Great Lakes Fish Award Winners

Created in partnership with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to celebrate fish species that provide valuable ecosystem services and are important to Great Lakes tribal, commercial, recreational and subsistence fisheries and to raise awareness of non-native fish species that negatively impact the ecosystem.

2025 Award Winners

  • 1st – Yiling Lao

    K-3rd Grade - Rainbow Trout - MI

  • 1st – Annabelle Mu

    4th-6th Grade - Rainbow Trout - VA

  • 1st – Ethan Kim

    7th-9th Grade - Sturgeon - NY

  • 1st – Jamila Shin

    10th-12th Grade - Sturgeon & Round Roby - NJ

  • 2nd - Harper Cheng

    K-3rd Grade - Brook Trout - PA

  • 2nd - Andrew Yang

    4th-6th Grade - Smallmouth Bass - VA

  • 2nd - Stephanie Fu

    7th-9th Grade - Largemouth Bass - TX

  • 2nd - Wanzhen Tang

    10th-12th Grade - Arctic Grayling - Canada

  • 3rd - Jason Li

    K-3rd Grade - Rainbow Trout - AZ

  • 3rd - Rajanya Paul

    4th-6th Grade - Atlantic Salmon - OR

  • 3rd - Minjee Kim

    7th-9th Grade - Rainbow Trout - CO

  • 3rd - Christine Soojung Jung

    10th-12th Grade - Arctic Grayling - South Korea

About the Great Lakes Fishery Commission

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission was established in 1955 by the Canadian/U.S. Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries. The commission coordinates fisheries research, controls the invasive sea lamprey, and facilitates cooperative fishery management among the state, provincial, tribal, and federal agencies.