| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Friends of Pleasant Bay, Harwich, MA |
| 2016 | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation (CFRF), Saunderstown, RI |
| 2015 | Northeast Fisheries Science Center – Ecosystem Survey Branch, Woods Hole, MA |
| 2014 | none |
| 2013 | SMAST Marine Fisheries Field Research Group of the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA |
| 2012 | none |
| 2011 | Narragansett Bay Estuary Program, Narragansett, RI |
| 2010 | Ipswich River Watershed Association, Ipswich, MA |
| 2009 | Cape Cod (MA) Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association |
| 2008 | NOAA Southern New England Restoration Centers – Narragansett, RI and Gloucester, MA |
| 2007 | CT DEP Bureau of Natural Resources, Inland and Marine Fisheries Divisions |
| 2006 | none |
| 2005 | none |
| 2004 | none |
| 2003 | none |
| 2002 | none |
| 2001 | Connecticut River/Harbor Watch – The Nature Center for Environmental Studies, Westport, CT |
| 2000 | Organizations involved with Shepaug River water diversion lawsuit: Town of Washington, Town of Roxbury, Shepaug River Watershed Association, Roxbury Land Trust (all CT) |
| 2000 | Save the Bay, Providence, RI |
| 1999 | Milone and MacBroom, Inc., Cheshire, CT |
| 1999 | Coalition for Buzzards Bay, New Bedford, MA |
| 1998 | Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, MA |
| 1997 | CT DEP Fisheries Division, Hartford, CT |
