Gary Whelan Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference 2025

Gary Whelan

Gary E. Whelan Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Fisheries Division (Retired) American Fisheries Society - President-Elect (at time of registration) and President (at time of conference) Gary has a B.S. from the University of Wyoming (USA) and a M.S. in fisheries management from the University of Missouri-Columbia (USA). He worked for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for 35.5+ years and prior to that for Michigan State University for 4.7 years. Recently, Gary retired from being the Research Program Manager for the Michigan DNR that also included fish health program oversight and involvement with the Great Lakes Fish Health Committee, habitat management consultation, and emergency response duties. He has been involved with the National Fish Habitat Partnership (USA) since 2004 as Board staff and as Co-Chair of the Board’s Science and Data Committee. He is currently President-Elect, a life member and Fellow of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), and will be President at time of this conference. He has involved in multiple Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) committees on national US fisheries issues and was the second President of the Instream Flow Council (North America). While his educational training is as a stream ecologist, he has been blessed with a wonderfully diverse career that has ranged from studying fish pathogens to analyzing hydropower impacts statewide to examining fish habitat nationally to managing complex fisheries systems in Michigan.