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Eric Fischer came to PNNL in 2005 and worked as a research associate for one year and joined the Ecology group as a fulltime staff member in 2010. His research has focused on the use of telemetry to assess the behavior and survival of juvenile salmonids as they migrate downstream through hydropower projects on the Columbia, Snake and Willamette Rivers as well as traverse through the Columbia River estuary.

• Telemetry
• Effects of hydropower on fisheries resources
• Off channel habitat restoration and utilization

• B.S., Fisheries/Limnology, Biology, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI, 2003

• 2013 OTA of the year award for the Injectable tag study
• 2009, 2010, 2012 - Outstanding Performance Award

2020

• Liss S.A., K.R. Znotinas, J.S. Hughes, B.J. Bellgraph, C.R. Vernon, R.A. Harnish, and E.S. Fischer, et al. 2020. Evaluation of Foster Dam Juvenile Fish Passage, 2018: Final Report. PNNL-29587. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Evaluation of Foster Dam Juvenile Fish Passage, 2018: Final Report

2019

• Fischer E.S., J.S. Hughes, C.A. Grieshaber, S.A. Liss, S.E. Blackburn, R.A. Harnish, and K.D. Ham, et al. 2019. Passage and Survival pf Chinook Salmon at Lookout Point Dam, Fall 2017 and Spring 2018: Final Report. PNNL-28644. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Passage and Survival pf Chinook Salmon at Lookout Point Dam, Fall 2017 and Spring 2018: Final Report
• Fischer E.S., S.E. Blackburn, S.A. Liss, J.S. Hughes, H. Li, and Z. Deng. 2019. "How Small Can We Go? Evaluating Survival, Tag Retention, and Growth of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Implanted with a New Acoustic Microtag." North American Journal of Fisheries Management 39, no. 6:1329-1336. PNNL-SA-144456. doi:10.1002/nafm.10367
• Liss S.A., K.R. Znotinas, S.E. Blackburn, E.S. Fischer, H. Li, J.S. Hughes, and Z. Deng. 2019. Tagging a smaller size class of fish: can it be done?. PNNL-29192. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Tagging a smaller size class of fish: can it be done?

2018

• Fischer E.S., J.S. Hughes, P. Titzler, K.D. Ham, and G.E. Johnson. 2018. Behavior, Distribution, and Passage Metrics of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Above and Below Lookout Point Dam, Fall 2016 and Spring 2017: Final Report. PNNL-27022. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Behavior, Distribution, and Passage Metrics of Juvenile Chinook Salmon Above and Below Lookout Point Dam, Fall 2016 and Spring 2017: Final Report

2013

• Woodley C.M., E.S. Fischer, K.A. Wagner, M.A. Weiland, M.B. Eppard, and T.J. Carlson. 2013. "COMPLIANCE STUDIES: WHAT ABOUT THE FISH?." In HydroVision International Conference, July 23-26, 2014, Denver, Colorado. Tulsa, Oklahoma:HydroVision International. PNNL-SA-95784.