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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:30:37.738138'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/josey-ridgway
 profile:
   abstracts: []
   affiliations: []
   education:
   - M.S. Biology, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Department of Biology,
     Tennessee Technological University 2016
   - "B.S. Fish and Wildlife Sciences\u2014emphasis on fish, Department of Natural\
     \ Resources, University of Missouri\u2014Columbia 2014"
   email: jridgway@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - Fisheries Biology
   - Invasive Species
   honors: []
   intro_statements:
   - Josey Ridgway is a Fish Biologist at the Columbia Environmental Research Center.
   name: Josey Ridgway
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0003-4157-7255
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/columbia-environmental-research-center
   organization_name: Columbia Environmental Research Center
   personal_statement: He earned his Master of Science degree in Biology at Tennessee
     Technological University, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit studying
     invasive carp sampling techniques and population dynamics throughout Kentucky
     Lake and Lake Barkley. Josey joined the USGS in 2018 and has continued his work
     to answer management and research questions concerning invasive carp. Current
     research focus is developing, assessing, and modifying innovative capture methodologies,
     which include herding stimuli (e.g., auditory, visual, and tactual) to concentrate
     invasive carp for mass removal using large nets (e.g., pound, iruka, merwin,
     and beach seines). Catch rate and fish behavior data (characterized using sonar
     and telemetry technology) are used in these assessments with the goal of increasing
     capture efficiency.
   professional_experience:
   - "04/2018\u2013present Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Columbia Environmental\
     \ Science Center, Columbia, MO"
   - "01/2017\u201304/2018 Fish Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Columbia\
     \ Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, Columbia, M"
   - "08/2016\u201301/2017 Biological Science Technician, U.S. Fish and Wildlife\
     \ Service, Columbia Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, Columbia, MO"
   - "08/2016\u201301/2017 Biological Science Technician, U.S. Fish and Wildlife\
     \ Service, Columbia Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, Columbia, MO"
   - "08/2014\u201308/2016 Graduate Research Assistant, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery\
     \ Research Unit, 1100 N Dixie Ave, 205 Pennebaker Hall, Cookeville, TN"
   - "08/2012\u201308/2014 Biological Science Technician, Missouri Cooperative Fish\
     \ and Wildlife Research Unit, 302 Anheuser-Busch Nat. Res. Building, Columbia,\
     \ MO"
   - "04/2013\u201308/2014 Undergraduate Research Assistant, MU McNair Scholar\u2019\
     s Program, 536 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO"
   title: Fish Biologist