8 MARCH 2018 • WORLD AQUACULTURE • WWW.WAS.ORG Tyson Best Abstract Award ($1500): Amit K Yadav, Kentucky State University, for “Responses of Juvenile Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides to Dietary EPA and DHA-rich Oils.” Pentair/USAS Travel Award ($1500): Alexander Sitek, University of New Hampshire, for “Rethinking RAS: Developing Nutrient Balance within Recirculating Aquaponic Systems.” Soy Aquaculture Alliance ($1000): James Schwartz, Kentucky State University, for “Assessing the Nutritional Value of Novel Soybean Products in the Diet of Atlantic Salmon.” USAS Best Presentation – First Place ($1000): Min Ju, Texas A&M University, for “Physiological Responses and Mortality of Hybrid Striped Bass Morone chrysops × Morone saxatilis Subjected to Acute Stress after Being Fed Dietary Prebiotic and Probiotic Supplements.” USAS Best Presentation – Second Place ($800): Marina Subramanian for “Differences in Gastrointestinal Glucose Transporters Between Carnivorous Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss and Omnivorous Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in Response to Pulse Crops.” USAS Best Poster – First Place ($1000): Fernando Yamamoto, Texas A&M University, for “β-1,3 Glucan Derived From Euglena gracilis and AlgamuneTM Enhances Innate Immune Responses of Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus L.” USAS Best Poster – Second Place ($800): Lyndsay Burnette, State University of New York, for “Hybrid Arctic Char – A New Aquaculture Product?” USAS Student Travel Award – First Place ($1500) and USAS Spotlight Award – Second Place ($200): Jyotsna Shrivastava, University of Antwerp, for “Finding an Ideal Fasting Period Prior to the Live Fish Transportation: Assessment of Ammonia Excretion Dynamics and Aerobic Metabolism Trade-off.” Student Awards at Aquaculture America (CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE) TOP, LEFT TO RIGHT: Amit K. Yadav, James Schwartz and Jyotsna Subramanian. BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT: Elizabeth Groover, John Grayson and Laura Cannellla.
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