143rd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society

September 08 - 14, 2013

The AFS/ Sea Grant Best Student Presentation and Poster Awards are selected at the AFS National Meeting each year.  Competition for these awards takes place during the Annual Meeting; student finalists present the products of their research in their selected medium early in the week.  The research project or specific objective must be complete or nearly complete.  A letter of support from a student’s advisor, verifying that research is at a stage appropriate for award consideration,  must be e-mailed to the symposium organizers.  The “Best Student Presentation” symposium takes place on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning each year.  The finalists for “Best Student Poster” stand next to their work during the Monday night Poster and Trade Show Social.  The overall winners and honorable mentions for the “Best Student Presentation/Poster” awards are then announced during the AFS business meeting on Tuesday afternoon.  The overall winners in each category receive their plaques and prize money during the Education Section’s business meeting the following year.