Ron Kinnunen

Role
Works with coastal communities and businesses in the Upper Peninsula to apply science-based knowledge to address Great Lakes and Lake Superior, northern Lake Michigan and northern Lake Huron issues. Counties include Chippewa, Mackinac, Luce, Schoolcraft, Alger, Delta, Menominee, Iron, Dickinson, Marquette, Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw, Ontonagon, and Gogebic.

Focus

• Works with state and tribal commercial fishermen to foster cooperation and promote understanding of state and federal regulations
• Trains fish processing enterprises to meet the requirements of the federal HACCP (hazard analysis at critical control point) food safety law
• Works with baitfish and aquaculture industries and government management agencies to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species by using a HACCP approach
• Promotes aquaculture in Michigan by serving on state and regional committees and serving as a consultant to aquaculture enterprises
• Works to promote water safety in the Upper Peninsula
• Assists local communities in designating areas of historic shipwrecks and other significant underwater features

Professional Interests

• Commercial fishing
• Aquaculture
• Water resources management
• Aquatic nuisance species
• Fisheries management
• Underwater preserves
• Water safety

Professional Experience

• Upper Peninsula Sea Grant Extension agent since 1981.
• Acting Alger County Michigan State University Extension Director, 1988-89
• Fisheries Pathologist, Rangen Research Laboratory, Hagerman, Idaho, 1980-81
• Fisheries Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Leetown, WV, 1979-80

Education

• B.S. Michigan State University
• M.S. Michigan State University
• Ph.D. Michigan Technological University

Selected Publications

Pangle, K. L., T. M. Sutton, R. E. Kinnunen, and M. H. Hoff. 2005. Effects of body size, condition, and lipid content on the survival of juvenile lake herring during rapid cooling events. Journal of Great Lakes Research 31:360-366.

Kinnunen, R.E., M.C. Gould, and P. Cambier. 2005. Composting commercial fish processing waste from fish caught in the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes. Michigan State University Technical Bulletin. 40 pgs.

Pangle, K.L., T.M. Sutton, R.E. Kinnunen, M.H. Hoff. 2004. Overwinter survival of juvenile lake herring in relation to body size, physiological condition, energy stores, and food ration. Trans. Am. Fish Soc. Vol. 133 (5): 1235-1246.

Hinshaw, J.M., G. Fornshell, R.E. Kinnunen. 2004. A profile of the aquaculture of trout in the United States. Report for USDA Risk Management Agency, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, through Mississippi State University. 46 pgs.

Gunderson, J.L. and R.E. Kinnunen. 2004. Aquatic nuisance species-Hazard analysis and critical control point training curriculum. Second Edition. Michigan Sea Grant Publication No. MSG-00-400.

Kinnunen, R.E., editor. 2002. Environmental Strategies for Aquaculture Symposium Proceedings (December 2000). 62nd Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Minneapolis, MN.  NCRAC CD Series #101, NCRAC Publications Office, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

Kinnunen, R.E. 2000. A white paper on the status and needs of salmonid aquaculture in the North Central Region. North Central Regional Aquaculture Center. Michigan State University.

Kinnunen, R.E. 1996. Walleye fingerling culture in undrainable ponds. Pages 135-145 in R.C. Summerfelt, editor. Walleye culture manual. NCRAC Culture Series #101, NCRAC Publications Office, Iowa State University, Ames.

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