CANADIAN CONFERENCE FOR FISHERIES RESEARCH
(CCFFR)
THE J.C. STEVENSON MEMORIAL LECTURE
This is a prestigious lectureship instituted in memory of Cam
Stevenson, the long-time Editor of the
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
(CJFAS), published by
NRC
Press
and is conferred upon a young, energetic and creative researcher at the cutting
edge of an aquatic discipline. Each year a Lecturer is selected by the Journal's
Editorial Board. In the Spring of each year a call for nominations is sent to the
Chairs of Zoology and Biology departments across Canada, as well as to the
research directors of the federal Departments of Fisheries and Oceans and
Environment Canada and the National Research Council. The list of nominees is
then sent to the CJFAS Editorial Board, who provide recommendations and
justification for their selections.
The Lecturer delivers a stimulating presentation of their work as the keynote
address in the opening session of the Annual CCFFR meeting. A written version of
the presentation is normally published as the lead article in the January issue
of CJFAS or sometime soon thereafter.
The 2003 Stevenson Lecturer is:
Dr. John Reynolds
School of Biological Sciences
University of
East Anglia
Norwich UK.
Working title: The biology of rarity and extinction risk in fishes