Fred Utter (November 25, 1931 – March 5, 2023) was an American affiliate professor in the School of Oceanography at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Uni ...

.Details of Dr. Fred M Utter
''Ocean Expert''. Updated: 28 May 2010. Utter was recognized by the

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(NOAA) in 2006 as one of their 26 history makers over the preceding 200 years, and characterised as the founding father of fishery

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. In 1959 Utter began work in the ancestor laboratory of the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center fishery genetics laboratory, of which he became the head in 1969. He led the genetics group until he retired from NOAA in 1988. During retirement, he served as editor of the '' North American Journal of Fisheries Management'' and ''Transactions of the American Fisheries Society'', as well as being a member of the Interior Columbia River Technical Recovery Team.Fred M Utter
''Global Insular Conservation Society''. Retrieved 2 September 2016. Utter authored or coauthored over 100 scientific publications, and co-edited the book ''Population Genetics and Fishery Management''. Utter died on March 5, 2023, at the age of 91.

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1931 births 2023 deaths Fisheries scientists Place of birth missing 20th-century American zoologists {{US-scientist-stub