Kerr named first female scientist to earn American Fisheries Society’s Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award
Lisa Kerr, associate professor at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences, received the American Fisheries Society’s 2023 Carl R. Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award at their annual meeting in August in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The award is presented to an individual or organization, professional or nonprofessional, for outstanding contributions to the conservation of fishery resources. Kerr is the first female scientist to receive this award since its founding in 1991.