Congratulations to the 2009 award winners

ICES Outstanding Achievement Award

Merit Award winners

Best Newcomer 
Ángela M. Caballero-Alfonso: “Do climate patterns explain by themselves the oscillations observed in the Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) at the Western Mediterranean "almadrabas" traps catches since 1500s to 1960s?” (E:10). This award recognizes a scientist who has recently finished or is still undergoing gradate or post graduate training, enthusiastically demonstrates scientific excellence and creativity, delivers an oral presentation in a clear and concise manner, and demonstrates the ability to respond to questions concerning their presentation.

Best Presentation
Catherine E. O'Keefe: “From Bust to Boom: the success of industry collaboration in US sea scallop research” (L:05). This award recognizes a scientist, who shows scientific excellence, creativity, innovation, and leadership, addresses a particular scientific question in an objective, clear, and concise manner, and shows ability to respond to questions concerning their presentation. 

Best Poster
Flemming Dahlke, Sebastian Politis, Myron A. Peck, and Edward Trippel: “Mortality and development during early-life phases of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in relation to
paternity and water temperature” (T:20). This award recognizes scientists whose poster is creative, straightforward, and balanced, combines science and art, integrates the text and the figures in a creative way, is presented in a manner whereby viewers with little previous knowledge can easily understand the scientific subject, and has a readily visible and understandable message. Read more here.

ICES Service Awards

Paul Keizer has served as Canadian member on numerous committees and working groups. Before being appointed Vice-Chair of ACOM in 2008, he chaired the Advisory Committee on Marine Environment from 2005 until 2007 and before that, the former Marine Habitat Committee. Paul was a key figure in shaping the advisory reform and authored many of the central papers on which the Council based its decision in 2007. He also brought Environmental Commissions closer to ICES. He established the practice of the relevant ACOM vice-chair taking part as an observer in OSPAR and HELCOM meetings. ICES has often drawn on Paul’s immense knowledge of chemical monitoring of the environment. Paul is not leaving ICES for good. He continues as series editor for ICES Techniques in Marine Environmental Sciences, and his job with the steering group for the development of criteria for good environmental status under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive is not yet over.

Tom Noji has been a force in ICES for many years where is has served as US member on numerous committees and working groups. He chaired the Marine Habitat Committee from 2006 until it was dissolved at the end of 2008. This committee included expert groups addressing the role of biodiversity for the sustainability of ecosystem products and services. In 2009, he actively participated in the development of SCICOM and agreed to serve as the first Chair of the Steering Group on Human Interactions on Ecosystems. His contribution to ICES is remarkable considering that, for the last eight years, he has been the Director of NOAA's James Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory in New Jersey, and the Chief of the Ecosystems Processes Division of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center.
This Service Award is a special thanks to Ted Potter for his major contribution to ICES – in particular during the last year after completing his term as Chair of the Diadromous Fish Committee at the end of 2008. He played an active role in the development of SCICOM, while being a key member on the Awards Committee and the Training Group. He chaired the SCICOM WG on Strategic Initiatives, which led to the approval by SCICOM of three major Science Initiatives on Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Coastal Zone.

Theme Session Rescue Award