Anna Kagley

Anna Kagley grew up in a commercial fishing family in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and her family are proud members of the Bering Straits Native Corporation. She started at NOAA with the Northwest Fisheries Science Center as a high school student volunteer, and became an employee after receiving her B.S. in fisheries from UW. Her most current research involved field, small-boat projects studying salmonid and forage fish ecology in the Salish Sea, including habitat use, restoration, remediation, and monitoring. Anna also truly enjoys mentoring and engaging students, interns, veterans, and community scientists. She served as a tribal research coordinator, working to improve co-management of fisheries resources through better engagement with Tribal Nations, incorporating Indigenous knowledge, and expanding participatory science through internships and community science initiatives. She has a diverse background, having worked on biomarkers in blue mussel, surgical tagging and necropsy of salmonids, animal husbandry and disease prevention in fish, and published literature in marine science. Anna retired from NOAA in 2025, following over 38 years with the agency, and is excited to be a part of NRC.