The AIFRB now offers to our members free pre-publication reviews of papers. Contact Jack Helle to submit your paper or proposal.
NOMINATIONS for the W.F. Thompson Award for best student paper published in 2008 are now open. Submissions are due to Chair, William Bayliff, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, California 92037-1508, (e-mail wbayliff@iattc.org) by December 31, 2009. (See AWARDS for information on how to submit a paper)
Annual AIFRB Board Meeting was held 16-17 August 2008 in Ottawa, Canada. Agenda and 2007 minutes are available (Meetings) . The AIFRB Reception was held on August 17 and awards were given to Dr. John Magnuson, Outstanding Achievement Award; Tom Keegan, Distinguished Service Award; and Clark Hubbs Research Assistance Awards to J. Marcus Drymon, University of South Alabama (Fredin Fellowship Award) and Talia Bigelow, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.
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Front row: Dick Schaeffer, Linda Jones, Dick Beamish, Morris Southward.
Back row: Jack Helle, Steve Cadrin, Joe Margraf, Peter Haaker, Doug Vaughn, Vidar Wespestad, Mike McGowan, Allen Shimada, Charles Cole, Tom Keegan
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| Kasahara Early Career Award is presented to Dr. JAMAL MOSS, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Auke Bay Laboratories. This is a new award given to recognize the Institute’s most promising scientists who, while early in their research careers, show exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of scientific knowledge. (AWARDS)
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| John Magnuson |
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| The 2009 Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to Dr. John Magnuson, University of Wisconsin, emeritus. This award is given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of fishery science. (AWARDS)
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| Mary Hunsicker and advisor Dr. Timothy Essington |
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| W.F. Thompson Award for Best Student Paper Published in 2006 is awarded to Mary Hunsicker, a recent graduate of the Stony Brook University. Her paper is entitled "Size structured patterns of piscivory of the longfin inshore squid (Loligo pealeii) in the mid-Atlantic continental shelf ecosystem". It was published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Volume 63, Number 4, pages 754-765. (AWARDS)
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