Category: Awards

2020 AFS Call for Awards

Do you have a colleague who deserves recognition? This is your chance to recognize your colleagues and collaborators for their achievements in fisheries. AFS divisions, sections, and chapters are encouraged to nominate deserving members!  https://fisheries.org/about/awards-recognition/call-for-award-nominations/...

2019 Skinner Travel Fund Nominations

The AFS Education Section is excited to announce the 2019 Skinner Award Nominations! Hello Students, The John E. Skinner Memorial Fund provides monetary travel awards for deserving graduate students and exceptional undergraduate students to attend the...

AFS 2019 Call for Award Nominations

The AFS Awards Committee is excited to announce the 2019 Call for Award Nominations! This is your chance to give kudos to the professionals making a positive impact on the fisheries field. Submit your...

AFS Potomac Chapter Presents Awards

At the Annual Crab Feast on October 27, 2018, Lee Benaka and Clifford Hutt were presented with Certificates of Appreciation. Lee was recognized for his service as Treasurer from 2008-2018 and Cliff was recognized...

AFS Potomac Chapter Student Travel Winner’s Research – Call it a comeback? Potomac River ichthyoplankton in a recovering ecosystem

Amanda Sills Department of Environmental Science and Policy George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030 Pollution impacts of anthropogenic origin in the Potomac River have been of continuous concern since the 1930s. Following this time,...

Call For Nominations for 2015 Outstanding Sport Fish Restoration Projects

Each year the Fisheries Administration Section of the American Fisheries Society recognizes outstanding fisheries projects completed with Sport Fish Restoration (Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux) funds. Awards are given in three categories: Sport Fishery Development and Management; Research...