18 JUNE 2023 • WORLD AQUACULTURE • WWW.WAS.ORG Oral Presentation Award – Third Place ($500): Helen Montague, Auburn University, for “Outcomes of In Vitro Fertilization with Frozen-thawed Blue Catfish Sperm and Implications for Gene Banking.” Poster Presentation Award – First Place ($1000): Taofik Adeiza Momoh, University of Plymouth, for “Effects of Purified Brewers’ Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) Additives on the Mucosal Health of Atlantic Salmon Parr.” Poster Presentation Award – Second Place ($800): Sepideh Barzegar, Auburn University, for “Effects of Morphometrics and Ultrastructure on Swimming Kinematics of Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) Sperm.” Poster Presentation Award – Third Place ($500): Kate Pottle, Davidson College, for “StriperHub and the National Breeding Program for the Striped Bass Morone saxatilis Industry.” Student Travel and Other Awards Tyson Best Abstract Student Travel Award ($1500) – Blaine Suehs, Texas A&M Aquatic Equipment and Design Inc. Student Travel Award ($1100) – Sarah Hutchins, University of Florida Aquatic Equipment and Design Inc. Student Travel Award ($400) – Olivia Markham, Univ. of Florida Soy Aquaculture Alliance ($1000) – Krishna Singha, University of Idaho USAS and FCS-AFS Best Student Abstract Travel Award ($800) – Olivia Markham, Univ. of Florida USAS Best Abstract Travel Award ($600) – Helen Montague, Auburn University USAS Best Abstract Travel Award ($600) – Marianne Parent, University of Prince Edward Island USAS Best Abstract Travel Award ($600) – Amanda Matthews, Florida Atlantic University USAS Best Abstract Travel Award ($275) – Sharon S. Gudapati, UAPB NOAA Sea Grant Oral Presentation Award ($500) – Julianne M. Grenn, VIMS NOAA Sea Grant Oral Presentation Award ($500) – Olivia I. Markham, Univ. of Florida WAS Student Spotlight Awards The tradition of highlighting student research at WAS conferences continued during the plenary session of Aquaculture America 2023. Prior to the conference, student research submissions were evaluated to determine the top student abstracts. Three students were invited to present a short three-minute summary of their presentation during the conference plenary. As part of the WAS Conference App, audience members voted their preferences. The winner of the Spotlight Competition received $500, with the second and third place winners both receiving $200 each. The winner of the Student Spotlight Competition was Helen Montague of Auburn University for her presentation on “Outcomes of In Vitro Fertilization with Frozen-thawed Blue Catfish Sperm and Implications for Gene Banking.” The two runner-up winners were Amanda Matthews of Florida Atlantic University for her presentation on “Suaeda linearis: An Emerging Superfood Sea Vegetable” and Marianne Parent of the University of Prince Edward Island for “Time-series Analysis of Lepeophtheirus salmonis Among New Brunswick Salmon Farms (2016 to 2021).” WAS Oral Presentation and Poster Awards Best Oral Thesis and Dissertation Presentation Award ($2000): Casey Murray, Ph.D. Student, University of Florida, for “Examining the Digestive Physiology of Larval Betta splendens to Improve Larval Culture Protocols.” Best Oral Thesis and Dissertation Presentation Award ($2000): Sarah W. Hutchins, M.S. student, University of Florida, for “Mod Your Pods: Improving Feeding Success of Marine Larval Fishes by Modifying Copepods’ Escape Responses.” Oral Presentation Award – First Place ($1000): Saranya Anantapantula, Spring-Ford High School, for “Most Treatments to Control Algal Blooms are Not Effective: Metaanalysis of Field Experiments.” Oral Presentation Award – Second Place ($800): Yagos Santos, University of New Mexico, for “The Interplay between Acute Stress and Antimicrobial Peptide Modulation in the Skin of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).” Student Awards at Aquaculture America 2023 Marianne Parent Helen Montague Amanda Matthews
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