Dr. Barry Wade (1940 - 2015) was a marine ecologist especially remembered for his seminal 1976 report on pollution in the Kingston Harbour. He worked for several years at The UWI and then at the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica before helping establish one of the Caribbean's best known environmental consultancies: Environmental Solutions Ltd. where he worked for 21 years before retiring. For his service to the field of science and marine ecology in particular he was awarded the Officer of the Order of Distinction (OD) and the Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica.