Award winners at the ICES Annual Science Conference in Aberdeen September 2005

Best Poster

The co-winners were:

Jorge Goncalves, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal (ICES CM 2005/X:18). Title of abstract: Evaluation of survivorship of fish that have escaped through a demersal purse seine.

Martha O’Sullivan, FRS Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland. Title of poster: Absence of spatial and temporal genetic differentiation at the microsatellite loci in the northeast Atlantic Monkfish Lophius piscatorius (ICES CM 2005/T:18).

Best Paper

Beth E. Scott Title of paper: Hotspots: Marine top predator foraging habitat predicted from a detailed understanding of temporal and spatial oceanographic processes (ICES CM 2005/O:39).

This presentation focused on seabird foraging behaviour reflected in the chlorophyll distribution and oceanographic processes which also maps other top predators. She combined physics, biology and seabird behaviour in an elegant way.

Beth Scott receives her award for best presentation from Harald Loeng Chair of the ICES Consultative Committee.

Best Newcomer

Ute Hochbaum. Title of paper: Simulating the influence of climate variability on larval fish survival: an example using sprat (Sprattus sprattus) (ICES CM 2005/O:18)

An excellent combination of the bio-physical modelling with biological life cycle modelling and she had a very stimulating presentation

Honourable mention

Clare Embling, University of St. Andrews , Scotland . Title of paper: Investigations into the relationship between pelagic fish and dolphin distributions off the west coast of Scotland (ICES CM 2005/R:08).

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