WWW.WAS.ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • DECEMBER 2024 13 keep an eye out for Aquaculture America 2026 opportunities on the USAS social media channels. A big congratulations to the (new opportunity!) 2024-2025 USAS Student Subunit Project Grant Awardees at the Auburn University Student Subunit and Kentucky State University Student Subunit, with projects focused on engaging high school students in sustainable aquaculture and empowering students with a food health certification in food safety. I’d also like to congratulate Ms. Jazea Kalea Smith for being awarded the USAS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion student travel award for her work promoting DEI in the academic community. More student awards, as well as the USAS Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award, will be announced at and after Aquaculture 2025. Thank you to the dedicated sponsors and students who keep invigorating our community with ideas, inspiration, and vibrance. If you’ll be attending Aquaculture 2025 please join us for our Business Meeting to hear more about the work the Board has done this year, provide feedback on ways the Board and society can better serve the aquaculture community, and how you, yourself, can get involved. From me to you. To another year with its challenges and triumphs. Happy New Year! — Abigail Bockus, President U.S. Aquaculture Society The New Year is just around the corner! Email me your “big wins” (big or small) of 2024 and let USAS highlight all the amazing aquaculture accomplishments we’ve had this year (abockus@ aquarange.org). Mine include meeting new farmers and students, reminding me what I’m working for and how excited I was to begin with; learning more about color pigments in feeds and resulting product quality than I ever thought possible; and finally publishing that paper that’s been sitting on my desk for way too long. We’re entering our fourth quarter and my final term as USAS President. One of the Board’s goals for this quarter is to review Bylaw changes suggested by our Rules and Regulations committee. If these are approved by the Board, they will go out for a vote by the membership. Current USAS Chapter Bylaws can be found on the USAS website, here https://www.usaquaculture.org/ about-usas. The Election committee received a fantastic slate of nominees for incoming Board members. If you are a member, keep an eye out for the email solicitation to cast your vote for the President Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, and two Members at Large. The deadline for student awards for Aquaculture 2025 has passed. If you’re a student and missed it this year, be sure and CHAPTER REPORTS Brand The Standard in Growth and Survival Augmentation AlgaMac Enrich High in DHA and Natural Astaxanthin Celebrating 37 years serving the aquaculture industry with high quality diets, Artemia cysts and hatchery equipment including the AlgaMac series algae replacement/substitution rich in DHA for shrimp, fish and bivalve applications. AlgaMac-3050 Flake 20-22% DHA! - dry wt basis in crumble flake form. AlgaMac Protein Plus All celled DHA enriched Rotifer Growout Diet AlgaMac Enhance Two whole cell algaes with amino acids, nucleic acids, vitamins and beta-glucans Series World renowned AlgaMac Other high quality feeds from Bio-Marine: EconoMac Microparticle diet: Larval-PL stages Formulated Diets (4000 series) Micro-crumble diet: Larval-PL stages Astarose Natural source of Astaxanthin Spirulina Spray-dried Algae ArteMac Artemia Replacement Replace up to 100% Artemia with this nutritionally superior diet. MadMac Maturation Stimulator Fresh, make on-site. Rich in DHA. Aeration Filtration Heating Lab Supplies Meters Tubing & Hose UV/Ozone Water Quality Microscopes Pipe/Fittings/Valves P umps Refractometers Systems Design ... and more. Hatchery Equipment & Supplies PO Box 5, Hawthorne, California 90250 USA Tel: 310-973-5275 / Fax: 310-676-9387 If you wish to test our diets, please contact us for a sample. Red AlgaMac Rotifer & Artemia Enrichment. New www.aquafauna.com email: aquafauna@aquafauna.com
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