Michael G. Sullivan

Biography

Career In 1983, Sullivan started as a junior biologist with the Government of Alberta. , serving two terms as the associate editor. , Simon Fraser University and Royal Roads University, where he has acted as a supervisor to graduate students. Sullivan has delivered lectures in several programs at those universities as well as being an invited lecturer at NAIT and the University of Calgary. Sullivan also serves on various projects at the ALCES, a group which provides landuse and resource solutions Native fish in Alberta were over-harvested for decades. Many species including walleye, pike, whitefish, yellow perch and lake trout have populations that are still recovering. Since Alberta is somewhat scarce in waterbodies compared to the rest of Canada with relatively high fishing effort (estimated 315 anglers per lake, compared to 2 in SK, 2 in MN, and 6 in ON), online videos , lectures, government updates, and collaborative outreach on many important topics like native trout fishery recovery.

Honours

In 2022, Sullivan received the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal (Alberta) In 2019, Sullivan received the Award of Excellence from the Fisheries Management Section. In 2015, Sullivan received the Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society Outreach Award

Volunteerism Through his career with the Alberta Government, Sullivan has completed numerous occupational health and safety training courses. These safety training courses are applied volunteering at local events and as a volunteer member of the Canadian Ski Patrol. He volunteers at the River Edge Ultra Running Race, a 100 km running race near Devon where runners wade to an island on the North Saskatchewan River, requiring (potential) river rescuers

Selected publications

Journal publications

Cahill, C. L., Walters, C. J., Paul, A. J., Sullivan, M. G., & Post, J. R. (2022). Unveiling the recovery dynamics of Walleye after the invisible collapse. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 79(5), 708-723.https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0065 Paul, A. J., Cahill, C. L., MacPherson, L., Sullivan, M. G., & Brown, M. R. (2021). Are Alberta’s Northern Pike Populations at Risk from Walleye Recovery?. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 41(2), 399-409. https://doi.org/10.1002/nafm.10520 Joubert, B. A., Sullivan, M. G., Kissinger, B. C., & Meinke, A. T. (2020). Can smartphones kill Trout? Mortality of memorable-sized Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) after photo-releases. Fisheries Research, 223, 105458.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2019.105458 MacPherson, L., Sullivan, M., Reilly, J., & Paul, A. (2020). Alberta's fisheries sustainability assessment: a guide to assessing population status, and quantifying cumulative effects using the joe modelling technique. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS).

Patterson, W. F., & Sullivan, M. G. (2013). Testing and refining the assumptions of put-and-take rainbow trout fisheries in Alberta. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 18(5), 340-354.

Macpherson, Laura, Sullivan, Michael G., Foote, Lee and Stevens, Cameron E. 2011. “How Road Networks Affect Stream Fish Assemblages.” In proceedings of the American Fisheries Society 140th Annual Meeting.

Textbook publications

van Poorten, B.T., M.G. Sullivan, T. Godin, E. Parkinson, T.D. Davies, and J.R. Post. 2023. "Status and Management of Freshwater Fisheries Resources in Western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia)". Pages 139-176 in C.T. HAsler, J.G. Imhof, N.E. Mandrak, and S.J. Cooke, editors. Freshwater fisheries in Canada: historical and contemporary perspectives on the resources and their management. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. doi.org/10.47886/9781934874707 Sullivan, Michael G. 2019. "Case Study - Walleye". 293-299. In Schneider, R.R., (editor). Biodiversity conservation in Canada: from theory to practice. The Canadian Center for the Translation of Ecology. Edmonton, AB. Sullivan, Michael G., Propst, David, and Gould, Bill. 2009 “Fish of the Rockies: including best fishing sites.” Edmonton, AB: Lone Pine Publishing Foote, A. L., and M. G. Sullivan. 2005. "The future of wildlife and fisheries management in Alberta: the promise in our young biologists". 409 – 411. In P Rowell and M. J. Pybus (editors). Fish, fur and feathers: fish and wildlife conservation in Alberta 1905 – 2005. Fish and Wildlife Historical Society and Federation of Alberta Naturalists, Edmonton, AB. Joynt, Amanda, and Sullivan, Michael G. 2003. “ Fish of Alberta” Edmonton, AB: Lone Pine Publishing

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