“Kleinschmidt has a strong reputation for integrating science and engineering to solve complex environmental challenges, I look forward to collaborating with this talented team and contributing to meaningful and innovative projects that support fisheries conservation and management.”

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Dr. Jason Romine specializes in the utilization of PIT and acoustic telemetry technology to assess and inform fisheries management decisions.  He is experienced in multi-state mark recapture study design and parameter estimation using Bayesian approaches (survival and routing through highly altered systems), spatial and behavioral analyses of movement patterns of acoustically tagged fishes (Hidden Markov Movement Models, Utilization Distributions, home ranges), decision support modeling, age and growth modeling (otoliths, scales, vertebral centra, mark-recapture), and stock assessment approaches (numerous species).  He is proficient in R and has taught workshops on using R for spatial analyses of movement data.  He has worked with numerous species of fishes, including American Shad, Bull Trout, Lake Trout, sturgeons, sharks, rays, Bighead and Silver Carp, and Pacific salmon.  Most recently, he worked on the evaluation of Bull Trout trap and haul operations, including population assessment.  He has served on numerous technical advisory groups in the Pacific Northwest that are focused on fish passage and evaluation.    

Jason holds both a master’s and doctorate in Marine Science from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, School of Marine Science, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from the College of William & Mary. He is a U.S. Coast Guard Master 100 Inland OUPV Near Coastal and is certified in First Aid and CPR. An active member of the American Fisheries Society, Romine’s research has been featured in numerous professional publications.