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Presentation/Publication Awards
- Saul B. Saila Best Student Paper Award (initiated in 1989)
- Best Student Paper award was changed to a $100 award presented at each meeting. A minimum of three committee members
or members-at-large judge the papers using the standardized student paper evaluation form
from the AFS Education Section. The Professionalism Committee Chair coordinates judging
and tallies the scores. If the award is given, the winner is typically announced at the end of the
meeting and awarded a check by the Secretary-Treasurer. A congratulatory letter prepared by
the Chair of the Professionalism Committee and certificate prepared by the parent society are mailed to award winners.
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2007 (Summer) Brad Harris, " Mapping surficial
substrates and megabenthos along the Northwestern Atlantic continental
shelf with underwater video surveys."
- 2007 (Winter) Christopher J. Dixon, “Habitat use of
state-endangered burbot (Lota lota) in northwestern Connecticut.”
- 2006 (Winter) Amy Aieta, "Distribution of the swimbladder
parasite Anguillicola crassus in American eels in the
Northeastern Atlantic."
- 2005 (Summer) Jason Breves,
"Compensatory adaptation in the partial gastrointestinal tract of summer
flounder."
- 2005 (Winter) Justin Davis, "Population structure
and reproductive indices of anadromous alewife in Connecticut:
historical and inter-location comparisons."
- 2004 (Winter) Debra L.
Coglianese, "Perception of the molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone by
Homarus americanus: localization of steroid receptors and effect
on behavior."
- 2003 (Winter) Bradley P. Harris, "Growth
estimate for the sea scallops in the Nantucket Lightship closed area of
George's Bank."
- 2002 (Winter) David T.Taylor, "Detecting
juvenile winter flounder in the stomachs of invertebrate predators with
the Ouchterlony double-diffusion immunoassay."
- 2001 (Summer) Frederick Scharf, University of Massachusetts, Amherst: "Susceptibility of juvenile fishes to estuarine piscivores: are all forage species created equal?"
- 2001 (Winter) Jennifer Martin, University of Connecticut: "Early life history of
Sillago sihama from the Tanshui estuary, Taiwan as revealed by otolith microstructure and microchemistry."
- 2000 (Winter) Catalina Martinez, University of Rhode Island: "Taking a gander at goosefish livers."
- 1999 (Summer) Christopher Baumann, University of Massachusetts-Amherst:
"Assessing brook trout microhabitat use by mapping physical characteristics of streams
- a new methodology."
- 1998 (Winter) Brian Hanrahan, University of Massachusetts-Amherst: "Estimating
bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) school size from limited observational data."
- 1997 (Summer) Courtney Stirling Casey, University of Rhode Island:
"Length-at-maturity of female summer flounder (Paralichthys denatatus)."
- 1996 (Winter) Kevin Whalen, University of Massachusetts-Amherst: "Effect of
precocial maturation on parr growth and smolting of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
stocked as fry."
- 1996 (Summer) Gabriel Gries, University of Massachusetts-Amherst: "Individual
tagging of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) using acrylic paint injected into the fin
rays."
- 1995 (Winter) Keith E. Matiskella, University of Massachusetts-Amherst: "Gastric
evacuation of two common prey types in longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus
octodecimspinosus)"
- 1995 (Summer) Lisa Yako, University of Massachusetts-Amherst: "Timing and
migration: attempting to understand and manage anadromous herring (Alosa
pseudoharengus, A. aestivalis). "
- 1994 (Winter) Jarrad Kosa, University of Massachusetts-Amherst: "Using a computer
model to identify effective sampling regimes for outmigrating juvenile river herring."
- 1993-1994 Paul Spencer, University of Rhode Island: "Application of a stochastic
predator-prey model to Pacific hake and Pacific herring of Vancouver Island."
- 1989-1990 Mary Carla Curran, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: "Seasonal and
diel changes in oxygen consumption in the cunner Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum):
a preliminary study"
- 1992-1993 Ken Sprankle, University of Massachusetts-Amherst: "Exploitation of
striped bass along the Northeast Coast"
- 1991-1992 Barbara Dorf, University of Rhode Island: "Abundance, distribution and
habitat characterization of juvenile tautog (Tautog onitis) in Narragansett, Bay."
- 1990-1991 Micah Kieffer, University of Massachusetts-Amherst: "Annual movements
of shortnosed and Atlantic sturgeons in the Merrimac River"
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