estuarine & stream ecology, fisheries biology,
fish age & growth
John has over 10 years of experience in fresh
and saltwater fisheries science, from project management
and teaching to laboratory research and field work. He is helping lead ABR’s Alaska Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences program in Alaska.
John is involved in North Slope fisheries projects,
including work at the oilfields and near Teshekpuk
Lake. In addition to fish capture and tagging, he
is monitoring populations and their movements. Prior to joining ABR, he investigated alternative
and complimentary survey methodologies to NMFS traditional
trawl surveys for rockfish abundance off the west
coast of the United States. He also served as a
Peace Corps volunteer in Gabon, Africa, where he
helped subsistence farmers design and build fish
ponds for tilapia. John received his Master’s
of Science in fisheries science from Oregon State
University. His graduate thesis concerns
the migratory life history of least cisco of arctic
Alaska. In the field as a graduate student he learned traditional fishing
techniques from Iñupiat elders and used
those techniques to obtain samples. He later used
microchemistry techniques to determine strontium
content in otoliths of lake-caught specimens, thus
allowing him to chart migratory behavior.
