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Sea
Grant’s Becker Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
February 9, 2006
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Ron
Becker, associate director of the Louisiana Sea Grant College
Program (LSG). |
BATON ROUGE
– Ron Becker, associate director of the Louisiana Sea
Grant College Program (LSG), is the first recipient of the American
Fisheries Society-Louisiana Chapter Lifetime Achievement Award.
“It’s
an honor to salute Ron for all that he’s done for the state’s
fisheries,” said Glenn Thomas, Louisiana AFS’ immediate
past president. “It’s hard to put in a few words what
Ron has accomplished in more than 30 years. He has an incredible
talent for recognizing scientists and research that can make a
difference and then supporting those efforts.”
The award was presented
Feb. 1 during the annual joint meeting of the Louisiana and Mississippi
AFS chapters.
“Ron has been
a ‘behind the scenes’, unsung hero of the Louisiana
Sea Grant College Program since its inception,” said LSG
Executive Director Dr. Charles “Chuck” Wilson. “His
insight and energy have been a driving force in the strategic
investments that Sea Grant has made in science and scientists
over the past three and one-half decades. Yet, Ron has never sought
credit for the hard work and extra time that he has contributed
to shaping the coastal science community of Louisiana.”
The mission of the
American Fisheries Society is to improve the conservation and
sustainability of fishery resources and aquatic ecosystems by
advancing fisheries and aquatic science and promoting the development
of fisheries professionals. The Louisiana chapter strives to influence
and improve fisheries and aquaculture in the state through research
and communication. Its membership includes students, fisheries
professionals and university faculty.
Since its
establishment in 1968, Louisiana Sea Grant works to promote stewardship
of the state’s coastal resources through a combination of
research, education and outreach programs critical to the cultural,
economic and environmental health of Louisiana’s coastal
zone. Louisiana Sea Grant, based at Louisiana State University,
is part of the National Sea Grant Program, a network of 30 universities
in each of the U.S. coastal and Great Lakes states and Puerto
Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands.
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