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Commissioner Tom Mattusch 

Position: President
Term: 2021-2025
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Tom Mattusch

DISTRICT 4

Commissioner Mattusch was voted in as President at the January 17, 2024 Regular Board Meeting.  He was previously the Vice President in the year 2023. 

At the Regular Board meeting on January 19, 2022.  Commissioner Tom Mattusch was once again voted in as Treasurer of the Harbor Board of Commissioners. 

Commissioner Mattusch served as the Treasurer from 2018 - 2022. 

Commissioner Tom Mattusch was first elected to the San Mateo County Harbor Commission in November 2014, and re-elected in November of 2016. He was elected as President of the Commission,  re-elected for a 2nd term  at the Board Meeting of January 18, 2017.

Captain Tom Mattusch was the owner/operator of the Huli Cat, a charterboat in Pillar Point Harbor. He has fished the West Coast since 1967. He fishes for salmon, rockfish, tuna, Dungeness crab, flatfish and Humboldt squid. Tom also participates in Nature Trips, Bird Watching, Whale Watching and ash scattering at sea. He was a Member of the CA DFW Salmon Stamp Committee, License Agent Advisory Committee, NOAA's Sportfishing Action Team and is an Ambassador for DFW's Fishing Passport Program. Tom was a Member of the Regional Working Groups for the Central and North Central Coast Region to assist in the creation of the network of marine reserves along the coast. Past Board Member of the Golden Gate Fishermans Association and the Fishery Enhancement and Research Foundation. He is currently on the Board of Coastside Fishing Club and assists the National Weather Service as a Marine Users Group member. Tom has collaborated with the PCFFA and Institute for Fisheries Research on research projects. In addition to charterboat activities Tom participates in fisheries research with NOAA/NMFS, The Nature Conservancy and has completed projects with Scripps, Point Reyes Bird Observatory and Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. He has participated in Exempted Fisheries Permit projects for chilipepper and other underutilized species. Tom has experience in healthcare operations management and an MBA in Management. A former competition freediver, underwater hockey player, Tom has worked out of Pillar Point Harbor since 1992.