Dr. Richard Beamish, C.M., O.B.C, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.C. is an Emeritus Scientist at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, B.C. where he served as Director from 1980-1993. He retired in 2011. Dr. Beamish has the Order of Canada, the Order of British Columbia, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 as a member of the International Panel on Climate Change.
He received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Vancouver Island University and was recently designated as a Legend in Canadian Fisheries Science by the Canadian Aquatic Resources Section of the American Fisheries Society. He has published over 350 articles including the book “The Sea Among Us- The Amazing Strait of Georgia” that won a British Columbia “Book Prize”. He has new book published last September “Fishes of the Strait of Georgia”.
Last October Dr Beamish gave us an engaging, powerful presentation about “A Bigger Picture of Pacific Salmon”, focusing on chum, pink and sockeye salmon. You can read about his presentation here.
This September he is coming back for the sequel – coho chinook and steelhead. If it is half as riveting and informative as the first one, we are in for another major treat.
