Fedor Baranov

Fedor Ilyich Baranov
Born(1886-04-01)1 April 1886
Died30 July 1965(1965-07-30) (aged 79)
NationalityRussian
Alma materSaint Petersburg Polytechnical Institute
Known forFisheries science
AwardsVeshnyakov Gold Medal by the Russian Society for Fishing and Hunting;[1] Honored Scientist of the RSFSR (1945); Order of Lenin (1951)[2]

Fedor Ilyich Baranov (Russian: Фёдор Ильич Баранов) (1 April 1886 – 30 July 1965) was a founder of fisheries science, and has been called the "grandfather of fisheries population dynamics".[3] He is best known for setting the foundations for quantitative fisheries science (including the Baranov catch equation) as well as for his contributions to development of fishing technology.

  1. ^ Andreev, N. N. (1976). "Professor F. I. Baranov, a great scientist and distinguished pioneer of fishery science (introduction)". In Greenberg, P. (ed.). Selected Works on Fishing Gear. Volume I: Commercial Fishing Techniques. Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem. pp. ix–xv. ISBN 9780706515619.
  2. ^ Fedor Ilyich Baranov Department of Industrial Fisheries, Kaliningrad State Technical University
  3. ^ Quinn, Terrance J. II (2003). "Ruminations on the development and future of population dynamics models in fisheries". Natural Resource Modeling. 16 (4): 341–392. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.473.3765. doi:10.1111/j.1939-7445.2003.tb00119.x.