR

Luis Eduardo Gómez, Salinas
Francisco "Paco" Solà, Guayaquil
Xavier Perez, Guayaquil


EGYPT

Mohamed Safyadin "Safi" El-Sehrawy, Gieza


EL SALVADOR

Francisco "Paco" Saca, at large
England (see UNITED KINGDOM)


FIJI ISLANDS

Capt. Pat Nelson, Taveuni
Harvie Probert, Suva


FInland

Pekka Salo, Helsinki


FRANCE

Pierre Affre, Paris
Philippe Dolivet, Commana, Brittany
Constant Guigo, Antibes
Barbara Prot-Kjessler, Rosnay

French Guiana
Eric Hansen, Kourou

French Polynesia

Alban Ellacott, at large
Richard Postma, Bora Bora

Guadeloupe
Bruce Elliot Holder

New Caledonia
Didier De Stoppeleire, Nouméa Cédex

Reunion Island
Hugues Ferrand, Saint Gilles les Bains

Tahiti
Georges Poroi, Papeete


GABON

Heinrich Cambanis


GERMANY

Jorg-Dieter Haselhorst, Versmold
Robert Rein, Munich


GHANA

Johan Zietsman, Accra

Gibraltar (see UNITED KINGDOM)

Great Britain (see UNITED KINGDOM)

Guadeloupe (see FRANCE)


GUATEMALA

Fernando Aguilar, Guatemala City


GUINEA-BISSAU

Laurent Durris, Bijagos
Patrick Sebile, at large

Holland (see NETHERLANDS)

Hong Kong (see CHINA)


INDIA

Misty Dhillon, Himalaya region
Bopanna Pattada, Bangalore


ISRAEL

Jean-Jacques Ohayon, Ashdod


ITALY

Luca Bonfanti, Milan
Massimo Brogna, Catania
Enrico Capozzi, Milano
Giacomo Forti, San Benedetto
Armando Piccinini, Reggio Emilia
Roberto Ripamonti, Rome
Alberto Salvini, Rome
Gianfranco Santolini, Rimini
Paolo Sala, Sardinia & San Remo


JAMAICA

D. Ronald DuQuesnay, Kingston/Port Antonio


JAPAN

Yasunori Haraguchi, Kyushu & Okinawa Islands
Tomonori Higashi, Yokohama
Hironao Ishii, Tokyo
Matsutoshi "Sam" Ishimaru, Tokyo
Kiichiro Nagashiki, Hiroshima
Junzo Okada, Tokyo
Tsutomu Wakabayashi, Tokyo
Kohei Yamamoto, Osaka


KENYA

Henry H. Henley, Nyeri
Peter Ready, Malindi


KIRIBATI

Kim J. Andersen, Christmas Island


KOREA (ROK)

Jung-Hwan Kim, at large
Sung-Su Kim, Seoul/Gyeonggi-do
Chu-I Kim, South Korea


LATVIA

Alvis Birkovs


LEBANON

Capt. Omar Ardati, Beirut


MALAYSIA

Aziz Daud, Kuala Lumpur

Patrick Song, E. Malaysia/Borneo

Christopher S.G. Tan, Selangor


MALDIVES

Mario Tagliante, Male


MAURITIUS

J. Maurice de Speville, La Preneuse, Black River

Yann Colas, Rodrigues Island

 


MEXICO

Moray Applegate C., Puerto Vallarta
Luis Fernando Adachi K., Manzanillo
Enrique Laviada Cantrell, Merida
Enrique Caraza G., Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
Gary C. Graham, Baja California
Ricardo Hernandez Carrasco, Oaxaca
Nassim Joaquin Delbouis, Cozumel Island
David Jones, La Paz
Stefan Kneffel, Cancun
Ed Kunze, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
Alberto Madaria H., Tampico
Eduardo Perusquia Moran, Mexico City
Javier Padilla, Mexico City
Monty Padilla, Mexico City
Angel Luis Requejo, Veracruz
Minerva Saenz-Smith, Cabo San Lucas
Felipe Jesus Valdez, East Cape, Baja California Sur


MONACO

Guy de Levis Mirepoix, Monte Carlo


MOROCCO

Fouad Sahiaoui, Casablanca


MOZAMBIQUE

Nuno E.P. Esteves de Sousa, Maputo


NETHERLANDS

Aruba
John Freddie Visser, Santa Cruz

Bonaire & Curacao
Dirk van Vliet, at large

Holland
Hans van Loenen, Loosdrecht

New Caledonia (see FRANCE)


NEW ZEALAND

Richard Baker, Auckland, North Island
John R. Chibnall, Paihia, North Island
Mark Hemingway, Bay of Plenty
John Henderson, Auckland, North Island
A. N. "Tony" Hill, Whakatane, North Island
Warren Lewis, Dunedin
Colin Murray, Napier
James F. O'Brien, Wellington
Jeff Romeril, Auckland

 




NICARAGUA

Ramiro Ortiz, Managua


NIGERIA

Ailsa P. Schwarzkopf, Apapa


NORWAY

Klaas Jonkman, Nord Trondelag


PAKISTAN

Syed Aziz Agha, Karachi


PANAMA

Horacio Clare, Coiba
Frank de la Guardia, Panama
Robert L. Novey, Jr., Balboa, Ancón
Marcos D. Ostrander-Mulford, Balboa, Ancón


PAPUA NEW GUINEA

John Lau, Rabaul
Robert O'Dea, Boroko


PERU

Juan Francisco Helguero, San Isidro

Polynesia, French (see FRANCE)



PORTUGAL

Ian Carter, Azores
Jaime Luis Fernandes Costa, Faro
Carlos Palhinha, Ponta Delgada
Jose Antonio Ribeiro, Madeira
Manuel Vital, Quarteira

Puerto Rico (see U.S. TERRITORIES)

Reunion Island (see FRANCE)


RUSSIA

Andrei Grigoriev, Moscow

St. Croix (see U.S. TERRITORIES)

St. Thomas (see U.S. TERRITORIES)


SAINT KITTS & NEVIS

Captain R. Arthur Anslyn, Charlestown, Nevis


SAINT LUCIA

Bernard Johnson, Castries


SÃO TOMÉ & PRINCIPE

C. R. G. Hellinger, at large


SAUDI ARABIA

Abdullah F. Al-Sulaiman, Jeddah


SENEGAL

Cyril Calendini, Dakar
Bertrand Vachette, M'bour


SEYCHELLES

Faizal Suleman, Victoria


SOUTH AFRICA

Erwin Bursik, Durban
Eugene C. Kruger, Pretoria
John Pledger


SPAIN

Esteban Graupera Monar, Balearic Islands
Dr. Alberto Iriarte, Andalucia
Jose Oriol Ribalta, Barcelona
Nicola Zingarelli, Madrid

Canary Islands
Gianmaria Cogliati, Lanzarote and Isla Graciosa
Jason Pipe, La Gomera
Manuel Ramirez Masana, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Bill Richardson, Tenerife


SRI LANKA

Mervyn Anderiesz, Colombo


SURINAME

Karel Dawson, Paramaribo


SWEDEN

Johan Pettersson, Ornskoldsvik


SWITZERLAND

Hans-Jörg Dietiker, Schmerikon
Dr. Hans H. Pfenninger, Herrliberg


TANZANIA

Jason Alexiou, Dar es Salaam
Carlo Vernocchi, Zanzibar


THAILAND

Capt. Jean-Francois Helias, Bangkok


TONGA

Steve Campbell, Neiafu, Vava'u
Richard Stoll, Nuku'alofa


TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Malcolm A. Boyack, Diego Martin, Trinidad
Capt. Gerard "Frothy" De Silva, Mt. Irvine, Tobago
Christopher Mouttet, Maraval, Trinidad
David Wong, Scarborough, Tobago


TURKEY

Elvio Pennetti, Izmir


UGANDA

Jerry Burley, Kampala


UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Barry Panzer, Dubai


UNITED KINGDOM

Bermuda
John A. Barnes, Hamilton
Robert W. Rego

Cayman Islands
Clive Smith, Georgetown, Grand Cayman

Great Britain
Steve Collins, Aston Clinton, Bucks
Peter Collinsworth, Norwich
John F. Reece, Hastings, Sussex
Roger Smith

Wales
Mike Thrussell, Fairbourne
Mike Thrussel, Wales, Norfolk


UNITED STATES

Alabama
Stephen C. Boykin, Dog River
Joy H. Dunlap, Alabaster
George P. Eldridge, Mobile
Bill Packard, Leesburg

Alaska
Mal Linthwaite, Juneau
Gregory S. McIntosh, Halibut Cove
Capt. Andrew Mezirow, Seward
Michael Tuhy, Kenai Peninsula
Roderic Van Saun, Ninilchik

California
Peter F. Binaski, Newport Beach
Bill Boyce, Saugus
John Campbell, San Diego
Edward Day, Diamond Bar
Rocky Franich, Northen California
Yvonne Graham, San Diego
Jack Innis, San Diego
John M. Jackson, Sacramento
T. Neal McNamara, Napa
Dale Miles, Elk Grove
Catherine Miller, San Diego
Bo Nelson, San Francisco
Darrell Ticehurst, San Francisco
David Wirth, Temecula
Steve Yatomi, Simi Valley

Colorado
Brent Curtice, Paonia

Florida
Mark Abraham, Melbourne Beach
Margie Adams, Winter Haven
John Brownlee, Upper Keys
Gary Carter, Plantation
Roy W. Cronacher, SW Florida at large
Dan Erb, Boca Grande
Jeff Storm Harkavy, Coral Springs
George Hommell, Jr., Florida Keys
John Hoolihan, Miami
Walter P. Jennings, Venice
Frank W. Johnson, Pompano Beach
Capt. Doug Kelly, Tampa
Paul F. Leader, Miami
Capt. Dave Lear, Northern Florida
Mike Mazur, Winter Park
Douglas Olander, Winter Park
James Roberson, Shalimar
George Vink, Jacksonville
Capt. Peter B. Wright, Stuart
James Young, greater Tampa

Hawaii
Albert C. Bento, Jr., Oahu, Honolulu
Rick Gaffney, Central Pacific Islands at large
Roy Morioka, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands at Large,
including the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Jim Rizzuto, Kawaihae
Donnell A. Tate, Lahaina, Maui Island

Idaho
Tom Doerr, Cascade
Charles E. Powell, Moscow

Kansas
Craig Philips, St. George
Paul Sodamann, St. George

Louisiana
Kerri Burrus, New Orleans
Susan Gros, New Orleans

Maine
Colin "Rip" Cunningham, Jr., Yarmouth

Maryland
Dr. Ron Kretkowski, Annapolis

Massachusetts
Edward F. Andresen, Cape Cod
Peter Santini, Everett
Michael J. Syslo, Chilmark

Michigan
Capt. Kevin D. Clark, Traverse City
Capt. Stephen Lamb, Oxfords

Minnesota
Larry Dahlberg, Taylor Falls

Mississippi
Capt. Les D. Osborne III, Pascagoula

Missouri
George Bayless, St. Joseph

New Hampshire
Capt. Ray Maimone, Rye

New Jersey
Pete Barrett, Lakewood
William M. Feinberg, Bayonne
Jeff Merrill, South Plainfield
Gene Nigro, Leonardo

New Mexico
David Moore, Albuquerque

New York
Bruce Heitman, Pulaski
William R. Hilts, Sr., Sanborn
Dr. Gary Sherman, Brooklyn

North Carolina
Nelson Applegate, Supply
Mr. Robert Eakes, Buxton
Michael E. Hayes, Kitty Hawk

Ohio
Lawrence Carr, Westerville

Oklahoma
James "Scott" Hood, Broken Arrow

Oregon
Ronald L. Chatham, Monmouth

Pennsylvania
John Boesenberg, Pocono Lake

Rhode Island
Capt. Al Anderson, Narragansett

Tennessee
Jack Tapscott, Knoxville

Texas
Bruce Link Cartwright, Houston
John E. Richardson, Bellville
Richard Richardson, Jr., Houston
Stephen Ward, Dallas

Utah
Jeffrey Thomas, Salt Lake City

Virginia
Julie Ball, Virginia Beach
B. W. Beauchamp, Weems
Frederick C. Bonner, Sr., Blacksburg
Bill Hall, Delmarva Peninsula
Timothy P. O'Brien, Charlottesville

Washington
Michael Gallion, Clinton

Wisconsin
Cooke Bausmann III, Lake Tomahawk

Wyoming
Merritt Benson, Casper


U. S. TERRITORIES

American Samoa
William A. Sword, Pago Pago
Ralph Vicente

Puerto Rico
Jaime Fullana, Jr., Santurce
Dr. Thomas Irizarry, Mayaguez
Dr. Ricardo "Ricky" F. Jaen, San Juan
Ralph "Agie" Vicente, Carribean At Large

Virgin Islands
Michael F. Fuller, St. Croix
Joseph Herbert, St. Thomas
Stewart C. Loveland, St. Thomas


VANUATU

Adrien Mourgues (South Pacific)
Steven Badman


VENEZUELA

Carlos Aristeguieta, Caracas
Antonio Campa G, Valencia
Felix Lairet, Caracas

Virgin Islands (see U.S. TERRITORIES)

Wales (see UNITED KINGDOM)


ZIMBABWE

Allan Harris, Harare