{"content":[{"text":"2018 Salmon Summit – Panelist Biographies","bbox":{"left":0.276275,"top":0.060758,"width":0.44721700000000003,"height":0.022602000000000004}},{"text":"Jonathan Carr, M.Sc. - Vice President of Research and Environment, Atlantic Salmon Federation","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.112001,"width":0.778158,"height":0.019195000000000004}},{"text":"Jonathan Carr is the Vice President of Research and Environment at the Atlantic \n Salmon Federation, located in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. He has 25 \n years of research experience in the management, restoration and conservation of \n wild fish, including endangered and threatened populations. Jonathan has been \n published widely and has served in several capacities related to fisheries research \n and policy. Much of his research has focused on the marine ecology and behavior \n of Atlantic salmon, fish passage at hydro dams, impacts of exotic species, stock \n assessment, and interactions between wild and escaped farmed salmon.","bbox":{"left":0.280359,"top":0.143908,"width":0.6531269999999999,"height":0.13086300000000003}},{"text":"Ken Whelan, B.Sc., Ph.D., FIFM - Adjunct Professor, School of Biology and Environmental Science at \n University College Dublin; Research Director, Atlantic Salmon Trust","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.335549,"width":0.813322,"height":0.035207000000000044}},{"text":"In the past, Ken worked for several research organizations in Ireland and more \n recently as an Executive Director in the Irish Marine Institute. He served as \n President of NASCO from 2004 to 2008. As President he helped co-ordinate and \n manage the €6m SALSEA or Salmon at Sea Programme. Ken was Chairman of \n the International Atlantic Salmon Research Board from 2007 to 2011 and is \n currently Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Loire Basin Salmon \n Restoration Programme. In December 2009 he was appointed as Adjunct \n Professor in the School of Biology and Environmental Science at University \n College Dublin and as Research Director of the Atlantic Salmon Trust. Ken runs \n his own fisheries and environmental consultancy. http://www.kenwhelan.info/","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.383554,"width":0.8182900000000001,"height":0.16273199999999993}},{"text":"Torbjørn Forseth, Ph.D. -","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.575221,"width":0.21032299999999998,"height":0.019193999999999933}},{"text":"Senior Researcher, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway","bbox":{"left":0.338366,"top":0.575221,"width":0.551593,"height":0.01908299999999996}},{"text":"Torbjørn Forseth has more than 25 years of experience as a salmonid researcher \n at Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway. Among his major topics are \n effects of hydropower and climate change, population dynamics and spawning \n targets (CLs), habitat use and growth as well as local and nation management of \n Atlantic salmon. For the last nine years, he has been the head of the Norwegian \n Scientific Advisory Committee for Atlantic Salmon (13 members from seven \n research institutions), the main scientific advisory body for Norwegian authorities \n on the management of salmon. The committee provides annual assessment of the \n status of the Norwegian salmon populations (attainment of CLs) and their major \n anthropogenic threats.","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.607102,"width":0.820345,"height":0.16308599999999995}},{"text":"2","bbox":{"left":0.931732,"top":0.935718,"width":0.009804000000000035,"height":0.020212000000000008}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.115359,"top":0.152765,"width":0.152288,"height":0.159217},{"left":0.119526,"top":0.393598,"width":0.16208,"height":0.131755}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.115359,"top":0.152765,"width":0.152288,"height":0.159217},{"left":0.119526,"top":0.393598,"width":0.16208,"height":0.131755}]}