The ECI Jury under the chairmanship of Professor Bo Barker Jørgensen has elected Professor Daniel Pauly as ECI Prize Winner 2007 and Dr. Marcel Kuypers as IRPE Prize Winner 2007.

The Prize documents were handed over during the Prize Awarding Ceremony on August 24, 2007 in Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany.

ECI Prize Winner in marine ecology: Prof. Dr. Daniel Pauly, Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL), The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

IRPE Prize Winner in marine ecology: Dr. Marcel Kuypers, MPI für Marine Mikrobiologie, Bremen, Germany

Chairman of the Jury: Prof. Dr. Bo Barker Jørgensen, MPI for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany