Carl Walters

Carl Walters
Born
Carl John Walters

Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Alma materColorado State University
Known forFisheries stock assessments, adaptive management, ecosystem modeling
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1998), Mote Eminent Scholar at FSU (2000-2001), Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation (2001), Murray A. Newman Award for Marine Conservation (2005), Volvo Environment Prize (2006), American Fisheries Society Award of Excellence (2006), Timothy R. Parsons Medal (2007), Order of British Columbia (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsZoology, fisheries science, population ecology
InstitutionsUBC Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia
Doctoral advisorRobert E. Vincent
Notes

Carl Walters (born 1944) is an American-born Canadian biologist known for his work involving fisheries stock assessments, the adaptive management concept, and ecosystem modeling.[1] Walters has been a professor of Zoology and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia since 1969.[2] He is one of the main developers of the ecological modelling software Ecopath.[3] His most recent work focuses on how to adjust human behaviors in environments that are full of uncertainty.[1] He is a recent recipient of the Volvo Environment Prize (2006).[4] In 2019, Dr. Walters became a Member of the Order of British Columbia.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Dr. Carl Walters Archived December 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine UBC Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  2. ^ a b Curricula Vitae for Peer Reviewers Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine California Fisheries Coalition. Retrieved 24 December 2008
  3. ^ "Home". ecopath.org.
  4. ^ "Home". environment-prize.com.
  5. ^ "2019 Recipients : Order of BC". Retrieved 2019-10-11.