Among the most important of these is the Roger Rottmann Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded annually to a deserving fisheries student in memory of Roger Rottmann a fisheries researcher from the University of Florida and a dedicated member of the Florida Chapter.
Two new awards were recently added the Outstanding Achievement Award and the Rich Cailteux Award.
In addition, the Chapter uses proceeds from the previous year's raffle to issue travel grants (Student Travel Grant Application, in PDF) to as many fisheries students as possible.
Among the various awards presented at the meeting are the following:
Candidates will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
The purpose of the Outstanding Achievement Award is to recognize individuals for singular accomplishments and contributions to fisheries, aquatic sciences, and the Florida Chapter. The award aims to honor individuals for distinct contributions to the fisheries profession and enhancing the visibility of the Chapter. The Outstanding Achievement Award is the highest honor Florida AFS may bestow upon an individual member or collaborating group.
- Original techniques or research methodology
- Original ideas, viewpoints, or data which contributed to fisheries management or our understanding of aquatic resources
- Important ecological discoveries
- An original fishery research or management program of statewide importance
- Activities in public education and outreach that have statewide impacts
The purpose of the Rich Cailteux Award is to recognize individuals who have maintained a long-term commitment to research, management, and/or conservation of Florida fisheries and aquatic resources. This award aims to honor individuals for their career contributions to the fisheries profession and enhancing the visibility of the Florida Chapter.
Candidates will be evaluated according to the following criteria:The Lamp Shade Award--For the individual who best epitomizes the zeal of fishery scientists for emulating the flair of spawning tetras in attempting to keep the bonfire social a fun and intellectually stimulating experience.
- A minimum of 20 years spent in a fisheries related field in Florida
- Substantial career contributions to Florida aquatic resources and the fisheries profession
- An imaginative and successful program in fisheries and aquatic sciences education
- A history of mentoring young fisheries professionals, and involvement and leadership with the Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society.
2013
Wes Porak (FWC/FWRI) spent his career in Freshwater Fisheries Management and Research and is renowned as a black bass scientist.
2011
Alan Collins (NOAA/NMFS – retired) spent the majority of his 35 year career working on the early life history of fish and the reproductive biology of reef fish.
2010
Ron Taylor (FWC/FWRI) spent the majority of his 30+ year career enhancing our knowledge on the biology & ecology of snook species and is considered an international expert in his field.
BEST PROFESSIONAL PAPER RECIPIENTS:
2013
Best: Angela Collins (FWC/FWRI), L. Barbieri, and P. Motta. One fish, two fish, where’s that huge fish? Long-term tracking of goliath grouper after catch and release
Runner-up: Kerry Flaherty (FWC/FWRI), T. Switzer, B. Winner, S. Keenan, and A. Tyler-Jedlund. Improving indices of abundance for gray snapper in eastern Gulf of Mexico estuaries: results from four years of habitat-based sampling of polyhaline seagrass beds
2012
Best: Phil Stevens (FWC), and G. Poulakis. Juvenile fish use of specific locations within the environmental gradients of coastal rivers
Runner-up: Chris Bradshaw (FWC), and B. Sauls. Automated Video Assessment of Recreational Discards
Ryan Rindone (Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council), G.T. Kellison, and S.A. Bortone. The Search for Juvenile Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus in Southeastern US Atlantic Waters
2010
Best: Kim Bonvechio (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission), T.F.. Bonvechio, and R.L. Cailteux. Proposed standard weight (Ws) equation and standard length categories for Suwannee Bass Micropterus notius.
Honorable Mention: Chris Bradshaw (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission), and B. Sauls. Keeping track of what you toss: The fate of for-hire discards.2009
Best: Angela Collins (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg). Goliath Grouper in the Gulf: A Goliath survey of reefs and wrecks off Florida’s central west coast.
Honorable Mention: Jessica Carroll (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg). Carroll, J., and S. Lowerre-Barbieri. Assessing Sex Specific Growth and Mortality in Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, in Tampa Bay Florida.2008
Garreau, C. and D. Scheidt. Watercraft use patterns in the federally managed portions of Mosquito Lagoon, east-central Florida
Runner Ups:
Vecchio, J. and T. Switzer, T. Say Cheese! A pilot study to assess the use of stationary video camera arrays in monitoring reef-associated fish assemblages
Flaherty, K.E., B.L. Winner, T.S. Switzer. Catch and release mortality estimates for red drum in Tampa Bay, FL
2007
Collins, A. B. and R. S. McBride. The Hogfish Cooperative Research Project: Science with Spearfishers
Runner-up:
Allen, M. S., M. W. Rogers, R. A. Myers, and M. W. Bivin. Simulated Impacts of Tournament-Associated Mortality on Largemouth Bass Fisheries
2006
Population connectivity in Gulf of Mexico red snapper inferred from otolith elemental signatures, Will Patterson, J.H. Cowan, Jr., C.A. Wilson, and Z. Chen
Runner-ups:Diet of the nonindigenous Asian swamp eel Monopterus albus (Synbranchidae) in tropical ornamental aquaculture ponds in west central Florida, Jeff Hill and C.A. Watson
The Battle of Atlanta: control and containment options for a (relatively) northern population of Asian swamp eels, Tom Reinert, C.A. Straight, and B.J. Freeman
2005
Population Viability of Suwannee River Gulf Sturgeon: Inferences from Capture-Recapture and Age-Structured Models, by Pine, W. E., III and M. S. Allen.
Runner-up:
Ichthyofaunal survey of the St. Lucie estuary and effects of freshwater inflow: Too much of a good thing?, by Winner, B. L., T. S. Switzer, J. Whittington, and N. Dunham.
2004
An overview of changes in data and techniques used to prepare stock assessments for Florida’s marine resources by Mike Murphy
Runner Up:
Managing largemouth bass fisheries with length limits in Florida by Wes Porak
2003
Investigation of non-lethal methods for aging subadult and adult red drum in Florida by Derek Tremain2002
Jennica Lowell, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Darryl Parkyn, and Robert Bakal for their talk titled “The safety of some commonly used therapeutic chemicals on shortnose sturgeon eggs and juveniles”, and Chris Powell, Kathryn Tisdel, and Luiz Barbieri for their paper titled “A Comparison of Methods Used in Processing Otoliths from Florida Pompano (Trachinotus carolinus)”.2001
None presented due to joint meeting with the Southern Division
2000
Bruce Cooper and Wayne Bennett, "Culture of Neotropical Pacu, Colossoma bidden, in Florida and its Potential for Exotic Introduction." Abstract
Honorable Mention: Mike Allen and William Pine, "Can Fishery Managers Detect Fish-Population Responses to a Minimum Length Limit?" Abstract
THE JACK DEQUINE BEST STUDENT PAPER RECIPIENTS:
2013
Best: Ross Boucek (Florida International University), and J. Rehage. The power of the 1%: interactive impacts of extreme and episodic disturbances drive unexpected changes to mangrove fish communities
Runner-up: Kevin Mack (Eckerd College), and P. Key. Lethal and sublethal effects of caffeine and chlorpyrifos, individually and in combination, on Palaemonetes pugio
2012
Best: Andrew Barbour (University of Florida), R. Boucek, and A. Adams. Effect of pulsed gastric lavage on apparent survival of a juvenile fish in a natural system
Runner-up: Linda Lombardi (University of Florida), and H. Lyon. Evidence for hermaphroditism in Golden Tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps)
2010
Best: Geoff Smith (MS, University of Florida), D. Murie, and D. Parkyn. Non-Lethal sexing and implications of sex ratio on population dynamics of Greater Amberjack, Seriola dumerili.
Honorable Mention: Felipe Carvalho (PhD, University of Florida, D.J. Murie, F.H.V. Hazin, H.G. Hazin, and G.H. Burgess. Spatial predictions of blue shark catch per unit of effort (CPUE) and catch probability of juveniles in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean.2009
Best: Matt Catalano (PhD Candidate, University of Florida). Bonvechio, K., M. Catalano, R. E. Sawyers, and S.
Crawford. Determining Electofishing Sample Size for Monitoring Fish Communities in Three Florida Lakes.
Honorable Mention(s): Caroline Storer (Undergraduate, Eckerd College). Storer, C.G., R.C. Harbeitner, A. Rickli-
Rahman, N.W. Van Bibber, and W.A. Szelistowski. Molecular population structure and biogeography of the Gulf Pipefish, Syngnathus scovelli, in Florida waters.
Jake Tetzlaff (PhD, University of Florida). Tetzlaff, J.C, W.E. Pine,III, and T.K. Frazer. Movement and Habitat Use of Three Florida Riverine Fish Species.2008
Shepard, K., W.F. Patterson, III, D.A. Devries, and C. Palmer. Estimating the contribution of Atlantic king mackerel Scomberomorous cavalla to winter mixed-stock fisheries in south Florida
Runner-up:
Huebert, K.B. and S. Sponaugle. Swimming trajectories of settlement-stage coral reef fish larvae in the Florida Keys2007
Dotson, J., M. S. Allen, W. E. Pine, III, M. Hale and B. Johnson. Effects of Commercial Gill Net Bycatch on Black Crappie Abundance and Angler Catch at Lake Dora, Florida
Runner-up:
Catalano, M. J., L.G. Coggins Jr, M. S. Allen, W. E. Pine, III, C. J. Walters. Effects of Discard Mortality on Fishery Sustainability and Performance.
2006
Using acoustic telemetry to estimate natural and fishing mortality of common snook
in Sarasota Bay, Florida, Jason Bennett and W.E. Pine, III
Runner-ups:
Cold in the Tropics?: Implications of winter on growth and survival of age-0 Florida largemouth bass, Mark Rogers and M.S. Allen
Distinguishing wild from hatchery produced juvenile red snapper with otolith chemistry, Suzi Gibson, W.F. Patterson, R.P. Phelps, and W.P. Patterson2005
Preliminary reproductive parameters of the Atlantic angel shark with a potential example of reproductive senescence, by Baremore, I. E. and J. K. Carlson.
Runner-up:
Population genetics of Alabama Shad: Conservation and management implications for an anadromous species, by Bowen, B. R., B. R. Kreiser, W. T. Slack, P. F. Mickle and S. T. Ross.
2004
Effects of artificially introduced groundwater on fish assemblages in Central Florida lakes by Patrick Cooney and Mike AllenRunner Up:
Challenging van’t Hoff’s Rule: Paradoxical Q10 responses of fishes from hyperthermic environments on Hoga Island, Sulawesi,Indonesia by John Eme and Wayne Bennett
2003
Deeper is more devastating: The physiological effects of catastrophic decompression on red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus by Jodie Rummer and Wayne BennettRunner Up
Winter distribution of Gulf of Mexico sturgeon and their benthic prey resources by Julianne Harris, Darryl Parkyn, and Debra Murie
2002
Jodie Rummer walked away with the top honor for her paper titled “Deeper is more devastating: The physiological effects of catastrophic decompression on red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus”.2001
Title: Plant and Fish Communities in Enhanced Littoral Areas of Lake Kissimmee, Florida Following a Major Habitat Enhancement, by Kimberly I. Tugend and Micheal S. Allen, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, The University of Florida, 7922 NW 71st St., Gainesville, FL 32653, ph: 352-392-9617 ext. 289, kit@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu, msal@gnv.ifas.ufl.eduRunner-up
Adverse Effects of Introduced Fishes in South Florida: What do the Data Show?, by Jeffrey E. Hill, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida, 7922 NW 71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653, ph: 352-392-9617 ext. 236, Fax: 352-846-1088, jcichla@ufl.edu.
2000
Andrij Horodysky and Richard McBride, "Growth and Mortality of Two Populations of Ladyfish (Elops) in east-central Florida." Abstract
Honorable Mention: A.P. Wheeler and Mike Allen, "Habitat and Diet Comparison of Largemouth Bass and Shoal Bass in the Upper Chipola River, Florida". Abstract
Honorable Mention: M. Fougerolle and R.G. Turingan, "The Effects of Prey Type on the Feeding Biomechanics of Archosaurgus probatocephalus." Abstract
BEST PROFESSIONAL POSTER RECIPIENTS:
2013
Best: Nicole Dunham (FWC/FWRI), and M. O’Keefe. Estimating Length-Weight Relationships for fishes in Florida Estuaries and Assessing Geographic Differences in Growth Conditions
Runner-ups:
Kevin Johnson (FWC/FWRI), J. Dotson, W. Pouder, N. Trippel, and R. Eisenhauer. Effects of Hurricane-Induced Hydrilla Reduction on the Largemouth Bass Fishery at Two Central Florida Lakes
Amanda Schworm (FWC/DFFM), Brandon Simcox (FWC/DFFM), C. Hartman, M. Call, P. Stevens, and D. Blewett. An Assessment of Fish Communities in Four Anthropogenically Impacted Peace River Tributaries
2012
Best: Stafford, C., T.S. Switzer, Kerry Flaherty (FWC), R.E. Matheson, Jr., and R. Paperno. Geographic Variability in Seagrass-Associated Nekton Assemblages Determined by a Trawl Survey in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Chris Gardner (NOAA), D. DeVries, P. Raley, and J. Brusher. Relationships between reef characteristics and reef fish community structure and demographics in the NE Gulf of Mexico as revealed by video and side scan sonar data
Runner-up: Patrick Raley (NOAA), C. Gardner, H. Trowbridge, and D. DeVries. Distribution and characterization of hard bottom habitat in cross-shelf side scan transects in Apalachee Bay, Florida
2010
Best: Doug DeVries (NOAA Fisheries Service), C. Gardner, J. Brusher, and G. Fitzhugh. Demographic and spatial patterns of reef fish on the N.E. Gulf of Mexico inner shelf as revealed in a fishery-independent trap and video survey.
Honorable Mention: David Kerstetter (Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center) and S. M. Bayse. Characterization of swordfish buoy gear catches in the Florida Straits.2009
Best: Derek Tremain (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Melbourne). Mercury levels in
ichthyotrophic resources in the eastern Gulf of Mexico – a preliminary overview.2008
Cook, M. and L. Lombardi-Carlson. Reproductive seasonality and maturity of scamp, Mycteroperca phenax, from Florida’s west coast
Runner-up:
Caillouet, R., J. Vecchio, and S. Keenan, S. Methods of video and still frame analyses in assessing reef associated fishes
2007
Flaherty, K. E. Effects of a red tide event on the relative abundance of juvenile and adult sport fish in Tampa Bay
Runner-up:
Reyier, E., R. Lowers, D. Scheidt, and D. Adams. Daily and Seasonal movements of Adult Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in a shallow Florida lagoon as Determined by Passive Acoustic Telemetry
2006
Evaluation of two types of gravel as sunfish attractors, Steve Crawford
Runner-ups:
Preliminary population responses of sport fish species to a habitat enhancement at West
Lake Tohopekaliga, Tim Bonvechio and Kim Bonvechio
The status of Loricariid Catfishes in Florida with emphasis on Orinoco Sailfin
(Pterygoplichthys multiradiatus), Kelly Gestring, P.L. Shafland, and M.S. Stanford2005
Semilunar reproduction and rapid juvenile growth in the needlefish Strongylura scapularis, by Szelistowski, W. A.
Runner-up [tie]:
A New Method to Describe Seagrass Habitat Sampled During Fishery-Independent Monitoring, by Jackson, J. B. and D. J. Nemeth.
Runner-up [tie): Biology of Wahoo in Florida and the Bahamas, Maki, K. L., R. S. McBride, and M. Murphy.
2004
Mapping Tampa Bay Cynoscion nebulosus spawning habitat using passive acoustic surveys by Sarah Walters, Susan Lowerre-Barbieri, David Mann, and Joel BickfordRunners Up:
Preliminary results of a catch and release mortality study of tarpon in Boca Grande Pass, Florida by Christopher Powell, Kathryn Guindon-Tisdel and Luiz Barbieri
The distribution and seasonality of juvenile gag, Mycteroperca microlepis, in Charlotte Harbor, Florida by J. Patrick Casey, Gregg Poulakis and Philip Stevens
2003
The safety of some commonly used therapeuticchemicals on shortnose sturgeon eggs and juveniles by Jennica Lowell, Ruth Francis-Floyd, Darryl Parkyn, and Robert Bakal2002
Derek Tremain's poster titled "Investigation of non-lethal methods for aging subadult and adult red drum in Florida"2001
None presented due to joint meeting with the Southern Division
2000
Rich McBride, J. Styer and R. Hudson, "Halfbeak, Hemiramphus spp., fishing and spawning grounds in south Florida". AbstractHonorable Mention: Pat O'Donnell and Todd Hopkins, "Downstream Effects of Altered Freshwater Inflow on Fish, Shrimp and Crabs of the 10,000 Islands Estuary of Southwest Florida." Abstract
BEST STUDENT POSTER RECIPIENTS:
2013Best: Benjamin Belgrad (Eckerd College). The effect of stormwater on the peripheral olfactory nervous system of juvenile Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Runner Up: David Gandy (Florida International University), and J. Rehage. Nonnative Fishes in Freshwater Canals of the Florida Everglades: Implications for Better Management
2012
Best: Chelsey Campbell (University of Florida), D. Parkyn, and D. Murie. Otolith shape as a tool for examining stock structure in Gulf of Mexico greater amberjack
Runner-up: Julie Vecchio (University of South Florida), and C. Stallings. Comparison of Reef Fish Assemblages Sampled Using Common Fishery-Independent Techniques2010
Best: Calvin Gilkey (Undergraduate, Eckerd College), S.H. Denison and W.A. Szelistowski. Genetic analysis of the Atlantic and Pacific forms of the Amphi-American fish Oligoplites saurus.
Honorable Mention: Alan Downey-Wall (Undergraduate, Eckerd College), L.B. Van Woudenberg, W.A. Szelistowski and S.H. Denison. A Preliminary analysis of genetic structure in Florida populations of dusky pipefish Sygnathus floridae and chain pipefish Syngnathus louisianae.2009
Best: John Hargrove (MS, University of Florida). Hargrove, J., D. Parkyn, D. Murie, and J. Austin. Use of polymerase chain reaction to aid in visual analysis of stomach contents of French grunts.
Honorable Mention: Heidi Da Silva (MS, Nova Southeastern University). Da Silva, Heidi, Cheryl Cross, and David W. Kerstetter. Combined stomach content and stable isotope analyses of three mesopelagic teleost fishes.2008
Carvalho, F., J. Pacheco, F. Hazin, D. Murie, and G. Burgess. Effects of hook type and soak time on shark catches for a pelagic longline fishery in the southwestern equatorial Atlantic Ocean
Runner-up:
Olson, G.L. and W.A. Szelistowski. Adaptations of juvenile mangrove littorinids to decrease predation by the pufferfish, Sphoeroides rosenblatti
2007
Karouna-Renier, N. K., T. Lange, S. M. Gibson, R. A. Snyder, and K. Ranga Rao. Contamination Profiles in Largemouth Bass and Mullet Collected in Northwest Florida
Runner-up:
Funk, J. M., R.S. McBride, and A. B. Collins . Classification schemes for monandric, protogynous fishes: a review and extension of Moe’s (1969) model
2006Comparative age and growth of greater amberjack in the Gulf of Mexico, Eddie Leonard, D.J. Murie, and D.C. Parkyn
Runner-up:
Habitat utilization by juvenile reef fishes in Manzanillo, Costa Rica, Lauren Yeager
2005
Phylogeography and divergence times of Alosa species separated by the Florida peninsula, Bowen, B. R. and B. R. Kreiser.
Runner-up:
Estimating age from otolith morphometrics in the gray angelfish (Pomocanthus arucatus), Steward, C. A.
2004
Wetlands initiative at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge:V. Ichthyofaunal community structure under three differing water management strategies by Eric Reyier, Russell Lowers and Douglas ScheidtRunner Up:
Spatiotemporal variation in ichthyoplankton communities of the northern Indian River Lagoon Complex with emphasis as to the importance of a no-take fisheries reserve by Eric Reyier and Jon Shenker
2003
Divergent survival tactics among gobies inhabiting hyperthermal mangove swamps on Hoga Island, Indonesia by Josie Taylor, Melissa Cook, Aimee Kirkpatrick, Stacey Galleher, Micheal Reaid, and Wayne BennettRunners-up
Utilization of patch reefs by three common species of damselfishes within Dry Tortugas National Park, April 2002 by Heidi Wallman, Katie Fitchett, Cheyenna Reber, Chris Pomory, and Wayne Bennett
Annual abundance of young-of-the-year striped mullet, Mugil cephalus, in Tampa Bay, Florida, from 1996 to 2001 by Jordan Sanford and Tien-Shui Tsou
2002
Josie Taylor, Melissa Cook, Aimee Kirkpatrick, Stacey Galleher and Micheal Reaid had the winning submission titled “Divergent survival tactics among gobies inhabiting hyperthermal mangove swamps on Hoga Island, Indonesia”2001
B.P. Whitlock, R.A. Krause, and W.A. Bennett, "The relationship between size differences and bioenergetics of largemouth bass populations from brackish adn freshwater habitats in the Escambia River and marsh."Honorable Mentions: Nann Fangue, Jodie Rummer and W.A. Bennett, "The Role of Temperature on Behavior and Movement of Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina from St. Joseph's Bay, Florida", and
K.J. Fitchett and W.A. Bennett, "Reproductive Behavior and Resource Partitioning between Gulf Toadfish, Opsanus beta and Florida blenny, Chasmodes saburrae."2000
Micah Bakenhaster, Richard McBride and Wayne Price, "The Life History of the Parasitic Isopod Glossobius hemiramphi and its Relationship to its Host Hemiramphus brasiliensis". AbstractHonorable Mention: Anthony MacWhinnie II, "Life History and Population Dynamics of the Bearded Brotula, Brotula barbata, in the the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico". Abstract
2013
Rob Ahrens2012
Linda Lombardi
20102009
2008
Stuart Carlton2006
Noel Burkhead2005
Will Patterson2004
Steve Bortone2003
Jerry Lorenz moved us to tears with his description of the plight of the rare and threatened “pink snook” to take the Power Tie Award, hands down.2002
Chris Metcalf
2001
Wayne Bennett2000
Steve Bortone
2013: Nicole Kierl for being sent to the office.
2012: Brent Winner for “accidentally” dialing 911 twice, causing an officer to make a visit to the bon fire
2010
2009
2008
Russ Lowers2007
Matt Lauretta2006
EN's Stealth Squad for extracting a kayak from a locked Expedition and nearly scoring a 'swish' with it on the basketball court2005
None2004
Eric Nagid and Bob Wattendorf--FAFS "Power Olympics"2003
None2002
Tom Maher sacrificed a healthy vertebra to win both the newly inaugurated “Bonfire Olympics” as well as the coveted Lampshade Award
2001
None Issued due to joint meeting with the Southern Division
2000
Laura Jenkins
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