AK AFS-History of Award Recipients

Page last Updated: 08/24/2008

American Fisheries Society
Alaska Chapter
The Alaska Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is a professional organization of individuals interested in maintaining high standards for the fisheries profession and ensuring conservation of Alaska's fisheries. This web site is a source of current information regarding the Alaska Chapter and its activities.

History of Award Recipients
(under construction!!!)

Click on the following links to "jump" to each a Award Section
Wally Noerenberg Award for Fisheries Excellence	Meritorious Service	Alaska Chapter Service
Cultural Diversity Travel	Best Paper/Poster/Student Paper	Molly Ahlgren Scholarship
Almost Darwin

Year (if known)	Recipient(s)
Wally Noerenberg Award for Fisheries Excellence
1982	Wally Noerenberg (awarded posthumously )
1983-1985	No Award these Years
1986	Armin Koerning
1987	No Award this Year
1988	Bob Armstrong
1989	Clem Tillion
1990	Steve Pennoyer
1991	Jim Branson
1992	Jim Reynolds
1993	No Award this Year
1994	Ole Mathisen (corrected year of award on 3/7/2007)
1995	Ken Roberson
1996	Apparently No Award this Year
1997	John Clark
1998-2001	No Award these Years
2002	A. J. Paul
2003	Alex Wertheimer
2004	Lance Trasky
2005	No Award this Year
2006	Bill Wilson
2007	No Award this Year
Meritorious Service Award
1988	Bill Heard
1989	John Clark
1990	Nick Dudiak
1991	Steve Klein
1992	No Award this Year
1993	Bill Wilson
1994	Alex Wertheimer
1995	Fred DeCicco
1996	Lyman Thorsteinson
1997	Fred Everest
1998	Gordon Kruse
1999-2001	No Award these Years
2002	Jie Zheng
2003-2005	No Award these Years
2006	Mason "Buck" Bryant
2007	Ray Troll
Alaska Chapter Service Award (New Award starting in 1999)
1999	Carl Burger
2000-2005	No Award these Years
2006	Cindy Hartmann
2007	Allen Bingham
Cultural Diversity Travel Award (New Award starting in 1997)
1997	Carol Kerkvliet
1998	Kathleen M. Kennell Menke
1999	Cheryl Dion
2000	Kalei Shotwell
2001	Iris O'Brien
2002	Karen Pletnikoff, and Jodi Neil
2003	Courtenay Peirce
2004	Mike Martz and Tyler Dann
2005	No Award this Year
2006	Valli Peterson, Lisa Kangas, and Heidi Herter
2007	Lisa Kangas
Molly Ahlgren Scholarship (New Award starting in 2006)
2006	Sonya Weihl
2007	Christian Anderson
Almost Darwin (New Award starting in 2006)
2006	Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, ADF&G Commercial Fisheries Division in Bethel, and the Native Village of Quinhagak. Mark Lisac accepted the award.
2007	No nominations were received for the Almost Darwin Award this year.
Best Paper/Poster/Student Paper Awards (currently only have information since 1995 on)
1995	Best Poster Award Mary Whalen, Carl Burger, and Leslie Holland-Bartels Evaluation of access-related development impacts on salmonid habitat in the Kenai River, Alaska Best Student Paper Gretchen Bishop, Thomas Shirley, James Taggart, Charles O'Clair, and James Bodkin A pilot study of the effects of sea otter predation on Dungeness crab: can these species co-exist? Best Paper Richard Yanusz and Art Schmidt Prospering fish populations: Dolly Varden and cutthroat trout at Lake Eva, Southeast Alaska
1996	Best Poster Award Carol Woody Phenotypic and habitat-use variation between proximate sockeye salmon populations, Tustumena Lake, Alaska Best Student Paper Michael Daigneault Health and condition of outmigrating juvenile chinook and chum salmon near the Chena River Dam, Alaska Best Paper Penny Crane and Lisa Seeb Genetic diversity patterns of chum salmon of the Yukon River
1997	Best Poster Award Carol Kerkvliet, Penny Crane and Lisa Seeb Genetic relationships among Alaska chinook salmon populations based on variation at multiple allozyme and microsatellite loci Best Student Paper Jennifer Bolt, Lew Haldorson and Kenneth Cole Forage fish availability to seabirds in Prince William Sound Best Paper John Hudson, Mark Wipfli, and John Caouette Salmon carcasses increase stream macroinvertebrate abundance in Alaska
1998	Best Poster Award Carol Kerkvliet, Penny Crane and Lisa Seeb Genetic relationships among Alaska chinook salmon populations based on variation at multiple allozyme and microsatellite loci Best Student Paper (Tie) Robert Begich Relationship between kelt and spawner abundance in steelhead of the Karluk River, Alaska and Lisa Thompson Effects of nutrient additions to Kootenay Lake, BC on kokanee salmon: density, distribution and diet Special Recognition to a High Schooler David Fox Takotna River salmon Coauthors Gene Avey, Larry DuBois, and Douglas B. Molyneaux Best Paper Philip Mundy Principles and criteria of sustainable salmon management: the salmon fishery evaluation framework
1999	Best Student Poster Scott H. Maclean with James E. Finn and Raymond F. Hander Quantification of upwelling as a determinant of spawning site selection and quality for Yukon River chum salmon Best Poster Award Philip N. Hooge with S. J. Taggart Site fidelity in Pacific halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis Best Student Paper Amy Browning Legal framework for marine protected areas Best Paper Steve Fleischman, coauthored with Debbie Burwen Correcting for two sources of position-related bias in estimates of acoustic backscattering cross-section
2000	Best Student Paper Karla Granath Outbreeding effects of intercrossing three geographically separate stocks of southeast Alaska coho salmon Best Paper Ted Otis Reliability and performance of a remote video escapement recorder (RVER) for counting adult pink and chum salmon in an intertidal stream
2001	Best Poster Award Scott Maclean Influence of Intragravel Environment on the Survival of Chum Salmon Eggs and Alevins Coauthor: Jim Finn Best Student Paper Sara Gilk Tests of Outbreeding Depression in Hybrids between Spatially Separated Pink Salmon Populations Coauthors: I. A. Wang, C.L. Hoover, W. W. Smoker, S. G. Taylor, A. K. Gray, and A. J. Gharrett Best Paper Larry Peltz The Great Alaska Yellow Perch Invasion - Is it over or just beginning?
2002	Best Poster Award Kristin Cieciel Growth and movement of the sea cucumber Parastichopus californicus in southeast Alaska Coauthor: Ginny Eckert Best Student Paper Mark D. Scheuerell A model framework for relating life-history, freshwater habitat, and the ocean environment to Pacific salmon productivity and capacity Coauthor: Ray Hilborn Best Paper Alisa A. Abookire Spawning season and length at maturity for Dover sole in the Gulf of Alaska
2003	Best Student Poster Award Anthony Eskelin, University of Alaska-Fairbanks Relative precision of trap efficiency experiments to estimate coho salmon smolt abundance in small streams Coauthors: F. Joseph Margraf and James Hasbrouck Best Poster Award Jeffrey P. Barnhart, ADF&G Warm water checks in weathervane scallops Patinopecten caurinus Coauthor: Scott Carpenter Best Student Paper Suzann G. Speckman, University of Washington Bottom-upforcing across trophic levels in a subarctic estuary Coauthor: Carolina Minte-Vera, Julia K. Parrish, and John F. Piatt Best Paper Alfred L. DeCicco, ADF&G Direct validation of otolith ages in Arctic grayling
2004	Best Student Poster Award Angela Middleton, University of Alaska-Juneau Distribution, diet, and energy density of age-0 walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma, in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, Alaska Coauthors: Edward V. Farley, and Nicola T. Hillgruber Best Poster Award Chuck Adams, Institute of Maine Science, University of Alaska-Seward Seasonal changes in the diet of walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma, around the Chiswell Islands, Gulf of Alaska, 2003 Coauthors: Alexei Pinchuk, Kenneth Coyle Best Student Paper Cindy Tribuzio, University of Alaska-Fairbanks Advances in spiny dogfish research in the face of commercial fishing Coauthor: Gordon Kruse Best Paper Jeffry Anderson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Improving fish counts at weirs using video technology Coauthors: Nicholas J. Hetrick, James P. Larson
2005	Since in 2005 the Chapter meeting was held in conjunction with the Parent AFS meeting, judging of the awards was organized by AFS. Mike Holliman from North Carolina State University took on the responsibility of coordinating the paper and poster judging. Two awards were made for best paper and one award for best poster. Best Poster Award Cari-Ann Hayer, Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Auburn, Auburn, Alabama Effects of gravel mining on detection probabilities for selected Mobile River Basin fishes Coauthor: Elise Irwin Best Papers Beth Gardner, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Spatio-temporal analyses of loggerhead seaturtle interactions with pelagic fisheries Coauthors: Patrick Sullivan, Stephen J. Morreale, and Sheryan P. Epperly Brandon Puckett, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland, Solomons, MD Growth and recruitment rates of juvenile blue crabs in Chesapeake Bay Coauthors: David H. Secor and Se-Jong Ju
2006	Best Professional Poster Award David Orabutt, Kuskokwim Native Association, Aniak The Kuskokwim Native Association Fisheries Program: local involvement in Kuskokwim River fisheries research and monitoring Coauthor: Heather Hildebrand Best Student Poster Award Wongyu Park, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Juneau Center School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Patterns of development, mortality, mixing and distribution of Dungeness crab larvae in Glacier Bay and neighboring straits Coauthor: Thomas C. Shirley Best Professional Paper Award Randy J. Brown, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Humpback whitefish Coregonus pidschian in the upper Tanana River drainage reduce risk of confinement by exhibiting feeding habitat fidelity Best Student Paper Award Andrew C. Seitz, Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks Conceptual model for the population structure of Pacific halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis using insights from satellite tagging Coauthors: Timothy Loher, Brenda L. Norcross, and Jennifer L. Nielsen
2007	*Starting in 2007 --- only Student Papers and Posters are judged and recognized for these awards* Best Student Paper Becky Clausen, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Global Biodiversity Decline of Marine and Freshwater Fish: A Cross-National Analysis of Social and Ecological Influences. Coauthor: Richard York Best Student Poster Jennifer Marsh, University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Juneau Center, Juneau, AK Temporal and Ontogenetic Trophic Level Variability of Walleye Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in the Gulf of Alaska. Coauthors: Robert J. Foy and Nicola Hillgruber

Page last Updated: 08/24/2008
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History of Award Recipients (under construction!!!)

History of Award Recipients
(under construction!!!)