DR. GORDON KRUSE AND SCOTT GOODMAN Alaska crab, recent stock collapse, and prospects for recovery Scott Goodman is the Executive Director for the Bering Sea Fisheries Research Foundation and the President of Natural Resources Consultants, Inc. in Seattle. Scott has over 25 years of experience working on fisheries research projects with a strong focus on Bering Sea crab research with BSFRF over the last 15 years. He has helped BSFRF work through complicated crab research and management issues, collaborating with a growing number of scientists at NOAA, ADF&G, several academic partners, and the crab industry stakeholders that support BSFRF research. Scott has a BS in Fisheries Biology and a MS in Marine Affairs, both from the University of Washington. Scott’s company NRC has a long-standing footprint as a fisheries consulting firm known for its ties to research in Alaska working with fishermen across several fish and crab sectors on a variety of issues. Currently, Scott also serves as an advisor to the Aleutians King Crab Research Foundation, is a member of the Executive Committee for the Alaska Ocean Acidification Network, sits on the Climate Change Taskforce for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, and is also a member of the Certified Seafood Collaborative representing Alaska’s Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) for the sustainable certification of several of Alaska’s crab stocks. Scott is a western Washington native, lives in Everett with his family and greatly enjoys being on the water for both work and play. Gordon Kruse is Professor Emeritus of Fisheries with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, where he was a professor for 17 years. Previously, he worked for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for 16 years, most of that time as Chief Marine Fisheries Scientist. During his career, Gordon has conducted applied marine fisheries research, including stock assessments, population dynamics, fisheries oceanography, marine ecosystem dynamics, fishery management, and ecosystem-based fisheries management. He has worked on a wide variety of marine fish and invertebrates with an emphasis on crabs. Though “retired” Gordon serves as a science advisor to the North Pacific Research Board, Bering Sea Fisheries Research Foundation, and Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. Gordon was honored to receive the inaugural Terry Quinn II Distinguished Scientist Award for Outstanding Science Contributions to Fishery Management in the North Pacific from the North Pacific Fishery Management Council in 2020, the Wally Noerenberg Award for Fishery Excellence from the Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society in 2015, and the inaugural Alaska Ocean Leadership Award for Research from the Alaska SeaLife Center in 2010. Gordon is most proud of the 19 graduate students for whom he served as major professor, as well as the 41 other graduate students on whose committees he served.
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