John S. Crane
Contact Information:
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Fisheries Research
1921 Vanbooklen Road
Eastover, SC 29044
Phone: 803-353-8232
Fax: 803-353-8552
Email: cranej@dnr.sc.gov
Education and Professional Experience
Native of Massachusetts
Graduate of Lake Forest College (IL)
B.A. Biology - 1966
Peace Corps Volunteer
Togo Fisheries III - 1966-68
(Pond culture of tilapia)
High School Biology/Ecology Teacher
Cambridge School of Weston (MA) - 1968-72
Fish Farm Manager
Berkeley Fish Farms (SC) - 1972-73
(Farm-raised channel catfish; fee-fishing)
Pond Manager/Fisheries Technician
Clemson University (SC) - 1974-82
(Channel catfish culture, eel culture, water quality, aeration, fish nutrition, stream fish community structure)
Graduate of Clemson University (SC)
M.S. Wildlife Biology (Fisheries Concentration) - 1981
(Parasites and diseases of American eels)
Fisheries Biologist-Research
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources - 1982-present
(Striped bass early life history investigations, zooplankton community structure, fish/aquatic macrophyte interactions, major river fish community investigations, fluorochrome mark detection and analysis, largemouth bass management data compilation and analysis)
Publications:
Hayward CJ, M Iwashita, JS Crane, and K Ogawa. In press. First report of the eel pest, Pseudodactylogyrus bini, in North America and in wild American eels. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 00: 00-00. Bulak JS and JS Crane. In press. Population dynamics and management of largemouth bass in South Carolina. Proceedings of the Black Bass 2000 Symposium, American Fisheries Society.
Bulak, JS, JS Crane, DH Secor, and JM Dean. 1997. Recruitment dynamics of striped bass in the Santee-Cooper system, South Carolina. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 126: 133-143.
Bulak, JS, NM Hurley, Jr., and JS Crane. 1993. Production, mortality, and transport of striped bass eggs in Congaree and Wateree rivers, South Carolina. American Fisheries Society Symposium 14: 29-37.
Theses and dissertations:
Chick, J. 1997. A spatial extension of the match/mismatch hypothesis and its relevance to striped bass populations. Doctoral dissertation. University of Georgia, Athens. Selong, J. 1992. Comparison of age estimates in striped bass (Morone saxatilis) using dorsal spines, otoliths, and scales. Honors thesis. University of South Carolina Honors College, Columbia.