Barry Berejikian
Voices from the Science Centers
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Barry Berejikianwas born in 1967 in Panorama City, California, and spent his childhood summers going north on camping and fishing trips, particularly for trout and salmon. As a behavior ecologist, he leads the Behavioral Ecology Team and the Hatchery Reform Science Program at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Manchester, Washington. He received his B.S. in Environmental and Systematic Biology from California Polytechnic State University in 1990 and his M.S. in 1992 and his PhD. in 1995 in Fisheries from the University of Washington. Upon graduation, he joined the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in 1995, where he worked on projects aimed at quantifying the effects of artificial reproduction of salmon and steelhead on natural populations. From 2007 to 2012, he served on the Northwest Fisheries Science Center’s Research Council.
Interview contains discussions of: steelhead and salmon fisheries in Puget Sound, pros and cons of hatcheries and wild fish, declining stocks, effects of harbor seals and prey on fisheries, and various research projects over time in the Pacific Northwest.
Dr. Barry Berejikian provides a description of how his career evolved and his work with the Behavioral Ecology Team and hatchery science.
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