Page of Wade H. Van Buskirk at PSMFC

Wade H. Van Buskirk
Fisheries Programmer/Analyst

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Project: RecFIN
Phone: 503-595-3100
Fax: 503-595-3232
Map Office Location: PSMFC, 205 SE Spokane St, Suite 100, Portland, OR 97202-6413
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As the RecFIN System Programmer/Analyst I manage the Recreational Fisheries Information Network Database. The data are largely contained in SAS. I perform statistical analysis, estimation and presentation of recreational fisheries data on the Pacific coast. I am working on integration of various recreational fisheries information sources into this database and designing and implementing internet access to the data through form queries. The historical source of data is the NMFS Marine Recreational Statistics Survey. The current sources are the various state programs. I manage the technical flow of California data from sampler to data entry unit, clean up, review and estimation of estimates. The data are uploaded to NMFS headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland for archival purposes. I supply and perform analysis of these data for the Pacific coastal fish agencies of Washington, Oregon and California, NMFS personel in the Southwest and Northwest Regions, the Pacifc Fisheries Management Council and to various other agencies and individuals nationwide.

Ongoing Tasks

2007 Economic mail survey of anglers
2007 Boat harvest location GIS survey
2007 On-board charter boat fishing location GIS and seal interaction survey

Brief Biographical Sketch

Wade was formally trained as a wildlife biologist and science teacher, was self-taught as a computer scientist. Forced to deal with massive amounts of fishery data with an antiquated fish and game computer, he purchased his own machine and programmed his way to a career as a Marine Fisheries Programmer/Analyst.

Related Previous Positions

National Marine Fisheries Service Statistician, Silver Spring, Maryland
California Department of Fish and Game Fisheries Data Analyst, Fort Bragg, California
North Coast Computing (owner of small business) Computer Consultant, Mendocino, California
California Department of Health Services Educational Software Computer Programmer, Mendocino, California
Humbold State Univervity Computer Labortory Technician, Arcata California
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Technician MN

Publications

Kelp Forest Newsletters Newsletters of CDFG Northern California Sportfish and Shellfish Projects.

CDFG Bulletin 176 "The Marine Recreational Fishery in Northern and Central California, A Historical Comparison (1958-86), Status of Stocks (1980-86) and Effects of Changes in the California Current" produced by the Northern California Sportfish Project (Conversion in Progress)

ASIH Paper "Declines in rockfish (genus Sebastes) abundance in the southern California Bight over the past two decades: evidence from two independent long-term datasets."

NWSUG Paper"Internet Publishing with SAS/Base using Perl in a UNIX Environment "

CalCOFI Paper "A severe decline in commercial passenger fishing vessel rockfish (Sebastes spp.) catch in the southern California Bight, 1980-1996"

SAS tools

Proc Calendar output into Excel XML workbook - For excel spreadsheet and SAS database users
Excel XML workbooks read into SAS datasets - For excel spreadsheet and SAS database users
SAS to CSV and back - For spreadsheet and database users
General SAS CGI - converts all form values to macro variables
JSON.sas - Export SAS datasets to JSON object files for AJAX work

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