University of Northern BC student Logan Ramsay is the recipient of a $1,500 scholarship from the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC.
The money will help Ramsay complete his Bachelor of Science in biology at UNBC, and continue his family’s tradition of working in the field.
His father is in fisheries management with ministry of forests, lands, and natural resource operations in Williams Lake; while his mother works with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
“From a very young age, I’ve been exposed to this kind of work.” Ramsay explains. “It brings so many interesting opportunities, there’s such a wide range of things a biologist may be doing.”]
Ramsay graduated from Lake City Secondary School in 2016. That year he earned the UNBC Scholar Award, giving to the student with the highest grade point average in the school district for the 2015 calendar year.
“My experiences growing up have helped me focus on becoming a biologist and helped me achieve my current position as a fisheries technician for the British Columbia Conservation Foundation,” says Ramsay. “I truly believe there are exceptional opportunities in northern BC in developing fisheries projects that provide environmental guidance and improved recreational use.”
Ramsay has worked on multiple fisheries-related projects such as tagging and monitoring white sturgeon in support of Fraser River white sturgeon recovery and performing lake assessments to evaluate recreational fisheries.
As a fisheries technician, Ramsay conducts acoustic tagging programs on Horse and Quesnel Lakes for BC Conservation Foundation.
Once completed, the data he collects will be used to inform potential new fishing regulations.
Following the completion of his Bachelor of Science in Biology at UNBC, Ramsay plans to continue his studies with graduate work in fisheries management.