Vaughn Anthony
Voices from the Science Centers
Voices from the Science Centers is an oral history initiative dedicated to documenting the institutional knowledge of fisheries scientists and administrators in the labs of NOAA’s Fisheries Science Centers.
Vaughn Anthony earned his Bachelor's in Wildlife Conservation from the University of Maine, his Master's in Fisheries from the University of Michigan, and earned his PhD. in Fisheries from the University of Washington. He began his career with the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries in the early 1960's working on quantitative stock assessments. After earning his PhD, he returned to the Boothbay Lab before its' closure. He then moved to Woods Hole to continue his work. From 1977 to 1980, he worked for the Maine Department of Marine Resources. He returned to Woods Hole in 1980, where he became the Senior Assessment Scientist of the Conservation and Utilization Division. Dr. Anthony retired to Maine in 1995.
Scope and Content Note
Dr. Anthony discusses his long career as a fisheries scientist. He describes the early fisheries scientists he worked with and studied under. In addition, he discusses the changing paradigms and frameworks, the various management issues under Magnuson, and his view of the challenges of the Magnuson Act and how that affected relationships between managers and scientists.
Subjects: Quantitative stock assessment, fishery management, statistics, Boothbay Harbor, Georges Bank, University of Maine, University of Michigan, University of Washington, herring, mackerel, redfish, National Marine Fishery Service, ICES, Magnuson Act, stock assessments, New England Fisheries Management Council, population dynamics.
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