studies, while working part-time and summers for 

 the College of Fisheries at the University. He and 

 his professor reported on their discovery of the 

 egg maturation, embryo development, and birth 

 rates of the ocean perch of the northeast Pacific. 



It was at the University of Washington, as an 

 undergraduate that he caught the eye of his senior 

 colleagues as a "comer." They saw in Bob, that 

 all-too-rare combination of an individual with the 

 ability to detect a problem, the desire to get the job 

 done, and the mental prowess to have it done 

 correctly. He was one of the few selected as a 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Fellow, and 

 worked under this fellowship grant from 1962 to 

 1964, earning his doctorate in fisheries in 1965 

 from the University of Washington. His doctoral 

 thesis is an important contribution on the life 

 history and ecology of populations of smelt in 

 Lake Washington. This study of the smelt and 

 associated limnetic species in Lake Washington 

 also has provided a data base for future examina- 

 tions of changes in the fauna. The study was 

 conducted at a peak of eutrophication in Lake 

 Washington. Public concern, aroused in 1956, 

 culminated in the creation of the Municipality of 

 Metropolitan Seattle (Metro) in 1958 which was 

 charged to develop an effective sewage-disposal 

 system for the entire area. The Metro Program, 

 at a total cost of about $121 million, began 

 diverting sewage from the lake in 1963 and was 

 completed in 1968. In 1968 experts described Lake 

 Washington as a classic case history study of 

 eutrophication and recovery. Changes in the 

 lake's fish populations since this study of the smelt 

 have been marked and are the subject of more 

 recent studies at the College of Fisheries, Univer- 

 sity of Washington. 



The young scientist then moved from Seattle to 

 Beaufort, N. C, to take up the challenge of Govern- 

 ment efforts to assist in the revitalization of an 

 ailing menhaden industry. Under his super- 

 vision, an ambitious and successful program was 

 undertaken to solve the mystery of menhaden 

 migrations. His team tagged an unprecedented 

 number offish, some one million, from Long Island 

 to Florida. They proved conclusively that men- 

 haden move north in spring and summer and 

 south in fall. Vital information on fishing mor- 

 tality and natural mortality was obtained for this 

 resource. His menhaden work for the 7 yr from 

 1965 to 1971 laid the foundation for what is to 

 become the model program for State-Federal 

 partnership in managing our domestic fisheries. 



During early 1974 in Washington, an historic 

 meeting took place where his former colleagues 

 presented the first comprehensive plan for man- 

 aging this valuable but overexploited resource, 

 worth some $50 million a year to the economy. 

 This plan could not have been prepared without 

 the inspired and dedicated work of Bob Dryfoos. 



With his menhaden work completed. Bob moved 

 on to greater responsibility at Narragansett, R. I. 

 He was instrumental in developing the first com- 

 prehensive national program for assessing the 

 important living resources of our coastal and 

 continental shelf waters. The new initiative is 

 called MARMAP for the Marine Resources Moni- 

 toring, Assessment, and Prediction Program. In 

 his April 1972 budget message to Congress, the 

 President cited this program as one of the more 

 significant contributions to our civilian oceano- 

 graphic effort. MARMAP was another "first" for 

 Bob Dryfoos. He helped shape the concept, and 

 mold the national fiber. Like other new initia- 

 tives it was subjected to criticism and doubt. But 

 Bob believed in the concept, and with his col- 

 leagues he persevered. Nationally coordinated 

 assessments of fishery resources are now being 

 made from the Gulf of Maine to the Caribbean, 

 the Florida Keys to the Bay of Campeche, from 

 Baja California to the east Bering Sea and in the 

 oceanic waters of the tropical Atlantic and Pacific. 

 The results of his MARMAP efforts are just now 

 bearing fruit, and will continue to yield more 

 important results in the latter half of this decade, 

 in the 1980's and beyond. 



Bob will be missed by his many friends and 

 colleagues. His accomplishments were consider- 

 able. A fine heritage for his dedicated wife Carol, 

 son Ricky, daughter Janet, and his parents. He 

 always found time in a busy schedule for civic 

 activities. Rotary, the kids' skating. Cub Scouts, 

 swimming, and clamming, and all those wonder- 

 ful pursuits that bring enrichment to a family and 

 their friends, and their community. He leaves 

 behind many wonderful memories. We are all 

 richer from our association with him. 



His outstanding record remains with us, and 

 from his contributions we will move on, we will 

 keep building, for a better and rational and more 

 enlightened tomorrow. 



Kenneth Sherman 



Resource Assessment Division 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 

 3300 Whitehaven Street Northwest 

 Washington, DC 20235 



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