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JOHN F. PALAHSANO, Ph.D. 

 FISHERIES BIOLOGIST 



EDUCATION 



Ph.D., Fisheries-Ecology, University of Washington, Seattle. 

 M.S., Fisheries Biology, Utah State University, Logan. 

 B.S., Biology, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. 

 B.S., Conservation, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. 



EMPLOYMENT 



Dr. Palmisano has almost 20 years of professional fisheries experience in the Pacific Northwest as consultant, 

 researcher, and teacher: 



o John F. Palmisano Biological Consultant, Beaverton, Oregon, March 1988 to present. Owner. 



o CH2M HILL, Bellevue, Washington, January 1978 to October 1988, Fisheries Scientist. 



o National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Laboratory, Auke Bay, Alaska, July 1975 to March 1977, Marine 



Biologist, 

 o University of Washington, College of Fisheries, Seattle, Washington, June 1977 to January 1978, Acting 



Professor, 

 o Western Washington State University, Department of Biology, Bellingham, Spring: 1975 and 1977, Instructor. 



SELECTED EXPERIENCE 



o Senior author of technical report on impacts to salmonids in Washington. 



o Coauthored technical report on decline of salmonids in Oregon. 



o Reviewed Lower Columbia River environmental factors and their effect on salmonid populations for area Public 



Utilities, 

 o Led forebay trap study of downstream migrant salmon and steelhead trout smolts at Rocky Reach Dam. 

 o Conducted salmonid fingerling bypass study at Rock Island Dam. 

 o Prepared fisheries section for Columbia Basin Draft Environmental Impact Statement, 

 o In charge of fish husbandry and rearing technology for the Tulalip Tribes' salmon hatchery near Marysville, 



Washington, 

 o Managed testing program for bioassays with juvenile salmon for ARCO's Femdale, Washington, Plant, 

 o Wrote operational manual for the McCall, Idaho, summer chinook salmon hatchery for the Idaho Fish and Game 



Department, 

 o Reviewed fisheries resources of the Snake River in Idaho, 

 o Designed and conducted salmonid population survey of over 30 streams in the Flathead Indian Reservation in 



Montana, 

 o Senior reviewer of technical reports on the impact of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on Prince William Sound salmon, 

 o Biological liaison to the Alaskan Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association for design of Ketchikan 



salmon hatchery. 



PUBLICATIONS 



Dr. Palmisano has prepared over 100 project reports and has published several technical and popular papers about 

 marine mammals and salmonids in journals such as Science. Ecology , and BioScience . 



PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION 



Fisheries Scientist - No. 1,798, by the American Fisheries Society. 

 Senior Ecologist, by the Ecological Society of America. 



PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 



American Fisheries Society 



American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologist, Past Co-President of Seattle Chapter 



Ecological Society of America 



Pacific Estuarine Society 



