American Fisheries Society
The Society’s highest award for scientific achievement is presented to a living AFS member for original and/or outstanding contributions to fisheries and aquatic biology. The award consists of a bronze medal, a plaque, and honorarium.
Criteria
- A monumental work, or
- Original techniques or research methods, or
- New, fresh ideas, viewpoints, or data which contribute remarkable to conservation management or basic understanding of aquatic resources, or
- A new successfully executed fishery research or management program of national or international importance or
- Imaginative an successful programs in fish conservation, education at any level of teaching or graduate student guidance, or
- Important faunal or ecological discoveries or new taxonomic criteria, or
- Research especially beneficial to mankind, or
- Interdisciplinary research involving leadership in team efforts in the laboratory or field, or
- Multiple successful efforts in a variety of field such as biology, public understanding, technical and popular writing, laboratory and filed research, inspiration leadership, enunciation of principles.
Nomination package:
- A detailed letter of nomination to address award criteria,
- vitae of nominee
- additional supporting materials as needed.
Deadline: April 1, 2021
Past IOF winners
Villy Christensen (2020)
Carl Walters (2006)
Daniel Pauly (2004)
Peter Larkin (1983)