Dr. Carl Walters

Carl Walters, Department of Zoology/Fisheries Centre, The University of British Columbia, has contributed broadly to research in population and community ecology with publications ranging from basic limnology and plankton biology to the development of models for fisheries stock assessment. He is best known for his development of methods known as adaptive management, involving the use of proper experimental design in the evaluation of renewable resource management policies. In addition to his extensive training of postgraduates in resource ecology, he regularly conducts workshops on fisheries assessment and adaptive management for government agencies around the world. He has published two books on adaptive management and fisheries stock assessment.