Photos: Juan R. Tricoche
Staff Photographer, DOC

Leadership Award Recipient Congressman Vernon Ehlers, Volunteer of the Year Kimokeo “Bully” Kapahulehua, Leadership Award Recipient Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, and Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Lowell Weicker

NMSF Trustee Jean-Michel Cousteau, Leadership Award Recipient Senator Daniel K. Inouye, and NMSF Executive Director Lori Arguelles

Leadership Award Recipient Congressman Vernon Ehlers

NMSF Trustee Sylvia Earle, Leadership Award Recipient Congressman Vernon Ehlers, and NMSF Executive Director Lori Arguelles

Leadership Award Recipient Wayne Gilchrest

NMSF Executive Director Lori Arguelles, Leadership Award Recipient Wayne Gilchrest, and NMSF Trustee Bob Talbot

Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Lowell Weicker

NMSF Trustee Bob Ballard, Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Lowell Weicker, and NMSF Executive Director Lori Arguelles

2005 Volunteer of the Year Nominees

Volunteer of the Year Kimokeo “Bully” Kapahulehua and NMSP Director Dan Basta

NMSF Board of Directors and Executive Director Lori Arguelles

Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development David Sampson and NMSF Trustee Bob Ballard.