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The NED offers four awards of recognition:
Requests for nominations were sent to Chapter and Division officers, Division committee chairs, and Division past-presidents. A call for nominations was sent to the membership via e-mail through the AFS and was published in the Division's newsletter which came out in January 2009. After reviewing nominations in all four award categories. The NED past-presidents voted on the nominees and selected Victor Crecco as this year’s recipient of the Dwight Webster Memorial Award of Merit, Forrest Bonney as the recipient of the President’s Award, Roy Miller as the recipient of the Meritorious Service Award and the Diadromous Conference Committee as the recipient of the Special Achievement Award. AFS Outstanding Chapter and Student Subunit Award We encourage all Chapters and Student Subunits in the Northeastern Division to apply for the AFS Outstanding Chapter and Student Subunit Awards. These awards recognize outstanding professionalism, active resource protection, and enhancement programs, as well as a strong commitment to the mission of the Society. Three awards are given, one for small chapters (less than 100 members), one for large chapters (more than 100 members), and one for a student subunit of a chapter. Chapters and Student Subunits should submit an application to Paul Perra, President, Northeastern Division American Fisheries Society, (paul.perra @noaa.gov) to be considered. Division presidents will nominate one student subunit and two best chapters (small and large) from their divisions by June 1, 2010. Applications can be obtained from the AFS website http://www.fisheries.org/afs/docs/award_outstanding.pdf.
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