PALCUS presented Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce (BCP) a "Leadership in Science" award at its Annual Awards Gala in Miami, Florida, USA on November 11, 2023. Accompanying BCP were Professors João Gomez Ferreira of Longline Environment Ltd. & New University of Lisbon, Michael Rice of the University of Rhode Island, Daniel Domingues Benetti of the University of Miami, and family members Li'a Kai'u'lani and Joseph Ehrhard of Rhode Island and Ana Free Gomez Ferreira of Miami.