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RICHARD J. BEAMISH, C.M., PH.D.

Pacific Biological Station
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Nanaimo, British Columbia
V9R 5K6
(250) 756- 7029
beamishr@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

Personal Married, two children, born 1942 Toronto, Canada

Education Ph.D. University of Toronto, Zoology, 1970.

Experience

1969 -  Discovered the problem of acid rain in North America
1970 -   Participant in the C.S.S. Hudson Cruise ? the first vessel to circumnavigate the Americas
1970 ? 72 Visiting Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
1972 ? 74 Research Scientist at the Freshwater Institute in Winnipeg, studying impacts on airborne pollution on fishes
1974 ? 77  Research Scientist at the Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo
1977-   Head of Groundfish section
- Discovered that fish were substantially older than previously thought
1980 ? 93   Director, Pacific Biological Station
1993 ? 99  Senior Scientist, Pacific Biological Station
  - Discovered that climate and Pacific Salmon abundance are linked
1998 Appointed to Order of Canada

Recent Publications

Published approximately 150 articles including book chapters.

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  1998.  Applying ecosystem management to fisheries in the Strait of Georgia.  Accepted,  Lowell Wakefield Symposium Series.

Beamish, R.J., D. McCaughran, J.R. King, R.M. Sweeting, and G.A. McFarlane.  1998.  Estimating the relative abundance of juvenile coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia using surface trawls.  Submitted, North Amer. J. Fish Mgmt.

Beamish, R.J., and C. Mahnken.  1998.  Natural regulation of the abundance of coho and other species of Pacific salmon according to the critical size and critical period hypothesis.  (NPAFC Doc. NO. 319). X p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch - Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada, V9R 5K6.  National Marine Fisheries Service, 7305 Beach Drive East, Port Orchard, WA, USA, 98366.

King, J.R., V.V. Ivanov, V. Kurashov, R.J. Beamish, and G.A. McFarlane.  1998.  General circulation of the atmosphere over the North Pacific and its relationship to the Aleutian Low.  Revised and published in Russia, in the Russian language.

Beamish, R.J., K.D. Leask, O.A. Ivanov, A.A. Balanov, A.M. Orlov, and B. Sinclair.  1998.  The ecology, distribution, and abundance of midwater fishes of the Subarctic Pacific gyres.  Accepted Prog. Oceanography.  71 p. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch - Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. V9R 5K6.

Beamish, R.J., and C. Mahnken.  1998.  Taking the next step in fisheries management.  Accepted Lowell Wakefield Symposium Series. Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Sciences Branch - Pacific Region, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada. V9R 5K6.  National Marine Fisheries Service, 7305 Beach Drive East Port Orchard, Washington 98366.

Beamish, R.J., J.H. Youson, and L.A. Chapman.  1998.  Status of the Morrison Creek Brook Lamprey Lametra richardsoni var. marifuga in Canada.  In Review.  Can. Field Nat.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. MacFarlane, and J.R. King.  1999.  Fisheries Climatology: Understanding the Interannual and Decadal scale processes that regulate British Columbia fish populations naturally.  (Book chapter, in review).

Docker, M.F., J.H. Youson, R.J. Beamish, and R.H. Devlin.  1998.  Phylogeny of the Lamprey Genus Lampetra inferred from mitochondrial Cytochrome b and ND3 gene sequences.  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. (submitted).

Noakes, D., R.J. Beamish, and M. Kent.  1998. On the decline of Pacific salmon and speculative links to salmon farming in British Columbia.  Aquaculture (submitted).

Doubleday, W.G., B. Atkinson, R.J. Beamish, M. Chadwick, M. Henderson, R.O. Boyle, L. Savard, and M.M. Sinclair.  1999.  Overview statement for forum on fisheries in relation to fisheries management.  (To be published in C.S.F.A.S).

Ferra, L.C., R.J. Beamish, and J.H. Youson.  1998.  The nature of the fin-ray annulus in chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).  I. Macroscopic structure.  Can. J. of Zoology.  (Accepted for publication).

Beamish, R.J., D. Noakes, G.A. McFarlane, L. Klyashtorin, V.V. Ivonov, and V. Kurashov  1998.  The regime concept and natural trends in the production of Pacific salmon.  Accepted Can. J. Fish. Aquatic. Sci.

Beamish, R.J., G.A. McFarlane, and R.E. Thomson.  1998.  Recent declines in the recreational catch of coho salmon in the Strait of Georgia are related to climate.  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.  (Accepted for publication).

Beamish, R.J., D.J. Noakes, G.A. McFarlane, W. Pinnix, R. Sweeting, and J. King.  1998.  Trends in Coho Marine Survival in relation to the Regime Concept.  Fish. Oceanogr. (in review).

Beamish, R.J., and G.A. McFarlane.  1999.  Reevaluation of the interpretation of annuli from otoliths of a long-lived fish, Anoplopoma fimbria.  2nd International Symposium on Fish Otolith Research and Application (accepted).

McFarlane, G.A., and R.J. Beamish.  1998.  The relationship between longevity of sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria, and ocean productivity regimes, and implications for management. N. Am. J. Fish. Mgmt. (submitted).

Zhang, Z., and R.J. Beamish.  1998.  Use of Otolith Microstructure to Study Life History of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Strait of Georgia in 1995 and 1996.  2nd International Symposium on Fish Otolith Research and Application (accepted).

King, J.R., G.A. McFarlane, and R.J. Beamish.  1998.  Decadal scale patterns in the relative year class success of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).  Fish. Oceanogr (submitted).

Beamish, R.J., J.H. Youson, and L.A. Chapman.  1998.  Status of the Morrison Creek Brook Lamprey Lampetra richardsoni var. marifuga In Canada.  Can. Field. Nat. (in review).

Beamish, R.J. 1999.  Shifting Regimes in Fisheries Science and Salmon Management.  Wild Steelhead and Salmon, The International Journal of Salmon Conservation 5(2):12-16.
 
 

GUSTAVO ADRIAN BISBAL, Ph.D.

Northwest Power Planning Council
Division of Fish and Wildlife
851 SW Sixth Avenue - Suite 1100
Portland, Oregon 97204-1348 - USA
Phone: (503) 222-5161 ext. 335
Fax:     (503) 820-2370
 

PERSONAL DATA

Date/Place of birth  September 21, 1960, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Citizenship/Residence  Argentine.  Legal permanent resident of the United States.
 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Oceanography    University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography.  Narragansett, RI, USA, 1993.

Master of Marine Affairs  University of Rhode Island, Department of Marine Affairs.  Kingston, RI, USA, 1992.

Master of Science in Oceanography  University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography.  Narragansett, RI, USA, 1990.

Licenciate in Biological Sciences   University of Buenos Aires, School of Exact and Natural Sciences.  Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1983.
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Northwest Power Planning Council, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Portland, OR, USA
     Fisheries Research Coordinator ? 09/1994-Present
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Washington, DC and Silver Spring, MD, USA
    International Affairs Specialist ? 02-09/1994
    National Sea Grant College/Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow ? 02/1993-02/1994
  • University of Rhode Island, Kingston and Narragansett, RI, USA
     Graduate Research Assistant (Several terms) ? 09/1987-12/1992
     Graduate Teaching Assistant (Several terms) ? 09/1987-12/1992
  • National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP), Mar del Plata, Argentina
     University of Buenos Aires Fellow ? 07/1986-06/1987
  • Fisheries Monitoring Program at Salto Grande Reservoir, Uruguay River (Mixed Technical Commission Argentina and Uruguay)
     Consultant ? 08/1985-06/1986

PUBLICATIONS (Peer reviewed)

Bisbal, G.A. and W.E. McConnaha.  1998.  Consideration of ocean conditions in the management of salmon.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 55 (9): 2178-2186.

Bisbal, G.A. and J.D. Ruff.  1996.  Quality of 1995 Spring total dissolved gas data: Columbia and Snake Rivers.  Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 32 (6): 1177-1186.

Bisbal, G.A.  1995.  The Southeast South American Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem: Evolution and components.  Marine Policy, 19 (1): 21-38.

Bisbal, G.A. and D.A. Bengtson.  1995.  Description of the starving condition in summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, early life history stages.  U.S. Fishery Bulletin, 93 (2): 217-230.

Bisbal, G.A. and D.A. Bengtson.  1995.  Effects of delayed feeding on survival and growth of summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, larvae.  Marine Ecology Progress Series, 121(1-3): 301-306.

Bisbal, G.A.  1993.  Fisheries management on the Patagonian shelf: A decade after the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas conflict.  Marine Policy, 17 (3): 213-229.

Bisbal, G.A. and D.A. Bengtson.  1993.  Reversed asymmetry in laboratory reared summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus  L.  The Progressive Fish-Culturist, 55 (2): 106-108.

Guerrero, C.A. and G.A. Bisbal.  1992.  Fecundity of Percichthys colhuapiensis  (Perciformes, Percichthyidae) from Ezequiel Ramos Mexia  Reservoir, Neuqu? and R? Negro Provinces, Argentina.  Physis (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Secc. B, 47 (119): 33-37.  (In Spanish)

Bisbal, G.A. and J.L. Specker.  1991.  Cortisol stimulates hypoosmoregulatory ability in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar  L.  Journal of Fish Biology, 39: 421-432.

Bisbal, G.A.  1987.  New findings of Decapods (Crustacea) in Misiones Province, Argentina.  Iheringia (Brazil) Serie Zoologia., (66): 117-128.  (In Spanish)

G?ez, S.E. and G.A. Bisbal.  1987.  Pectoral spine regeneration in Corydoras paleatus (SILURIFORMES: CALLICHTHYIDAE).  Anales del Museo de Historia Natural (Valparaiso, Chile), 18: 95-100.  (In Spanish)

Bisbal, G.A. and S.E. G?ez.  1986.  Comparative morphology of the pectoral spine of some Siluroid fishes from Buenos Aires (Argentina).  Physis (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Secc. B, 44 (107): 81-93.  (In Spanish)
 
 

DANIEL L. BOTTOM

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
28655 Highway 34
Corvallis, OR 97333
Tel.: (541) 757-4263 ext. 230
Fax: (541) 757-4102
E-mail: bottomd@ucs.orst.edu

Education

B.A. Botany, Duke University (1972).
M.S.  College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware (1975).

Positions Held
Monitoring Coordinator for the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 1997 to present.
Faculty (courtesy), Fisheries and Wildlife Department and College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Sept. 1996- present.
Project Manager, Pacific Rim Salmon Study, Center for Analysis of Environmental Change, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR,  1993-1997.
Fisheries Research Project Leader, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 1977-present.

Professional Recognition
Fishery Worker of the Year Award, Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 1996.
Member national advisory panel to the Responsible Care Program, an environmental initiative of the Chemical Manufacturers? Association, 1990-95.
Member Eastside Forests Scientific Society Panel formed at request of members of Congress, 1992-94.
President, Oregon Chapter American Fisheries Society, 1990-91.
Vice-Chairman, Oregon Estuarine Research Council, 1979.
E. Sam Fitz Award (for professional development in the field of marine studies), College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, 1976.

Professional Societies
American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Fisheries Society
Ecological Society of America
Society for Conservation Biology

Selected Publications
Independent Scientific Group (R.N. Williams; P.A. Bisson; D.L. Bottom; and 10 others).  1999.  Return to the river: Scientific issues in the restoration of salmonid fishes in the Columbia River. Fisheries 24(3): 10-19.
Bottom, D. L., J. A. Lichatowich, and C. A. Frissell.  1998.  Variability of Pacific Northwest marine ecosystems and relation to salmon production.  Pages 181-252 In G.R. McMurray and R. J. Bailey, editors.  Change in Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems.  Proceedings of the Pacific Northwest Coastal Ecosystems Regional Study Workshop, August 13-14, 1996, Troutdale, Oregon.  NOAA Coastal Ocean Program Decision Analysis Series No. 11.  NOAA Coastal Ocean Office, Silver Spring, MD. 342 pp.
Bottom, D. L., J. D. Rodgers, X. Augerot, S. V. Gregory, and M. H. Unsworth.  1998.  Conservation strategies for salmonids of the Pacific Northwest: An ecosystem context for environmental and social systems of the North Pacific Rim and Ocean Basin. Final report to the Environmental Protection Agency from the Center for Analysis of Environmental Change, Oregon State University, Cooperative Agreement CR-821588.  Center For Analysis of Environmental Change, Oregon State University.  Corvallis, OR.
Allendorf, F. W., D. Bayles, D. L. Bottom, K. P. Currens, D. Hankin, J. A. Lichatowich, W. Nehlsen, P. C. Potter, and T. H. Williams.  1997.  Prioritizing Pacific salmon stocks for conservation.  Conservation Biology 11:140-152.
Bottom, D. L. 1997.  To till the water: A history of ideas in fisheries conservation.  Pages 569-598 In D. J. Stouder, P.A. Bisson, and R. J. Naiman, editors.  Pacific Salmon and Their Ecosystems: Status and Future Options.  Chapman and Hall, New York.
Williams, R., L.D. Calvin, C. C. Coutant, M. W. Erho, J. A. Lichatowich, W. J. Liss, W. E. McConnaha, P. R. Mundy, J. A. Stanford, R. P. Whitney, D. L. Bottom, and C. A. Frissell.  1996.  Return to the river: Restoration of salmonid fishes in the Columbia River ecosystem.  Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland.
Bottom, D. L.  1995.  Restoring salmon ecosystems.  Restoration and Management Notes 13(2):162-170.
Li, H. W., K. Currens, D. Bottom, S. Clarke, J. Dambacher, C. Frissell, P. Harris, R. M Hughes, D. McCullough, A. McGie, K. Moore, R. Nawa, and S. Thiele.  1995.  Safe havens: Refuges and evolutionarily significant units.  American Fisheries Society Symposium 17:371-380.
Bottom, D. L.  1994.  On rationalizing sustainability.  Illahee 10:309-315.
Henjum, M. G., J. R. Karr, D. L. Bottom, D. A. Perry, J. C. Bednarz, S. G. Wright, S. A. Beckwitt, and E. Beckwitt.  1994.  Interim protection for late-successional forests, fisheries, and watersheds: National forests east of the Cascade Crest, Oregon and Washington.  The Wildlife Society, Bethesda.
Bottom, D.L., K.K. Jones, J.D. Rodgers, and R.F. Brown.  1993.  Research and management in the Northern California Current Ecosystem.  Pages 259-271 In K. Sherman, L. Alexander, and B. Gold, editors.  Stress, mitigation, and sustainability of large marine ecosystems.  AAAS, Washington, D.C.
Bottom, D.L., and K.K. Jones.  1990.  Species composition, distribution, and invertebrate prey of fish assemblages in the Columbia River Estuary.  Progress in Oceanography 25:243-270.
Jones, K.K., C.A. Simenstad, D.L. Higley, and D.L. Bottom.  1990.  Community structure, distribution, and standing stock of benthos, epibenthos, and plankton in the Columbia River estuary.  Progress in Oceanography 25: 211-241.
Bottom, D.L., K.K. Jones, J.D. Rodgers, and R.F. Brown.  1989.  Management of living marine resources: a research plan for the Washington and Oregon continental margin.  National Coastal Resources Research and Development Institute, Publication No. NCRI-T-89-004, Newport, OR.
 
 

EDMUNDO CASILLAS

Northwest Fisheries Science Center
National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
2725 Montlake Blvd E.
Seattle, WA 98112
 

EDUCATION:

B.A. Environmental Biology, University of California, Santa, Barbara, CA, 1972
M.S. Fisheries Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1974
Ph.D. Fisheries Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1978

POSITIONS:

Program Manager, Estuary & Ocean Ecology, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1997-Present
Program Manager, Environmental Physiology, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1993-1997
Supervisory Research Fishery Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1991-1993
Member of the Editorial Board, Aquatic Toxicology, 1985-1991
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, 1982-1986
Research Associate, Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, 1980-1982
Research Fishery Biologist, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1980-1991
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, 1978-1980

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists
American Fisheries Society

FIVE RELATED PUBLICATIONS:

Varanasi, U., E. Casillas, M.R. Arkoosh, T. Hom, D.A. Misitano, D.W. Brown, S-L Chan, T.K. Collier, B.B. McCain, and J.E.Stein.  1993.  Contaminant exposure and associated biological effects in juvenile chinook salmon (Oncohynchus tshawytscha) from urban and nonurban estuaries of Puget Sound.  U.S. Dept. of Comm., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-8, 112p.

Casillas, E., B.B. McCain, M.Arkoosh, and J.E. Stein.  1997.  Estuarine pollution and juvenile salmon health: Potential impact of survival.  In R.L. Emmett and M. H. Schiewe (eds.) Estuarine and Ocean Survival of Northeastern Pacific Salmon: Proceedings of the workshop. U.S Dept Comm., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-29, pp. 169-179.

Arkoosh, M.A., E. Casillas, P. Huffman, E. Clemons, J. Evered, J.E. Stein, and U. Varanasi.  1998.  Increased susceptibility of juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from a contaminated estuary to Vibrio anguillarum.  Trans Amer. Fish. Soc. 127:260-374.

Arkoosh, M., E. Casillas, E. Clemons, A. Kagley, R.E. Olson, P. Reno, and J.E. Stein.  1998.  Effect of pollution on fish disease: potential population impacts.  J. Aquat. Anim. Health 10:182-190.

Peterson, W.T., M. Schiewe, E. Casillas, R. Emmett, and K. Jacobson.  1998.  Hydography and zooplankton off the central Oregon coast during the 1997-1998 El Ni? event.  NPAFC Technical Report: Workshop on Climate Change and Salmon Production, Vancouver, Canada.  pp. 32-34.
FIVE OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

Casillas, E., M.S. Myers, L.D. Rhodes, and B.B. McCain.  1985.  Serum chemistry of diseased English sole (Parophrys vetulus) from polluted areas of Puget Sound, Washington.  J. Fish Diseases. 8:437-449.

Casillas, E., D.A. Misitano, L.L. Johnson, L.D. Rhodes, T.K. Collier, J.E. Stein, B.B. McCain, and U. Varanasi.  1991.  Inducibility of spawning and reproductive success of female English sole (Parophrys vetulus) from urban and nonurban areas of Puget Sound, Washington.  Mar. Environ. Res.  31:99-122.

Casillas, E., D. Weber, C. Haley, and S.Sol.  1992.  Comparison of growth and mortality in juvenile sand dollars (Dendraster excentricus) as indicators of contaminated sediments.  Environ. Toxicol. Chem.  11:559-569.

Krishnakumar, P.K., E. Casillas, and U. Varanasi.  1994.  Effects of environmental contaminants on the health of Mytilus edulis from Puget Sound, Washington, USA. I. Cytochemical measures of lysosomal responses in the digestive cells using automatic image analysis.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.  106:249-261.

Casillas, E., M. R. Arkoosh, E. Clemons, T. Hom, D. Misitano, T. K. Collier, J. E. Stein, and U. Varanasi.  1995.  Chemical contaminant exposure and physiological effects in outmigrant Chinook salmon from selected urban estuaries of Puget Sound, Washington.  In M. Keefe (ed.) Salmon Ecosystem Restoration: Myth and Reality.  Proceedings of the 1994 Northeast Pacific Chinook and Coho Salmon Workshop, American Fisheries Society, Oregon Chapter, Corvallis, OR.  pp. 86-102.

GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES:

Dr. P.K. Krishnakumar, India, Postdoctoral Fellow Advisor (1992-93)
Dr. Laura Inouye, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow Advisor (1995-97)
Dr. Kym Jacobson, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Co-Advisor (1996-97)
Dr. Jim Moore, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Co-Advisor (1996-98)
Dr. Nathaniel Scholz, NRC Postdoctoral Fellow Advisor (1998-2000)
Casimir Rice, Master of Science Program Committee Member (1996-98)

GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL ADVISORS:

Dr. Lynwood S. Smith, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Dr. Gary Wedemeyer, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Seattle, WA
Dr. William Hershberger, Fisheries Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Dr. Earl Davies, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Dr. Roy E. Nakatani, Fisheries Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Dr. Margaret Kenney, Dept Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

OTHER COLLABORATORS (Other than advisors):

Dr. Antonio Baptista, Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland, OR; Dr. David Jay, Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland, OR,; Dr. William G. Pearcy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; Joe Fisher, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR; Si Simenstad, Fisheries Research Institute, Seattle, WA; Dan Bottom, Oregon Dept Fish & Wildlife, Corvallis, OR
 
 

ROBERT COLGATE FRANCIS

Birthdate:   November 10, 1942

Home address:  1146 16th Ave. E.
    Seattle, Washington 98112
    Telephone:  206-329-1537

Business address  University of Washington
    School of Fisheries
    Box 357980
    Seattle, Washington 98195-7980
    Telephone:  206-543-7345
    e-mail   rfrancis@fish.washington.edu

Educational Training

B.A., Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1964
M.S., Biomathematics, University of Washington, 1966
Ph.D., Biomathematics, University of Washington, 1970

Employment

School of Fisheries, University of Washington
 Professor, 1986-present
 Director, Fisheries Research Institute, 1986-1993

School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington
 Adjunct Professor, 1986-present

School of Oceanography, University of Washington
 Adjunct Professor, 1989-present

National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center
 Fisheries Biologist (Research), 1979-1985

Fisheries Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, New Zealand
 Scientist, 1976-1979

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, CA
 Scientist, 1971-1976

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
 Lecturer, 1973-1976

Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
 Assistant Professor, 1969-1971

Grasslands Biome, US IBP, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
 Mathematical Modeler, Biometrician, 1969-1971 

Selected Professional Activities

National Marine Fisheries Service Ecosystem Principles Advisory Panel, 1997-present
National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council
 Chair, Committee on the Bering Sea Ecosystem, 1993-1996
 Chair, Committee on Porpoise Mortality from Tuna Fishery, 1990-1993
Ecological Society of America
 Ad Hoc Working Group on Ecosystem Management, 1993-1996
Pacific Fishery Management Council
 Scientific and Statistical Committee, 1987-1990, 1999
 Groundfish Management Ream, 1980-1985

Selected Recent Publications

Francis, R.C., and S.R. Hare.  1994.  Decadal scale regime shifts in large marine ecosystems of the northeast Pacific: A case for historical science.  Fish. Oceanog. 3(4):279- 291.

Hare, S.R., and R.C. Francis.  1995.  Climate change and salmon production in the northeast Pacific Ocean.  In R.J. Beamish (ed.) Climate change and northern fish populations.  Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 121.

Christensen, N.L. et. al.  1996.  The report of the Ecological Society of America Committee on the Scientific Basis for Ecosystem Management.  Ecol. Appl. 6(3):665-691.

National Research Council.  1996.  The Bering Sea Ecosystem.  National Academy Press, Washington, D.C..

Brodeur, R.D., B.W. Frost, S.R. Hare, R.C. Francis, and W.J. Ingraham.  1996.  Interannual variations in zooplankton biomass in the Gulf of Alaska and covariation with California Current zooplankton biomass.  CalCOFI Rep. 37:80-99.

Mantua, N.J., S.R. Hare, Y. Zhang, J.M. Wallace, and R.C. Francis.  1997.  A Pacific interdecadal climate oscillation with impacts on salmon production.  Bull. Am. Met. Soc. 78(6):1069-1079 (In press).

Francis, R.C., S.R. Hare, A.B. Hollowed, and W.S. Wooster.  1998.  Effects of interdecadal climate variability on the oceanic ecosystems of the Northeast Pacific Ocean.  Fish. Oceanogr. 7(1):1-21.

Hare, S.R., N.J. Mantua, and R.C. Francis.  1999.  Inverse production regimes: Alaska and West Coast Pacific salmon.  Fisheries 24(1):6-14.
 
 

JOHN HAROLD (JACK) HELLE

U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA
National Marine Fisheries Service
Alaska Fisheries Science Center
Auke Bay Laboratory
Telephone: (907) 789-6038
Fax: (907) 789-6094
 

TITLE   Supervisory Fishery Research Biologist

EDUCATION Ph.D., Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1979
    M.S., University of Idaho, Moscow, 1961
    B.S., University of Idaho, Moscow, 1958
   Honorary Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen, Marischal College, Scotland, 1964-65

POSITIONS Auke Bay Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, NMFS, U.S. Department of Commerce

(Permanent)
Program Manager, Ocean Carrying Capacity Program, 1996-present
Task Leader, Stock Identification Research, U.S./Canada Treaty Program 1982 - 1995.
Project Leader, Olsen Bay Field Station, Prince William Sound, 1972-1981
Auke Bay Laboratory, U.S. Department of Interior, U S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries.
Project Leader, Olsen Bay Field Station, 1966-1971
Fishery Research Biologist, 1960 - 1965

(Temporary)
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
 Fishery Aid, Prince William Sound, Alaska March-August 1958, July August 1959
U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
 Smokejumper, McCall, Idaho 1954-57 and 1960

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists - 1968 - present
  President- 1991-92
  District Director - 1982-83
  Fellow - elected in 1985
American Fisheries Society - 1958 - present
Certified Fisheries Scientist ? 1981
American Association for the Advancement of Science ? 1979-present
Xi Sigma Pi
Sigma Xi

SELECTED COMMITTEES

North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission - Chairman,  1999 Symposium
Pacific Salmon Commission - Member, Northern Boundary Technical Committee - 1984 - present
Pacific Salmon Commission - Member, Committee on Research and Statistics
Pacific Salmon Commission - Member, Coho Technical
Committee - 1984-91
North Pacific Fishery Management Council - Member, Plan Development Team, Troll Fishery - 1980-84
Laboratory Safety Committee - Chairman 1966-67
Regional Safety Committee - Member 1965-67
Regional Safety Officer - 1969-70
Co-Chairman of Northeast Pacific Pink and Chum Salmon Workshop -1976 -Juneau, Alaska

SELECTED ADVISORY SERVICES

Scientific Advisor and Lecturer - Juneau Icefield, Research Program, National Science Foundation, University of Idaho - 1978-present.
Salmonid Genetic Resources Committee, California Gene Resource Conservation Program, 1982-85.
Affiliate Associate Professor- University Alaska, 1983-88, 1997-present.

SELECTED AWARDS

Special Act Award:  Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, May 3,1963, for:  assuming command of the RV HERON and manning the wheel for 30 hrs during a severe storm in the Gulf of Alaska when the vessel's Master was incapacitated in an accident.
Special Service Award:  Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, May 1966, for production of Field Station Safety Guide.
Species name: A new species of aquatic oligochaete was discovered in Olsen Creek, Prince William sound, Alaska, and named, Vejdovskyella hellei (for the collector) by Dr. R.O. Brinkhurst on page 349 of his book: ?Oligochaeta of the World?, 1971.
American Men and Women of Science: Inducted 1987, R.R. Bowker Company.
Who's Who in Science and Engineering: Third Edition, Marquis Who's Who.
Who's Who in the West: 24-25th editions, Marquis Who's Who.
Hall of Fame Alumni--University of Idaho, inducted May 1999

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Helle, J.H., R.S. Williamson, and J.E. Bailey.  1964.  Intertidal ecology and life history of pink salmon at Olsen Creek, Prince William Sound, Alaska. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Spec. Sci. Rep. Fish 483. 26 p.

Helle, J.H.  1966.  Behavior of displaced adult pink salmon.  Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 95(2):188-195.

Helle, J.H.  1970.  Biological characteristics of intertidal and fresh-water spawning pink salmon at Olsen Creek, Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1962-63.  U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Spec. Sci. Rep. Fish. 602.  19 p.

Thorsteinson, F.V., J.H. Helle, and D.G. Birkholz.  1971.  Salmon survival in intertidal zones of Prince William Sound streams in uplifted and subsides areas.  Pages 194-219 in The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964: Biology.  National Academy of Sciences, Wash., D.C.

Barr, L., R.J. Ellis, and J.H. Helle.  1973.  Fossil tree stumps found in situ on submerged ridge at Amchitka Island, Alaska.  Fish. Bull., U.S., 71(4):1099-1103.

Helle, J.H.  1976.  Genetic considerations for salmonid aquaculture:  biological uncertainties.  Pages 171-190 in D.H. Rosenberg (editor), Proceedings of the Conference on Salmon Aquaculture and the Alaskan Fishing Community. University of Alaska Sea Grant Program, Sea Grant Report 76-2.

Helle, J.H.  1979.  Some observations on salmon culture and research in the USSR and Japan:  a report of travel. U.S. Dep. Commer., Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Northwest and Alaska Fish. Cent., Processed rep.  79-7. 118 p.

Helle, J.H.  1979.  Influence of marine environment on age and size at maturity, growth, and abundance of chum salmon from Olsen Creek, Prince William Sound, Alaska.  Ph.D. thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 118 pp.

Helle, J.H.  1981.  Genetic considerations in management of wild and hatchery stocks of salmonids.  Pages 25-29 in The Role of Hatcheries in the Management of Wild Salmonids.  Proceedings of a Symposium sponsored by California Trout, Inc. and the American Fisheries Society California-Nevada Chapter, Reno, Nevada, 21 February 1982.

Helle, J.H.  1981.  Significance of the stock concept in artificial propagation of salmonids in Alaska Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci, 38(12):1665.

Hynes, J.D., E.H. Brown, J.H. Helle, N. Ryman, and D. A. Webster.  1981.  Guidelines for the culture of fish stocks for resource management.  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 38(12):1867-1876.

Helle, J.H.  1984.  "Gene banks" for wild fish stocks.  Pages 41-44 in J.M. Walton, and D.B. Houston (editors), Proceedings of the Olympic Wild Fish Conference, March 23- 25, 1983.

Helle, J.H.  1984.  Age and size at maturity of populations of chum salmon in North America Pages 126- 143 in P.A. Moiseev (editor), Proceedings of the Pacific Salmon Biology Conference, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, USSR, 3-13 October 1978.

Utter, F., P. Aebersold, J. Helle, and G. Winans.  1984.  Genetic characterization of populations m the southeastern range of sockeye salmon. Pages 17-32 in J. M. Walton and D. B. Houston (editors), Proceedings of the Olympic Wild Fish Conference, March 23-25, 1983.

Pella, J.J., J.C. Olsen, J.H. Helle, J.H. Eiler, J.A. Orsi, and D.G. Mortensen.  1988.  Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) escapements to southern Southeast Alaska in 1982 and 1983.  U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo.  NMFS F/NWC-150. 33 p.

Helle, J.H.  1989.  Species and age of fish aboard the CYI Yang No. I as determined from scales scraped from the freezers, hold, and fishing gear.  U.S. Dep. Commer. Proc. Rep. NWAFC 89-13. 10 pp.

Helle, J.H.  1989.  Relation between size-at-maturity and survival of progeny in chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum).  J. Fish Biol. 35:99-107.

Gharrett, A.J., B.E. Riddell, J.E. Seeb, and J.H. Helle.  1993.  Status of the genetic resources of Pacific rim salmon. Pp. 295-301, in J.G. Cloud and G. H. Thorgaard (eds.), Genetic Conservation of Salmonid Fishes.  Plenum Press, New York.

Helle, J.H., and M.S. Hoffman.  1995.  Size Decline and Older Age at Maturity of Two Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) Stocks in Western North America, 1972-92.  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 121:243-250.

Helle, J.H.  1995.  Rehabilitation Model for Amur River Salmon Stocks:  the U.S.-Canadian Transboundary River Experience.  Proceedings of the First World Fisheries Congress, Athens, Greece.

Helle, J.H., and M.S. Hoffman.  1998.  Changes in size and age at maturity of two North American stocks of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) before and after a major regime shift in the North Pacific Ocean.  N. Pac. Anadr. Fish Comm. Bull. No. 1:81-89.
 
 

WILLIS E. (CHIP) MCCONNAHA
 

Northwest Power Planning Council
Division of Fish and Wildlife
851 SW Sixth Avenue - Suite 1100
Portland, Oregon 97204-1348 - USA
Phone: (503) 222-5161
Fax:     (503) 820-2370
E-mail: cmcconnaha@nwcouncil.org

Work History

Present Position: Manager, Program Evaluation and Analysis, NW Power Planning Council, 851 SW 6th Ave., Suite 1100, Portland, OR  97214. (1997 to present).  Supervisor: Robert Lohn

1987-1996.  Planning Associate and eventually Senior Fisheries Scientist, NW Power Planning Council.  Supervisor: Rick Applegate

Lecturer in Biology, Portland State University.  Design and teach a senior-graduate student level course entitled, Biology and Ecology of Pacific Salmonids.

1983-1986:  Fisheries Biologist, Columbia Basin Fish Passage Center, 2501 SW First Ave., Suite 230, Portland, OR 97201.  Supervisor: Mark Maher.

1980-1983:  Fisheries Biologist, Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission, 729 NE Oregon, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97232.  Supervisor: Jean Edwards.

1978-1980:  Fisheries Program Manager, Quileute Indian Tribe, LaPush, WA.

Education

Master of Science, Fisheries 1977. University of Washington, College of Fisheries.

Bachelor of Arts, Geology 1974.  Indiana University.

Regional Committees

Independent Scientific Advisory Board, Technical and Scientific Liaison, Northwest Power Planning Council
Independent Scientific Review Panel, Technical and Scientific Liaison, Northwest Power Planning Council
Chair, Artificial Production Review Panel
Coordinator, Ecological Working Group

Important Papers

Independent Scientific Group (including Willis E. McConnaha) 1999.  Scientific issues in the restoration of salmonid fishes in the Columbia River.  Fisheries 24(3): 10-19.

Bisbal, G. A. and Willis E. McConnaha 1998.  Consideration of ocean conditions in the management of salmon.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55(9): 2178-2186.

McConnaha, Willis E. and Peter J. Paquet, 1997.  Adaptive strategies for the management of ecosystems. pp 410-421 in, Multidimensional approaches to reservoir fisheries management, Leandro Miranda and Dennis DeViries (eds.), American Fisheries Society Symposium 16, Bethesda, MD.

Williams, R.N. and seven other authors including Willis E. McConnaha 1997.  Return to the River: Restoration of salmonid fishes in the Columbia River Ecosystem.  Northwest Power Planning Council, Portland, OR

Volkman, J.M. and Willis E. McConnaha 1994.  Through a glass, darkly: Columbia River Salmon, the Endangered Species Act, and Adaptive Management.  Environmental Law 23:1249:1272.

Volkman, J.M. and Willis E. McConnaha 1993.  A swiftly tilting basin: The Columbia River, adaptive management, and endangered species.  in Watershed Resources: Balancing environmental, social, political, and economic factors in large basins.  Oregon State University Press. October 1992.

McConnaha, Willis E. 1993.  Biological modeling in the Columbia Basin: An organized approach to dealing with uncertainty.  In Katherine Hon, [ed.] Water Management in the 90's.  American Society of Civil Engineers, New York.
 
 
 

GEORGE H. TAYLOR
 

Born:  Santa Barbara, California, 1947

Occupation: Oregon State Climatologist
  College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
  Oregon State University

Education: B.A. Mathematics U.C. Santa Barbara, 1969
  M.S. Meteorology University of Utah, 1975

Family: Married (24 years)
  3 children

Professional Experience:

1989-  Oregon State University
  Oregon State Climatologist
- Responsible for weather and climate data archives for the state of Oregon

1983 -   President and Chief Scientist
   Santa Barbara Softworks
   Santa Barbara, California and Corvallis, Oregon
   - Air quality and meteorological analysis
   - Software development

1977 - 83 Manager of Air Quality Studies
   North American Weather Consultants
   Goleta, California
   - Air quality analysis and field studies

1975 - 77 Meteorologist
   Environmental Research and Technology
   Santa Barbara, California
   - Air quality and meteorological analysis
   - Air quality model development

1971-73 Meteorological Assistant
   North American Weather Consultants
   Goleta, California
   - Air quality analysis and field studies
   - Weather forecasting

Professional membership, honors and awards:

 Member, American Meteorological Society
 Certified Consulting Meteorologist, American Meteorological Society
 Board of Certified Consulting Meteorologists (Chairman 1995)
 California Lifetime Community College Credential
 

Publications:
 Over 200 reports, books, and journal articles.  Recent titles:

Daly, C., W.P. Gibson, G.H. Taylor, G.L. Johnson, and P. Pasteris.  New methods for mapping temperature and precipitation in complex regions.  Journal of Applied Meteorology. In Review.

Redmond, K. T., and G.H. Taylor.  1997.  Climate of the Coastal Temperate Rain Forest.  In: The Rain Forests of Home, Island Press, Washington D.C.

Daly, C., G.H. Taylor, and W.P. Gibson.  1997.  The PRISM approach to mapping precipitation and temperature.  In: Proc., 10th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Reno, NV, Oct. 20-23, 10-12.

Gibson, W.P., C. Daly, and G.H. Taylor.  1997.  Derivation of facet grids for use with the PRISM model.  In: Proc., 10th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Reno, NV, Oct. 20-23,  208-209.

Parzybok, T., W.P. Gibson, C. Daly, and G.H. Taylor.  1997.  Quality assurance of climatological data for the VEMAP project.  In: Proc., 10th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Reno, NV, Oct. 20-23. 215-216.

Taylor, G.H., C. Daly, W.P. Gibson, and J. Sibul-Weisberg.  1997.  Digital and map products produced using PRISM.  In: Proc., 10th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Reno, NV, Oct. 20-23, 217-218.

Taylor, G.H.  1996.  Climate Maps for the Central and Eastern United States.  In: National Garden Book, Sunset Books, Menlo Park, California.

Daly, C., and G.H. Taylor.  1996.  Development of a new Oregon precipitation map using the PRISM model.  In: GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Methods, Goodchild, M.F., Stayaert, L.T., Parks, B.O., Johnston, C., Maidment, D.R., Crane, M. and S. Glendenning (eds.), 91-92.  Fort Collins, GIS World, Inc.

Taylor, G.H., C. Daly, and W.P. Gibson, 1995: Modeling of Orographic Precipitation using the PRISM Model.  Conference on Applied Climatology, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Texas.

Taylor, G.H., C. Daly and W.P. Gibson.  1995.  A Study of Snowfall Distribution in Oregon.  Oregon Water Resources Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

Johnson, G.L., C.L. Hanson, C. Daly, G.H. Taylor, and C.W. Richardson.  1995.  The development and testing of a spatially-relevant stochastic weather simulation model.  Proceedings of the USDA-ARS Workshop of Weather and Climate Research, July, 1995, Denver, CO.

Taylor, G.H., and W.P. Gibson.  1994.  Development of a Model for Use in Estimating the Spatial Distribution of Precipitation.  Conference on Mesoscale Meteorology, Portland, Oregon.

Taylor, G.H., C. Daly, and W.P. Gibson.  1993.  Development of an Isohyetal Analysis for Oregon Using the PRISM Model.  The State Climatologist, National Climatic Data Center, NOAA, Asheville, NC.

Taylor, G.H., C. Daly, and W.P. Gibson.  1993.  Development of an Isohyetal Analysis for Oregon Using the PRISM Model.  Annual Meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers, San Francisco, CA.

Taylor, G.H..  1993.  Oregon's Weather -- Past, Present, and Future.  Annual Meeting of the Oregon Horticultural Society (invited paper), Portland, OR.

Taylor, G.H., C. Daly, and W.P. Gibson.  1993.  Development of an Isohyetal Analysis for Oregon Using the PRISM Model.  The State Climatologist, National Climatic Data Center, NOAA, Asheville, NC.

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