History Afloat: Voices from the Working Waterfront
Whitney Crittenden, Assistant Area Management Biologist at
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Whitney Crittenden is the Assistant Area Management Biologist at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). Whitney's job centers around the management of commercial fisheries for salmon, herring, shrimp, sea cucumber, red urchin, and geoduck clam and subsistence and personal use fisheries in the Ketchikan management area. Her day to day varies depending on the season, whether it's conducting salmon aerial surveys, underwater counting sea cucumbers, or utilizing satellite imagery to map herring spawn.
Whitney Crittenden, Assistant Area Management Biologist at ADF&G
Whitney Crittenden, Assistant Area Management Biologist
at ADF&G

Interview Excerpt: Role of ADF&GE




Interview Excerpt: Seasonal
management at ADF&G



Interview Excerpt: Cucumber Dive Fisheries Management



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Hydraulic Davits Lift Dive Skiff on the <i>R/V Kestrel</i>
Hydraulic Davits Lift Dive Skiff on the R/V Kestrel
Alaska Department of Fish & Game <i>R/V Kestrel</i>
Alaska Department of Fish & Game R/V Kestrel
Dive Skiff Being Lowered into the Water
Dive Skiff Being Lowered into the Water
Scuba Tanks on the <i>R/V Kestrel</i>
Scuba Tanks on the R/V Kestrel
Wet Lab Inside the <i>R/V Kestrel</i>
Wet Lab Inside
the R/V Kestrel
Engine Room on the <i>R/V Kestrel</i>
Engine Room on the R/V Kestrel
Bridge on the <i>R/V Kestrel</i>
Bridge on the R/V Kestrel
Diver Whitney Crittenden Climbs a Ladder into the Dive Skiff
Diver Whitney
Crittenden Climbs
a Ladder into
the Dive Skiff