Harald Kristian Dannevig, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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(1871-1914) applied scientist
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About Harald Kristian Dannevig
- Harald Kristian Dannevig (1871-1914) was a Norwegian-born fisheries expert.
- In 1902 he was appointed by the government of New South Wales, Australia as superintendent of fisheries investigations and fish hatcheries.
- In 1908 he became Commonwealth Director of Fisheries and identified large trawlable fishing grounds around south-eastern Australia. He was lost at sea on the fisheries investigation ship (F.I.S.) Endeavour, which left Macquarie Island on 3 December 1914 and was never seen again.
- The ship was presumed by a marine court of inquiry to have foundered on 5 December 1914. Dannevig Island off Wilsons Promontory is named after him.
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