Ted Meyers has been employed with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) in Juneau for nearly 30 years as the Principal Fish Pathologist (PFP) with oversight of two diagnostic laboratories (Juneau and Anchorage) and the statewide fish health program encompassing wild and cultured salmonids, marine finfish and shellfish. Previously, he served three years with the University of Alaska Southeast as an assistant professor of fisheries. He has a BS degree in fisheries management from Utah State University, an MS in fish health from Oregon State University and a Ph. D. in aquatic veterinary pathology from Cornell University. He has been a certified Fish Pathologist with the AFS/FHS for over 30 years, has received two technical achievement awards from the ADFG (1988, 1990), a Director’s Achievement Award for Outstanding Service for 2008 (ADFG), the highest award from the AFS/FHS, the Snieszko Distinguished Service Award in 2010 and has published over 80 research papers regarding finfish and shellfish health in several professional peer reviewed journals (attached publication list). Additional publications have included 4 book chapters, 2 illustrated guidebooks on Alaskan fish and shellfish diseases and 2 review sections on IHNV and VHSV in Global Virology I, a book released in August 2015.