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Division:
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REUT
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Status:
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Federal, NOAA Fisheries
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Job Title:
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Program Manager, Salmon Enhancement
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Phone:
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206-842-5434, ext. 8306
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Email:
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send e-mail
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Programs:
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NWFSC Publications
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Background
Tom Flagg has been a research scientist at NWFSC since 1978. He has a B.S. (1976) and M.S. (1981) from the University of Washington, College of Fisheries. Tom is Program Manager for the Hatchery Reform Science Program and he is Station Manager of the Manchester Research Station. His research interests focus on application of artificial propagation to recovery of depleted fish populations.
Current Research
Mr. Flagg's research interests include development of hatchery reform strategies, development of captive broodstock programs to conserve depleted gene pools of salmonids, development of supplementation techniques for restoration of depleted stocks of salmonids to their native habitats, and development of fish husbandry technology to produce wild-type juvenile salmon for release from hatcheries. Tom is a member of the Congressionally-established Hatchery Scientific Review Group (HSRG) for salmon hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest. In addition, Tom is a member of the USFWS Hatchery Review Team (HRT) that is reviewing hatchery reform issues for Service hatcheries in the Columbia River Basin. The purpose of the reviews are to "help put in place a management approach which allows Tribal, State, and Federal managers to effectively manage hatcheries to meet conservation and harvest goals consistent with their respective legal responsibilities." In 2001, Mr. Flagg received a US Department of Commerce Gold Medal award for his work in salmon conservation.
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