Edward Crateau oral history transcript

Edward Crateau oral history interview as conducted by Jerry Grover. Ed Crateau was a career Fishery Management Biologist in the Fishery Resources Program of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service from 1967 until his retirement in March 2000. The early portion of his career was in the National Fish Hatchery System but opportunity led him to Alaska for assignment in Fishery Management that he followed for the remainder of his career; he was one of only a handful of biologists in the Fisheries program to be a pilot. Organization: FWS Name: Edward Crateau Years: 1967-2000 Program: Hatcheries Keywords: History, Biologists (USFWS), Fish hatcheries, Fisheries management, Fishes, Aircraft, Employees (USFWS), Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Nashua National Fish Hatchery, Pilot, Gulf sturgeon, Apalachicola River, Lower Snake River Plan Office, Project leader
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Jerry Grover
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Brook trout fry waiting to be measured
The Nashua National Fish Hatchery is one of the oldest national fish hatcheries still operating today, established in 1898. Programs at the hatchery support Atlantic salmon, landlocked salmon, American shad and other aquatic species restoration efforts in many New England waterbodies.
A boat heads down a river lined by forests and mountains.
The Dena’ina people call this special place “Yaghanen” - the good land. It's also known as the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.  From ice fields and glaciers to tundra, forests, and coastal wetlands, the Kenai Refuge is often called “Alaska in miniature." Biodiversity is unusually high for this...
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History
Fishes
Fisheries management
Fish hatcheries
Employees (USFWS)
Biologists (USFWS)
Aviation