14 — Sunday, May 30, 1999 ~ North Shore News

Polluted water
Standard sought

Fish scientists meet in W. Van

Katharine Hamer
Contributing Writer

AN international con-
sortium of research sci-
entists has descended
on the Department of
Fisheries and Oceans’
normally quiet West
Vancouver laboratory.

The scientists are all part of
PICES — the North Pacific
Marine Science Organization
— and hail from its eight
member nations, including
Canada, the U.S., Russia,
Ch ina, Japan and Korea.

“re here for a two-
ve.%, ling practical workshop
to exchange ideas and com-
pare methods of assessing pol-
ution in the North Pacific.
- » PICES was formed eight
years ago at the instigation of
the Canadian government,
and is the Pacific Rim equiva-
lent of the 100-vear old ICES
(International Organization
for Exploring Seas), whose
members include Canada and
the U.S. as well as a number
of Western European coun-
tries.
. This is the first-ever work-
. Shop of its kind, although the

scientists attending are regu- |
plans for future workshops,

larly in contact via e-mail.
It was originally. meant to

be taking place in onc of the

- Asian member _naiions, ‘bur

was moved to Canada for eco-

nomic reasons.
The West Vancouver lab,
with its easy access to the shel-

. tered water of the Georgia

Strait, was judged to be an
ideal alternative venue.

Fisheries ecologist. Dr.
Colin Levings, who is based ar
the West Vancouver lab, is co-
chairing the — workshop.
Scientists trom the DFO's
Institute of Ocean Sciences
near Victoria are also taking
part.

Six American scientists
have brought along a 56 foot
research vessel, which Levings
and his colleagues will be
using to traw! Vancouver har-
bour for samples of fish and
marine organisms.

“(Before the formation of
PICES) there was no mecha-
nism fi the countries around
the North Pacific to share
ideas on the biological effects
of water pollution,” said
Levings.

Part of the workshop’s
goal, he says, is to try and
establish a “harmonization”
of assessment methods.

“Each of the countries has
a different method (of mea-
suring pollution),” said

ings. “We want to set up a
‘standard’ method.”
At present, there are no

although this remains a possi-

bility.
Said Levings: “We'll sce

how this turns out.”-

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SOMETHING FISHY: biologist Carla Stehr of Seattle’s National Marine Fisheries Services tests a dissected

English sole for contaminants as part of the PICES workshop at West Vancouver laboratory.

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