Graham Hanson Email & Phone Number

United States

Golden Valley, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

Duluth, Minnesota

- Conducts watershed ecology and environmental contaminant assessments in coordination with tribal, state, and local agencies at federally supported/managed land or water bodies. Research projects include watershed mercury contamination, community fish health, pre/post environmental site remediation assessments, and aquatic invasive species early detection and management.- Provides field, laboratory, project management, and data organization support for EPA research projects. Experienced with sensitive biological (adult/larval fish/invertebrate) and geochemical (water/sediment) sampling using a wide variety of gear types and methods. - Proficient with computer software including MS Office suite, image analysis software, and statistical programs.

Baudette, Minnesota

• Provides data used to estimate fishing pressure, catch, harvest, and angler demographics on Lake of the Woods in order to assess fisheries management and angler harvest.• Tasks include conducting angler interviews and interacting with resort owners; determining fish house counts and occupancy rates; and computer data entry.• Operates and maintains work vehicles including trucks, snowmobiles, and trailers.

Dutch Harbor, Alaska

• Enhanced groundfish and shellfish fishery management as a fishery monitor, data-gatherer, and enforcement mechanism onboard commercial fishing vessels in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska.• Provided state and federal regulatory agencies with independent data on species composition and bycatch, CPUE, size frequency distributions, diseases, fecundity, and mortality associated with fishing efforts.• Duties included reporting catch information and fishing activity; sampling at sea for species composition; biological data collection; and sampling retained catches for regulatory compliance.

Duluth, Minnesota Area

• Assisted professors and graduate students with a variety of fisheries research topics in laboratory and field studies through the University of Minnesota at Duluth.• Research tasks included fish collection and measurement, tagging, aging, sexing, and hydroacoustic monitoring.• Assisted with Lake Superior fish collection and bottom trawling in Ashland, WI, and video monitoring of invasive carp behavior in Havana, Illinois.