WRFC 9

Wolfgang Haider Memorial Award

Background

Dr. Wolfgang Haider spent a career emphasizing the importance of incorporating human dimensions research into fisheries management and fisheries science. Through his positions with both the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry in Canada, he led and collaborated on research projects focused on understanding novel ways to predict and model anglers’ decisions about where, when, and how often to fish. These efforts, in conjunction with those of his colleagues and students, have encouraged increasing interest into interdisciplinary projects in fisheries management and have shaped fisheries management policy and planning activities.

This legacy award was established by the 2017 World Recreational Fishing Conference hosts, the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC, in collaboration with Wolfgang’s colleagues, in recognition of Dr. Haider’s significant and lasting contribution.  The bursary fund is intended as an investment to continue Dr. Haider’s vision into the future, providing deserving graduate students with the opportunity to participate in the next WRFC.

Who is eligible?

All graduate students registered in a recognized university and presenting either an oral presentation or poster at the World Recreational Fishing Conference are eligible to receive the award. Priority will be given to students whose presentations focus on human dimensions and/or social-ecological system-related research, specifically where clear links for managing recreational fisheries are demonstrated in the research they are presenting.