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Awards Presented
SNEC Student Travel
Award Recipients
The Southern New England
Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (SNEC) Student Travel Award was
established in 2005. The fund provides monetary travel awards for deserving
graduate students or exceptional undergraduate students to make an oral or
poster presentation at the American Fisheries Society (AFS) annual meeting.
2009 AFS National Meeting, Nashville, TN
Ivan Mateo is the recipient of the of the SNEC $200 travel
award to help defray the costs associated with attending the AFS annual meeting
in Nashville, TN. Ivan received his BS in General Biology at University of
Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus. He earned his master degree in Biological
oceanography from the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez. For many years he
worked with the government of the US Virgin Islands as a fisheries biologist,
researching the fisheries and ecology of tropical reef fishes as well as marine
invertebrates, primarily mollusks. He also worked at the Rosenstiel School of
Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Rosenstiel University of Miami and the NMFS
Southeast Fisheries Science Center doing stock assessment of Caribbean Spiny
Lobster. He is currently working as an environmental consultant in the Caribbean
looking at the effects of industrialization on essential fish habitats. In 2004,
Ivan moved to Rhode Island to pursue a PhD. degree as a Sloan Foundation Fellow
in the Department Fisheries Animal and Veterinary Science with Dr. Dave Bengtson.
He recently completed his PhD in Environmental Sciences with specialization in
fisheries sciences. The title of his dissertation is “Assessing Essential Fish
Habitat and Connectivity using Otolith Chemistry and Growth of Temperate and
Tropical Fish.” His main research interests are conservation of marine
ecosystems and ecological linkages of habitats to fish populations.
David Stormer is the recipient of the SNEC $500 student travel
award to help attend the AFS annual meeting in Nashville, TN. He will be
presenting his papers on 1) Movement, habitat use, and survival of shoal bass in
a tributary of the Chattahoochee River, Alabama. And 2) Diet composition of
juvenile bluefish during winter in the northern Florida coastal ocean. David has
a B.S. in Biology from the State University of NY at New Paltz. Post undergrad
- 1 year of service in Americorps (Wildlife educator and assessed biodiversity
of Iona Island and associated tidal marsh in Hudson River, NY). Post Americorps
he moved to Florida where he spent 1 year as an environmental specialist with the
Florida Department of Health then 1+ years as a marine fisheries biologist for
the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in St. Petersburg
Florida. 2 years with the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater Florida as a
wildlife rehabilitator and member of the marine mammal emergency stranding
response team. M.S. in Fisheries Biology from Auburn University. Currently a
PhD student at UMass, Amherst studying the recruitment dynamics of juvenile
bluefish in the Hudson River estuary, NY and along the coastal shelf of northern
Florida.
Student Travel Award information here
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Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association named Outstanding
Organization
 Nat Mason accepted the 2009 Outstanding Organization Award on behalf of the
Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association, which has sought innovative
methods to protect marine resources while respecting local traditions and
fishing communities and in promoting cooperation among fishers, scientists, and
fisheries managers.
Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association
Click here to learn more about the Outstanding Organization Award
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2009 Lesa Meng Aquatic Conservation Award awarded to
Falmouth Association Concerned with Estuaries and Saltponds
 Christopher Neill received the Lesa Meng Aquatic Conservation Award at our June
2009 SNEC meeting on behalf of the staff and volunteers of the Falmouth
Association Concerned with Estuaries and Saltponds (FACES). FACES is a
grassroot organization educating and inspiring individuals and property owners
to preserve the environment and biota of waters near Falmouth, MA.
FACES website
Previous Award recipients
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Francis Juanes Receives 2009 Chapter Award of Excellence
 At
our June 2009, Francis Juanes received the Award of Excellence
from the Southern New England Chapter
for his outstanding contributions to the fields of fisheries research and
education. A professor at the University of Massachusetts, Francis is a
well-known and respected fisheries scientist with over 70 peer-reviewed
publications and who has made important contributions to AFS. His mentoring has
resulted in many accomplished students, including at least five of whom have won
the Chapter’s Saul B. Saila Best Student Paper Awards in recent years.
Previous Award of Excellence recipients
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