Joined LGL in 2008

Degrees & Diplomas

Research Interests

• Ecosystem-based fishery management
• Smolt outmigration population abundances
• Arctic marine fish community assemblages
• Lamprey ecology

Capsule Resume

Mr. Priest is a fisheries biologist at the LGL Alaska office, coming from a background with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. He has many years of experience with Alaskan fishes, having worked on projects across the state from the Alaska Peninsula to Prudhoe Bay. Justin has often been the on-site manager for remote fieldwork projects. He has been involved in monitoring salmon smolt outmigration, adult salmon seining, underwater counts by snorkeling, installation of underwater video equipment for smolt enumeration, maintaining nearshore fyke nets in Arctic settings, and trawling for marine fishes.