Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award

    Apache Trout Recovery Implementation Team

    Emmeline Moore Prize

    Courtney Carothers
    University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Stanley A. Moberly Award for Outstanding Contributions in Fish Habitat Conservation

    Stan Allen

    Award of Excellence

    Francis Juanes

    Presidents’ Fishery Conservation Award

    Oneida Lake Association
    Matthew Snyder/Bill Girvan

    William E. Ricker Resource Conservation Award

    Duane Chapman
    USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center

    Excellence in Fisheries Education

    Dana Infante
    Michigan State University

    Early Career Fisheries Education Award

    Alison Coulter
    South Dakota State University

    Doug Austen Meritorious Service Award

    Doug Austen
    AFS Staff

    Fellows Awards

    Andy Danylchuk
    University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    Bronwyn Gillanders
    University of Adelaide

    Dana Infante
    Michigan State University

    Wes Neal
    Mississippi State University

    Gayle Zydlewski
    Maine Sea Grant & University of Maine School of Marine Sciences

    Joseph Zydlewski
    USGS Maine Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit

    Yushun Chen
    Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Science

    Doug Austen
    AFS Staff

     

    Distinguished Service Award

    Laura Hendee
    AFS Staff

    Emerging Leader Mentorship Awards

    Zachary Beard
    Arizona Game & Fish Department​
    (Western Division)

    Hadley Boehm
    University of Missouri​
    (North Central Division)

    Manuel Coffill-Rivera
    University of Southern Alabama​
    (Southern Division)

    		 Sarah Vogel
    University of Maine
    (Northeastern Division)

    Outstanding Large Chapter Award

    Alaska Chapter

    Outstanding Small Chapter Award

    Georgia Chapter

    Outstanding Student Subunit Award

    University of Maine Student Subunit

    J Frances Allen Scholarship

    Samara Nehemiah
    Winner
    University of Maryland
    Center for Environmental Science​

    Marta Ulaski
    Runner-up
    Simon Fraser University​

    The John E. Skinner Memorial Travel Fund – Winners

    Thomas Bustamante Virginia Tech

    Matthew Mensinger University of Maine

    Benjamin John Schall
    South Dakota State University

    Claire Vaage
    University of Washington

    Hannah Gottesman University of Florida

    Carolyn Merriam  University of Maine

    Quinnlan Smith
    University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Nicholas Voss
    University of Idaho

    Veronica Groves|
    McGill University

    Samara Nehemiah University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

    Shannon Smith
    Virginia Institute of Marine Science

    Caroline Wiernicki University of Delaware

    Kadie Heinle
    Montana State University

    Joseph Nolan
    University of Georgia

    Justin Sturtz
    South Dakota State University

    McLean Worsham University of Hawai’i

    Terra Martinez
    New Mexico State University

    MeiLin Precourt
    University of Hawai’i

    Levi Umland
    University of Missouri

    Kaylyn Zipp
    University of Maine

    The John E. Skinner Memorial Travel Fund – Honorable Mentions

    Samantha Alaimo – Rutgers University 

    Ivy Baremore – University of Exeter 

    Matthew Maldonado – University of North Dakota 

    Christopher Rounds – University of Minnesota 

    Hunter Torolski – Oklahoma State University 

    William R. Mote Fisheries Fellowship Award

    Courtnie Ghere
    University of Idaho
    MS

    BJ Schall
    South Dakota State University
    Ph.D.

    Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship

    Olivia Dinkelacker
    Winner

    Annie Innes-Gold
    Runner-up

    Lauren Kashiwabara
    Runner-up

    Student Writing Award

    Ryan Boehn
    Winner
    University of Wisconsin
    Stevens Point​

    Manuel Coffill-Rivera
    Runner-up
    University of Southern Alabama

    Natalie Liberati
    Runner-up
    South Dakota State University

    Publication Awards

    The Robert L. Kendall Best Paper in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

    River-of-origin assignment of migratory Striped Bass, with implications for mixed-stock analysis, by Kristopher Wojtusik, David Berlinsky, Linas Kenter, and Adrienne Kovach

    The Mercer Patriarche Best Paper in North American Journal of Fisheries Management

    Bowfishing shoot and release: High short-term mortality of nongame fishes and its management implications, by Graham Montague, Jason Schooley, Dennis Scarnecchia, and Richard Snow

    Best Paper in the North American Journal of Aquaculture 

    The Development of Genetic Sex Identification Markers and Evidence of a Male Heterogametic Sex Determination System in Red Shiner, by Chad Teal, Katharine Coykendall, Matthew Campbell, Thomas Delomas, Daniel Eardley, John Erwin, Daniel Schill, Javan Bauder, Scott Bonar, and Melanie Culver

    Best Paper in the Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 

    Species-specific in situ hybridization confirms arrested development of Henneguya ictaluri in hybrid catfish under experimental conditions, with notes on mixed-species infections in clinical cases of proliferative gill disease from Mississippi catfish aquaculture, by Justin Stilwell, Alvin Camus, Ethan Woodyard, Cynthia Ware, Thomas Rosser, Mackenzie Gunn, Adrián López-Porras, Lester Khoo, David Wise, and Matt Griffin 

    Best Paper in Marine and Coastal Fisheries 

    Rapid approach for assessing an unregulated fishery using a series of data-limited tools, Carissa Gervasi, Mandy Karnauskas, Adyan Rios, Rolando Santos, Ryan James, Ryan Rezek, and Jennifer Rehage