Olsen, Albert Mervyn (Mick)   (1917 - 2008)

Born Launceston, Tasmania, 27 November 1917; died in Adelaide, SA, on 20 June 2008.

Mick Olsen was Director of Fisheries and Chief Fisheries Officer, South Australia (1967-1979). He previously worked as a bacteriologist and biologist with the CSIR/CSIRO (1942-1963) and was an authority on school shark fisheries.

Educated University of Tasmania (BSc, 1940; MSc, 1946). Medical bacteriologist and biochemist, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Sydney University, 1941-42.

Bacteriologist (research officer) CSIR Division of Food Preservation and Transport, Homebush, 1942-46.

Biologist (senior research officer) CSIR/CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography, Hobart, 1946-63.

Harvesting manager and research biologist, Alginates (Aust.) Pty Ltd, Orford, Tasmania, 1963-67.

Permanent Head and Director, Fisheries and Fauna Conservation Department, South Australia, 1967-72. Director of Fisheries, South Australia, 1972-73. Director of Fisheries Research and Acting Director of Fisheries, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, South Australia, 1973-76. Chief Fisheries Officer, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, South Australia, 1976-79.

Retired 1979. Inaugural Chairman (1992-93) and member Board of Directors (1993-98), Ducks Unlimited (Wetland Care Australia).

Source: Extracted from:
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002751b.htm
The Ryerson Index - Olsen, Albert Mervyn
Portrait Photo: www.eoas.info/biogs/P002751b.htm

Plant collecting localities for 'Olsen, A.M.' from AVH (2024)

Data from 588 specimens