Steve Haeseker

Steve is a biometrician and lead of the Analytical Services group. As a member of the Comparative Survival Study, much of Steve's work is focused on assessing the effects of hydropower operations and ocean conditions on salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River Basin. Steve is also a member of the U.S. v. Oregon Technical Advisory Committee and the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Salmon Technical Team.

Current Projects:

1. Providing technical expertise for issues involving fisheries management, stock assessment, population dynamics, modeling, statistics, and decision analysis

2. Serving as a technical expert for the Comparative Survival Study, the Pacific Fishery Management Council Salmon Technical Team, and the U.S. v. Oregon Technical Advisory Committee

3. Providing technical support for the effect of complex hydrosystem research on anadromous fish survival

4. Forecasting salmon runs for harvest management decision in the sea and within the Columbia River Basin

5. Providing biometric support ongoing projects within the CRFWCO office

Background:

Steve has degrees from University of California - Davis, North Carolina State University, and Michigan State University. He worked for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission in Minnesota and Simon Fraser University in British Columbia prior to joining the CRFWCO in 2003.

At CRFWCO since: 2003