Mary E. Whalen, Fish and Wildlife Biologist

Mary E. Whalen

Fish and Wildlife Biologist
(Information Specialist)

Marine and Freshwater Ecology Branch

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Web site creation and maintenance; computer graphics; fisheries population biology; data management; fish and wildlife biological statistics and data analysis.

Alaska Science Center and Biological Science Office web site designer
Mechanisms of impact and potential recovery of nearshore vertebrate predators from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.

M.S.	1993	Fisheries	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Fairbanks, Alaska
A.A.	1985	Computers & Business	Kenai Peninsula College	Soldotna, Alaska
B.S.	1980	Fisheries and Wildlife	Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan

2001 - present Fish & Wildlife Biologist
(Information Specialist) USGS, Alaska Science Center Anchorage, Alaska

1997 - 2001 Fish and Wildlife Biologist USGS, Alaska Biological Science Center Anchorage, Alaska

1994 - 1997 Fisheries Biologist National Biological Service, Alaska Science Center Anchorage, Alaska

1993 - 1994 Fisheries Biologist U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Anchorage, Alaska

1984 - 1993 Fish Biologist I Alaska Department of Fish & Game Anchorage, Soldotna, & Kodiak, Alaska

1981 - 1984 Fish Technician III Alaska Department of Fish & Game Anchorage, Cordova, & Seldovia, Alaska

1980 - 1980 Volunteer Asst. Fisheries Biologist U.S. Forest Service Seward, Alaska

1979 - 1979 Research Assistant II Michigan State University Ludington, Michigan

1977 - 1979 Lab Attendant I Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan

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Whalen, M. E. 1993. Stock assessment of Dolly Varden in the Buskin River, Kodiak Island, Alaska, 1992. Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Fishery Data Series No. 93-14, 48 pp.

Whalen, M. E. 1992. Stock assessment of Dolly Varden in the Buskin River, Kodiak Island, Alaska. 1991. Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Fishery Data Series No. 92-29, 54 pp.

Whalen, M. E. 1991. Stock assessment of Dolly Varden in the Buskin River, Kodiak, 1990. Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Fishery Data Series No. 91-68, 47 pp.

American Fisheries Society

Star Award, April 2002
Star Award, September 1998
Time-Off Award, February 1996
Best Poster Award, Alaska Chapter American Fisheries Society Meeting, 1995
On-the-Spot Award, April 1995

USGS, Alaska Science Center

Biological Science Office

1011 E. Tudor Rd., MS 701

Anchorage, AK 99503

Office: (907) 786-3496

Fax: (907) 786-3636

email: mary_whalen@usgs.gov

Standing knee-deep in sockeye salmon at the Bear Creek weir, Tustumena Lake

Mary Whalen with her dogs Keta and Nerka

56 lb. king salmon caught on the Kenai River in 1993

Mary Whalen playing hockey in spring 2000