usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T17:25:41.077922' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/tobias-j-kock profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: - American Fisheries Society - AFS-BES/ASCE-EWRI Joint Committee on Fisheries Engineering and Science (Webinar Task Group Member) education: - M.S. 2004. Fisheries Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID - B.A. 2000. Biology, Minor in Religion, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA email: tkock@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Assessment of Fish Passage and Collection Devices - Fish Passage and Survival at Dams and in Regulated Rivers - Fish Reintroduction Science - Pacific Salmon Ecology and Climate Change honors: [] intro_statements: - I am a Supervisory Research Fish Biologist at the Columbia River Research Laboratory, Cook, WA. I began working on fisheries studies in 1998. My research has focused on Pacific salmon, dams and ecology in the Pacific Northwest. My expertise includes the use of telemetry systems to monitor juvenile and adult salmon and steelhead. I currently work on the Columbia, Willamette, and Yakima Rivers. name: Tobias J Kock name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0001-8976-0230 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/western-fisheries-research-center organization_name: Western Fisheries Research Center personal_statement: My research team conducts investigations into dam passage and survival for juvenile and adult Pacific salmon, assesses fish collection and passage devices, researches the ecological effects of high-head dams and reservoirs on anadromous fish, and evaluates various aspects of salmon and steelhead reintroductions upstream of impassable dams. I am currently working on studies that evaluate the effects of flow management on juvenile salmon survival, the responses of adult salmon and steelhead to trap-and-haul, assessment of dam-passage survival of juvenile salmon, and developing methods to estimate survival of salmon fry in reservoirs. My research is highly collaborative. I work closely with Tribal, State and Federal partners to provide unbiased science for use by a diverse group of stakeholders in several watersheds in the western United States. professional_experience: - "2016-Present \u2013 Supervisory Research Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey,\ \ Western Fisheries Research Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory, Cook,\ \ WA" - 2002 to 2016 - Fish Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Fisheries Science Center, Columbia River Research Laboratory, Cook, WA - 2000-2002 - Graduate Student, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID - 1998-2000 - Biological Science Technician, University of Idaho and U.S. Geological Survey title: Supervisory Research Fish Biologist