Politically-relevant fisheries science: Reflections on the work of Henry Regier, or, lessons from the sassy scientist

Abstract

Throughout his career, Dr. Henry Regier’s science and scholarship includes numerous contributions that cross disciplines and inform policy. This review of examples of his politically-relevant science publications spans six decades. Regier’s publications emphasize themes that cross the various boundaries of expert-layperson, state actors-society, public-private, and government-academic sectors. His writings provide several lessons for fishery and aquatic scientists and managers throughout the Great Lakes Basin and beyond: advocate, provoke, network and combine the dualities of idealism and pragmatism.

Keywords:

• advocacy
• Great Lakes
• networks
• state actors

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the reviewers and to Henry Regier for inspiring multiple generations of fishery professionals.