Your chance to honour someone who has made valuable contributions to our Great Lakes

NEWS RELEASE
GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION
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Each year, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission honors individuals or groups who have made outstanding contributions to Great Lakes science, policy, and management. The Commission is pleased to announce that it is now accepting nominations for two of these three annual awards, described below:

• The Jack Christie/Ken Loftus Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions toward Understanding Healthy Great Lakes Ecosystems (www.glfc.org/applegate-award.php)
• The Buzz Besadny Award for Fostering Great Lakes Partnerships  [Note: The GLFC is not soliciting new nominations in 2019 for this award]
• The Vern Applegate Award for Outstanding Contributions to Sea Lamprey Control (www.glfc.org/applegate-award.php)

The Commission welcomes your nominations for these awards, which will be presented during the Commission’s annual meeting in May, 2020.

The forms for submitting a nomination are available online (see URLs above) and is designed to be convenient. Please feel free to forward this announcement to your colleagues in the Great Lakes community.

Nominations are due by Nov. 1, 2019. Nominations submitted within the previous three years will be considered in 2019 and do not need to be resubmitted.

For more information about the awards and for a list of past recipients, visit http://www.glfc.org/about.php#awards. 

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