Call for 2024 Hall of Excellence Nominations
The AFS Fisheries Management Section’s Hall of Excellence Committee is soliciting nominations for induction into the Fisheries Management Hall of Excellence (HOE). Nominations are due May 1, 2024. Nomination instructions are below.
Please take the time to consider those individuals who have been instrumental in structuring your career and nominate them if you deem them deserving. The objectives of the HOE, and the criteria for completing a nomination can be found on the FMS website at https://fms.fisheries.org/awards/hall-of-excellence/. The HOE was established in 1992 and since that time has served to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of fisheries management. Selection to the HOE is the highest honor awarded by FMS. The 2023 inductee into the HOE was Robert Curry and he joined the previous inductees listed here.
Nominations must be submitted in letter format and contain the following information:
- Nominations should include name and current address, date of birth, and date of death (if applicable) of the nominee.
- A nomination may be submitted by a single individual or it can be a collaborative nomination. The collaborative portion can also be in the form of letters of support for the main nomination. Collaborative nominations should be submitted together.
- The nomination should include the candidate’s significant contributions to fisheries management and the location of the work. Those selected for the HOE must have made significant contributions in fisheries management, management-oriented research, development of methods and equipment, administration of management programs, or the promotion of fisheries resource conservation, protection, and management. The more detailed the nomination materials, the better the HOE Committee can judge the worthiness of the candidate.
- The HOE award is presented at the annual Fisheries Management Section business meeting that is held in conjunction with the national American Fisheries Society meeting in September in Honolulu, Hawaii (https://afsannualmeeting.fisheries.org/). Award recipients do not need to be present to accept their award. If your nominee is selected for the award, we may ask that you summarize the nomination in 300 words so that it can be read at the meeting. At a later time, candidates selected for induction will need to provide a black and white photo (head and shoulders) and narrative of their career to be displayed on the plaque and we may ask the nominators for help acquiring these.
- The application deadline for the HOE award is May 1, 2024. Send nomination letters to Jeff Kopaska [email protected].
