Harald Kristian Dannevig (1871 – December 1914) was a Norwegian-born fisheries expert.
In 1902 he was appointed by the government of
New South Wales,
Australia
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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.
Disappearance and aftermath
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.
See also
*
List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea
References
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1871 births
1910s missing person cases
1914 deaths
20th-century Australian public servants
People lost at sea
Norwegian emigrants to Australia