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VLADIMIR BURKANOV (Volodya) was educated as a wildlife biologist
taking his Master’s Degree in Marine Mammal Studies
in 1980 at the Kirov Agriculture Institute, Russia. Since
1979 he worked on many marine mammal research and conservation
projects and fishery management in the Far-East Seas of Russia.
In 1990 he received his Ph.D. in Environmental Studies and
Ecology of Marine Mammals from the All-Union Research Institute
of Evolution, Ecology and Morphology of Animals of the Academy
of Science of USSR in Moscow. His main areas of interest are
the distribution, abundance, and conservation of marine mammals
in the North Pacific, His primary interests are Steller sea
lion, ice associated seals, sea otters, walrus, harbor seals
and marine mammal-fisheries interactions. He has conducted
a number of joint marine mammal research projects with American
and Japanese scientists in waters of the Russian Far East
and Alaska, including the Kuril Islands, eastern part of Sea
of Okhotsk, Commander Islands, and western Bering Sea.
For many years Dr. Burkanov worked for the Federal Committee
of Fisheries of Russia in the Kamchatka region on various
projects for the conservation of marine mammal and fish resources,
fisheries data collection, developing satellite vessel monitoring
system, and fishery regulations and fishery enforcement in
the Russian Far East, including the Bering Sea. He served
as a member of the Russian Far East Fishery Management Council
(1995-1999) and the Scientific-Advisory Council on Marine
Mammals of the Interdepartmental Ichthyological Commission
of Russia (1984 to present). Volodya has been a member of
the Society for Marine Mammology since 1993. At the present
time he works for the Kamchatka Branch of the Pacific Institute
of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences and for Natural
Resources Consultants, Inc. (Seattle, WA) under contract with
the National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMFS/NOAA) conducting
several marine mammal projects in Russian and Alaskan waters.
Contact information:
Telephone:
in USA:
(206) 365-0006 (home)
(206) 526-4298 (office)
E -mail:
vladimir.burkanov@noaa.gov
vladimir_burkanov@northpacificwildlife.com
in Russia:
(415) 226-9977 (home)
(415) 226-2436 (office)
E -mail:
burkanov@bk.ru |
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