SPECIAL AWARDS

The ISFC has been in existence for over 50 years. Over that time the Committee has observed several individual anglers catching specimens on a regular basis annually. This ability to catch specimens regularly is rewarded by presenting special awards (e.g. specially commissioned medals, engraved wooden plates and badges) to these anglers based on cumulative catches. The special awards are:

20 SPECIES AWARD - for 20 different species of specimen fish
10 SPECIES AWARD - for 10 different species of specimen fish
50 SPECIMENS AWARD - for 50 specimen fish
10 SPECIMENS AWARD – for ten specimen fish

Noel Lane receiving first ever Kennedy Award for establishing the record golden grey mullet, 1.191 kg.

Other special awards include the:

DR. MICHAEL KENNEDY AWARD for SPECIMEN MULLET OF THE YEAR. Dr. Michael Kennedy, the pioneering fisheries biologist and one of the founders of the ISFC, has a lifelong research interest in mullet species. This award, first presented in 2007is for the best specimen mullet of the year (either of the listed species) and is based on the highest percentage of the current record.

DR. A.E.J. WENT AWARD for the YOUNG SPECIMEN ANGLER OF THE YEAR is for the best specimen of the year (based on the highest percentage of the specimen weight) taken by an angler aged 13 years or younger when the fish was taken. The late Dr. Arthur Went, the noted fisheries biologist and one of the two founder members of the ISFC, nominated this award.

Inaugurated by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, the

MINISTER’S AWARD is for the “fish of a lifetime” award and is given for the best specimen fish of the year (other than a new record). It is presented to the angler who catches a fish which represents the highest percentage of the existing record.

Another new award in 2007 is the

BEST INTERNATIONAL SPECIMEN FISH AWARD. This new award is for the best specimen fish (calculated as the highest percentage of the current specimen weight) taken by an overseas angler.

The 2006 special award winners are published in the ISFC annual report. See the following link www.irish-trophy-fish.com/reports/pdf/isfc06.pdf for details.