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Professional/Executive Awards

  • Award of Excellence (initiated circa 1987) - recognizes an SNEC member who has made exceptional contributions to the field(s) of fishery administration, education, management or research. Criteria for the Award can include significant publications, exceptional service, outstanding teaching or training of students, important discoveries or inventions, or other major contributions to the advancement of fishery science.
    • 2009 Francis Juanes (UMass Amherst, Massachusetts)
    • 2008 Carolyn Griswold (NEFSC, Rhode Island)
    • 2007 Kenneth Sherman (NEFSC, Rhode Island)
    • 2006 Lesa Meng, posthumously (USEPA, Rhode Island)
    • 2005 Paul Jacobson (Connecticut)
    • 2004 Anthony Calabrese (Connecticut)
    • 2003 Grace Klein-MacPhee (Rhode Island)
    • none
    • 2001 Douglas Tolderlund (Connecticut)
    • 2000 James C. Moulton, posthumously (Connecticut)
    • 1999 Henry Booke (Massachusetts)
    • 1998 Kenneth Beal (Massachusetts)
    • 1997 Jack Pearce (Massachusetts)
    • 1996 Saul B. Saila (Rhode Island)
    • 1992 Walter R. Whitworth (Connecticut)
    • 1991 Allen Peterson (Massachusetts)
    • 1990 Robert Jones (Connecticut)
    • 1988 Robert Jones (Connecticut)

  • Irwin Alperin Outstanding Member Award (initiated in 1996) - recognizes a Chapter member who has made outstanding contributions to the Chapter and/or the Parent Society. Criteria for this Award include significant service to AFS through volunteerism, active participation in standing or ad-hoc committees, increasing public awareness of SNEC and AFS activities, encouraging student involvement/membership, membership recruiting, or other important contributions that advance Chapter and Profession goals.
    • 2009 none
    • 2008 none
    • 2007 Dodi Borsay Horowitz (Rhode Island)
    • 2006 Jason C. Vokoum (Connecticut)
    • 2005 David J. Basler (Connecticut)
    • 2004 Stephen G. Rideout (Massachusetts)
    • 2003 Ronald J. Essig (Massachusetts)
    • 2002 Linda E. Bireley (Connecticut)
    • 2001 Lesa Meng (Rhode Island)
    • 2000 Donald J. Danila (Connecticut)
    • 1999 Christopher Powell (Rhode Island)
    • 1998 none
    • 1997 Brian Murphy (Connecticut)
    • 1996 Carolyn Griswold (Rhode Island)

  • Lesa Meng Aquatic Conservation Award (initiated 2006), (supersedes the Citizen’s Aquatic Conservation Award initiated 1996).  The Citizen's Conservation Award was renamed the Lesa Meng Aquatic Conservation Award in 2006 in memory of SNEC member, Lesa Meng. The award recognizes an individual or individuals from outside the fisheries profession that have made an outstanding contribution to conservation or the fisheries profession in Southern New England. Criteria for this award include activities that 1) protect, conserve or restore aquatic habitat and fisheries, 2) improve sustainable recreational and commercial fishery opportunities, 3) support federal, state, tribal, or private management and research agencies responsible aquatic resources, or 4) otherwise support the stewardship of aquatic resources or the enrichment of the fisheries profession.
         About Lesa Meng – Lesa worked for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in California from 1992‑1995.  She then came to Narragansett, RI where she worked at the US-EPA laboratory from September 1995 through June 2006.  Lesa joined the American Fisheries Society in 1990.  Once she came to work in RI, it took no time for her to join and get involved in the Southern New England Chapter.  She took over as Program Development Chair in June 1997 and was a driving force in maintaining high quality Chapter meetings for almost 10 years.  Lesa had developed the program for the June 14, 2006 meeting even though she was on medical leave at the time and could not attend.  She earned the Southern New England’s Special Achievement Award in 1999 for her design and her part in the sales of the official AFS '98 tee shirt.  In 2001, she was awarded the Chapter’s Irwin Alperin Outstanding Member Award for her continuing contributions as Program Chair.  The Southern New England Chapter dedicated its January 2007 meeting to Lesa, at which time the society posthumously granted her the 2007 Award of Excellence.
    • 2009 Falmouth Association Concerned with Estuaries and Saltponds (FACES), (Falmouth, Ma.)
    • 2008  David W. Gregg, Executive Director, Rhode Island Natural History Survey, (Kingston, RI)
    • 2005 The Greenwich Bay Citizens Advisory Committee (RI) & Vincent Ringrose, Chair of Fisheries Advisory Council to the CTDEP (Kensington, Ct.)
    • 2004 The Narrow River Preservation Association (Saunderstown, RI)
    • 1999 Albin Weber (Naugatuck Chapter, Trout Unlimited, Ct.)
    • 1997 Richard Larsen (Montville, Ct.) & Mike Piquette (Trumbull, Ct.)
    • 1996 Robert Gates (Housatonic Hydro, Northeast Utilities, Ct.)

  • Outstanding Organization Award (initiated in 1996) - recognizes academic, governmental, private, or tribal organizations and units for their current or historic advances in the stewardship of aquatic ecosystems. advancement of fisheries science. or service to the profession. Criteria for this award include exemplary activities to 1) protect. conserve or restore aquatic ecosystems, 2) improve sustainable recreational and commercial fishery opportunities, 3) develop new scientific methods, equipment, computer software, etc. 4) improve interactions of their organizations with aquatic resource user groups and the general public, or 5) enhance the status and visibility of the fisheries.
    • 2009 Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fisherman's Association, Provincetown, MA
    • 2008 NOAA Southern New England Habitat Restoration Center staff, Narragansett, RI
    • 2007 Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources Divisions of Inland and Marine Fisheries
    • 2006 The Eastern Water Project of Trout Unlimited, Director Kirt Mayland, policy for sustainable water management and new instream flow regulations
    • 2001 Connecticut River/Harbor Watch, The Nature Center for Environmental Studies, Westport, CT
    • 2000 Save the Bay, Providence, RI
    • 2000 Organizations involved in Shepaug River water diversion lawsuit:
      • Town of Roxbury
      • Town of Washington
      • Shepaug River Watershed Association
      • Steep Rock Association
      • Roxbury Land Trust
    • 1999 Milone and MacBroom, Inc., Cheshire, CT
    • 1999 Coalition for Buzzards Bay, New Bedford, MA
    • 1998 Conservation Law Foundation
    • 1997 Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Fisheries Division

  • Special Achievement Award (initiated in 1994) - is an individualized award administered by the Professionalism Committee but initiated primarily by the Chapter President. This award was created in 1994. The Special Achievement Award recognizes a specific special achievement, typically, in service of the Chapter. The Chapter President nominates an individual or group to the Professionalism Committee and pending approval by both the Professionalism Committee and EXCOM this award can be conferred. This award is conferred at the discretion of the Chapter President.
    • 2008 Donald J. Danila - for long-time contributions as Secretary of the Fisheries Advisory Council (CT)
    • 2007 Justin P. Davis - for creation of the SNEC listserves
    • 1999 Lesa Meng (USEPA) - for contributions leading to an outstanding fundraising event
    • 1999 Chuck Phillips - for leadership as General Meeting Chair and Arrangements Chair at the 128th Annual Meeting in Hartford, CT
    • 1998 Russell Brown (NEFSC) - for implementing a Fisheries Jobs posting site on the chapter webpage
    • 1996 Frank P. Almeida (NEFSC) - for organizing Ageing Workshop
    • 1996 Michael R. Ross (UMass Amherst) - for organizing Ageing Workshop
    • 1995 Alex Haro - for organizing Video Technology and Applications Workshop
    • 1994 Don Flescher (NEFSC) - for creating Board of Directors
    • 1994 Eric Smith - for developing SNEC long-range plan

  • Awards of Appreciation:  Past President Award
     
    • 2009 Karina Mrakovchich (Connecticut)
    • 2008 Justin P. Davis (Connecticut)
    • 2007 Ruth Haas-Castro (Massachusetts)
    • 2006 Christine A. Tomichek (Connecticut)
    • 2005 David J. Basler (Massachusetts)
    • 2004 Grace Klein-MacPhee (Rhode Island)
    • 2003 Timothy F. Sheehan (Massachusetts)
    • 2002 Penny Howell (Connecticut)