Ron Boyce
Ron Boyce
| Manager: | Ron Boyce |
|---|---|
| Field: | Ocean and Columbia River Fisheries |
| Affiliation: | ODFW, Ocean Salmon Columbia River Program |
| Hometown: | San Francisco, California |
| Managing Since: | 1974 |
| Favorite Seafood Dish: | Butter-dipped Dungeness crab, barbecued Upper Columbia River Spring Chinook in a light marinade |
A native of the San Francisco area, I first moved to Oregon in 1968. After undergraduate studies in wildlife and graduate studies in fisheries at OSU, I began my career in Gold Beach with the Rogue Basin Evaluation Program in 1974 researching the effects of Lost Creek and Applegate dams on Rogue River fisheries.
I moved to Portland in 1984 to work on the Umatilla River Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program. My efforts since 1987 have focused on assessing impacts and developing mitigation programs for the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) including the states’ 20 year involvement in litigations on FCRPS Biological Opinions. Since 2003, I have been involved with the Pacific Salmon Commission and the Pacific Fisheries Management Council in their ocean salmon management programs, and have also headed up Fish Division’s efforts for Oregon coastal regulations for Fall Chinook and Coho.
I see Project CROOS and Pacific Fish Trax as a critical piece of the future of fishery management. The potential to provide managers with extremely detailed information on distribution of critical stocks gives it a centerpiece role in maintaining fisheries constrained by specific weak stocks. Currently, the only option for many of these fisheries is severe restriction or even complete closure of fishing in a broad area, but with more detailed information on the location of specific genetic populations, managers will be able to target closures very accurately to protect weak stocks while harvesting healthy ones.