Wedemeyer, Gary
Emeritus Scientist
Research Fishery Biologist
Email: gwedemeyer@usgs.gov
Ph: 206-526-6282 ext. 325; Fax: 206-526-6654
6505 NE 65th St.
Seattle, WA 98115
Education:
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1965.
Expertise/Specialty:
Fish Biology/Physiology, Methods for Environmental Impact Assessment, Fish Health, Aquaculture
Research Interests:
Methods to determine the tolerance of fish and fish populations to the stress of environmental alterations, Methods to determine the effects of hatchery rearing conditions on the heath, quality, and survival of anadromous salmonids released from federal mitigation hatcheries.
Featured Studies:
- Environmental Impact Assessment: Research on tolerance to ammonia, selenium, nitrate, and nitrite exposure that served as the basis for state and federal water quality standards.
- Fish Hatchery Management: Identification and mitigation of physical, chemical and biological stress factors limiting the health, quality, and survival of anadromous salmonids released from federal mitigation hatcheries.
- Fishery Management: Physiological consequences of catch and release fishing used for the conservation of freshwater fish populations; identification and mitigation of physiological stress factors decreasing smolt survival in Columbia River barging and trucking operations.
Select Publications:
Wedemeyer, Gary A., and Richard S. Wydoski. 2008. Physiological Response of Some Economically Important Freshwater Salmonids to Catch and Release Fishing. North American Journal Fisheries Management 28(5):1587-1596.
Brannon, E. L., Amend, D., Cronin, M., Lannan, J., LaPattra, S., McNeil, Wm., Noble, R., Smith, C., Talbot, A., Wedemeyer, G., and H. Westers. 2005. The Controversy About Salmon Hatcheries. Fisheries 29 (9):12-30. (American Fisheries Society, Fisheries Management Perspective).
Wedemeyer, Gary A. 2002. Freshwater Fish. Vol. 1, pages 643-647 in S. Katz (ed.), Encyclopedia of Food, Charles Scribner and Sons, New York, 733 pp.
Amend, D. F., Lannan, J., LaPatra, S., Piper, R. G., McNeil, Wm., Smith, C., and G. A. Wedemeyer. 2002. Another opinion on the role of hatcheries in Pacific salmon management. World Aquaculture 33(4): 8-12.
Wedemeyer, Gary A. (ed.). 2001. Fish Hatchery Management, second edition. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda MD, 733 pp.
Wedemeyer, G. A. 1996. Physiology of Fish in Intensive Culture Systems. Chapman and Hall, New York, 300 pp.
Personal Interests:
Target shooting, jazz piano
