The FSBI Medal is an international fish biology and/or
fisheries science
Fisheries science is the academic discipline of managing and understanding fisheries. It is a multidisciplinary science, which draws on the disciplines of limnology, oceanography, freshwater biology, marine biology, meteorology, conservation, ...
prize awarded annually for exceptional advances by a scientist in the earlier stages of his or her career. Medallists have made a significant contribution to the field of
fish
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...
biology
Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...
through their achievements in scientific research. The medal is only awarded if a candidate of sufficient quality is nominated.
The medal was established by the
Fisheries Society of the British Isles (FSBI) to recognize distinction in the field of
fish
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...
biology
Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...
and
fisheries science
Fisheries science is the academic discipline of managing and understanding fisheries. It is a multidisciplinary science, which draws on the disciplines of limnology, oceanography, freshwater biology, marine biology, meteorology, conservation, ...
, and to raise the profile of the discipline and of the Society in the wider scientific community. Medals are awarded to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to fish biology and/or fisheries.
The FSBI Medal is traditionally awarded in July at the Fisheries Society of the British Isles Annual International Conference.
Medallists
Source
FSBI*2023 - Rajeev Raghavan
*2022 - Amy Deacon
*2021 - Christos Ioannou
*2020 - Julien Cucherousset
*2019 - Shaun Killen
*2018 - Aaron McNeil
*2017 - Nick Graham
*2016 - Stephen Simpson
*2015 - Kathryn Elmer
*2014 - Darren Croft
*2013 - Katherine Sloman
*2012 - Robert Arlinghaus
*2011 - Ashley Ward
*2010 - Iain Barber
*2009 - John Pinnegar
*2008 -
Steven J. Cooke
*2007 -
David W. Sims
*2006 -
Victoria Braithwaite
*2005 - Jason Link
*2004 - Michel Kaiser
*2003 - Jens Krause
*2002 - Etienne Baras
*2001 - Simon Jennings
*2000 -
John Reynolds
*1999 - Neil Metcalfe
See also
*
List of biology awards
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References
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Fisheries science
Biology awards
British science and technology awards
Awards established in 1999