“ment.

$689,000 Canadian:
>: Parsons was. selected for the
prize because. ‘of his: work’ in -
fisheries. resources. manage-
; Brown,” a.
"spokesman for: the Institute of:

www. BCclassified.com

- Phil Jensen.
: Peninsula News Review

A Brentwood Bay oceanog-

rapher is one of two scientists .:
-in the world. chosen. for the
ce 2001. ‘Japan’ Prize, an. award:
~ that’s. been’ compared. to the
Nobel Prize: a
“on April 3001, ‘Dr. Timothy 3
‘Parsons will 1 receive, a‘certifi-..
cate: of: merit, a commemora-
tive’ medal, and: 50: million yen

ash't prize is s worth

-Robin

a Ocean Sciences said, “Dr. Par-

_.-gons pioneered the ecosystem :
approach: to resources’ man-

agement, when others were fo-

_.cused on individual species in
isolation from: their environ--

2 ment.”

the environment,”

cossively

Parsons work has produced:

anew school of holistic ocean
scientists and managers who

‘are now introducing natural ap-
‘proaches to the. conservation

and management of the marine
environment,

“Pollution. has an effect on
said) Pare
sons, "But the biggest pipe
is the fisheries industry. They

remove -over 100 © million

tonnes of lish from the oceans |

every yours”

Parsons theorizes that ex.
\ fished waters” be-
come prime habitat for less de-
sirable species. He said that 10

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