FSBI Medals

Each year, the FSBI awards medals for lifelong individual contributions to fish biology and/or fisheries science, with a focus on ground-breaking research; for lifelong individual or team contributions to conservation, training or public understanding of the disciplines; for individual exceptional advances in early career within these disciplines; and for the best research paper published in the Journal of Fish Biology by an Early Career Researcher.


All nominations for the Beverton, Le Cren and FSBI Medals (which can only be made by FSBI members and for which self-nominations are discouraged) are carefully considered by Council and awarded by a majority vote cast during the Council Meeting after the deadline for nominations.
Nomination for the Huntingford Medal has a separate nomination procedure, as nominees are chosen and assessed by the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board of the Journal of Fish Biology.


Congratulations to this Year's FSBI Medal Winners

Each year, the FSBI awards medals for lifelong individual contributions to fish biology and/or fisheries science, with a focus on ground-breaking research; for lifelong individual or team contributions to conservation, training or public understanding of the disciplines; and for individual exceptional advances in early career within these disciplines.

Beverton Medal

Prof. Colin Adams  

Colin Adams holds the chair in Freshwater Ecology at the University of Glasgow. His research interests include the early evolutionary processes leading to the emergence of new diversity in fish, the processes in migration and rare freshwater fishes. 

Le CREN MEDAL

Mr Oliver Crimmen

This year it is awarded to Mr Oliver Crimmen for his lifelong dedication, passion for, and expertise in the maintenance of fish collections at the Natural History Museum in London.

scientist in a white coat holding a large green fish

HUNTINGford MEDAL

Chan Wan Wen Rochelle

This year it is awarded to Chan Wan Wen Rochelle, from the National University of Singapore, Reef Ecology Laboratory. Her research interests include fish ecology and genomics. Throughout her career, she has worked specifically on fish barcoding and population genetics and on the trophic ecology of fishes in freshwater systems.

FSBI MEDAL

Dr. Juan-Jordá

Dr. Juan-Jordá is a Senior Researcher at the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC). Her work directly supports scientific, advisory, and management organizations at European (DG MARE) and international levels (RFMOs, FAO, and IUCN), contributing to sustainable fisheries management.


Know anyone you think should be nominated?

The nominee is not required to be a member of the Society. The nominator should fill in the form below and submit a summary of the nominee's contribution to fish biology and/or fisheries science (strictly limited to 500 words) with a copy of the nominee’s full CV including a list of publications. Any other information submitted will not be considered.

Look below for more information on the Medals and the criteria we apply when looking at nominees.

How to nominate

Nominations for medals (Beverton, Le Cren and FSBI Medal) may be made by members of the Society at any time, but no later than 15th October of the year before that in which the medal is to be awarded.

The nominee is not required to be a member of the Society. The nominator should submit a completed nomination form, a summary of the nominee's contribution to fish biology and/or fisheries science (strictly limited to 500 words) and a copy of the nominee’s full CV including a list of publications.

Any other information submitted will not be considered. Nominations should be submitted by email to the Honorary Secretary, to whom any pre-nomination questions may be asked in confidence. Nomination for the Huntingford Medal has a separate nomination procedure, as nominees are chosen and assessed by the Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board of the Journal of Fish Biology.

See Below the nomination forms for each medal.

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The Beverton Medal

The Beverton medal is awarded to a distinguished individual scientist for a lifelong contribution to any aspect or aspects of fish biology and/or fisheries science, with a focus on ground-breaking research.

Please download and fill in the word document below. 

You will need to send in the filled in document and the CV of the Nominee (including publication list) to secretary@fsbi.org.uk.

Le Cren Medal

The Le Cren medal is for lifelong individual or team contributions to conservation, training, or public understanding of to fish biology and/or fisheries science.

Please download and fill in the word document below. 

You will need to send in the filled in document and the CV of the Nominee (including publication list) to secretary@fsbi.org.uk.

FSBI Medal

The FSBI medal is awarded to an early career scientist who is deemed to have made exceptional advances in the study of fish biology and/or fisheries science, in recognition of their achievements.

Nominees should typically have less than 15 years of research experience following completion of their doctorate (at close of nominations).

Allowance can be made for career breaks which can be detailed in the letter of nomination.

 The medal will only be awarded each year if a candidate of sufficient quality is nominated.

Please download and fill in the word document below. 

You will need to send in the filled in document and the CV of the Nominee (including publication list) to secretary@fsbi.org.uk.

Previous Winners

Year Beverton Medallists Le Cren Medallists FSBI Medallists Huntingford Medallists
1995R.J.H. Beverton--
1996E.D. Le Cren--
1997E. Houde--
1998J.H.S. Blaxter--
1999J.M. Elliott-N Metcalfe
2000R. Lowe-McConnell-J.D. Reynolds
2001H. Bern-S. Jennings
2002J.E. Thorpe-E. Baras
2003T.J. Pitcher-J. Krause
2004A. Ferguson-M. Kaiser
2005J.P. Sumpter-J.S. Link
2006Anne Magurran-Victoria Braithwaite
2007Richard Mann MBE-David Sims
2008Paul J.B. Hart-Steven Cooke
2009Peter Maitland-John Pinnegar
2010Tony FarrellBob WoottonIain Barber
2011Imantes (Monty) PriedeBob McDowallAshley Ward
2012Charles TylerDavid Cragg-HineRobert Arlinghaus
2013Felicity HuntingfordPhil PisterKatherine Sloman
2014Alexander (Sandy) ScottColin BannisterDarren Croft
2015Ian CowxGordon ReidKathryn Elmer
2016Lennart PerssonJulian MetcalfeStephen Simpson
2017Sidney HoltFishBaseNick Graham
2018Gary CarvalhoAmanda VincentAaron McNeil
2019Neil MetcalfeIsabelle CôtéShaun Killen
2020Beth FultonHerman WanningenJulien Cucherousset
2021Daniel PaulyIan WinfieldChristos Ioannou
2022Katie PeichelSteven CookeAmy DeaconMartha Patricia Rincón-Díaz
2023Nick PoluninNicholas DulvyRajeev Raghavan
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