The Student Activity Committee (Student Affairs Committee-LAC-WAS) Would

World Aquaculture Society

Student Activities Report

Submitted by Michael Masser to the Board of Directors

for the September 25, 2004 Board Meeting

Sydney, Australia

WAS and USAS cooperated on all student judging for the Hawaii meeting. Dr. Jeff Hinshaw at North Carolina State University and myself coordinated the judging. All student activities for the Hawaii were coordinated by the USAS Student Activities committee.

Approximately 78 WAS/USAS Student Abstracts and Presentation/Posters were judged for the Hawaii meeting. Travel Awards were given to six students (3 each WAS and USAS) at $300. Students received their awards at the Student Reception.

Oral presentations and Posters at the meeting were judged by a minimum of three judges. First and Second places (both WAS and USAS) were awarded at $400 and $200, respectively. Winners were:

WAS Recipients:

First Place - Presentation ($400)

·  Susan E. Laramore, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Inst., Inc. Virulence Determination For Seven Geographic Strains Of The White Spot Syndrome Virus

Second Place - Presentation ($200)

·  Sage Chaiyapechara,University of Washington. Proximate Composition And Sensory Evaluation Of Juvenile Sablefish Anoploma fimbria Fed Diets Containing 10% To 30% Lipid

First Place - Poster ($400)

·  Sara Pollack,University of Maryland. Early Exposure To The Soy Isoflavone, Genistein In Adult Striped Bass

Second Place – Poster ($200)

·  Anthony Ilano, Hokkaido University. The Development And Hatching, Growth, And Survival Of Juvenile Japanese Whelk Buccinum isaotakii In Different Temperatures And Diets

SEA GRANT ASSOCIATION'S BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD ($350)

·  Lizzie Nelson, University of Washington. Selection Of Elite Hybrid Lines Of Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas By Analysis Of Larval And Juvenile Performance Under Three Feeding Regimes And From Multiple Pair Matings

USAS Recipients:

First Place – Presentation ($400)

·  J. Adam Luckenbach,North Carolina State. Aromatase: A Functional Biomarker For Assessing Sexual Differentiation In Southern Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma

Second Place – Presentation ($200)

·  Ken Webb, University of Texas Marine Science Institute. Growth Response Of Juvenile Cobia Rachycentron canadum Fed Diets Containing Variable Protein Levels And A Constant Energy To Protein Ratio

First Place – Poster ($400)

·  Kraig Ruebush, University Of Arkansas. Effects Of Protein Level On Catfish Growth With Alternate Day Feeding

Second Place – Poster ($200)

·  Tarquin Dorrington, University Of Rhode Island. Antimicrobial Peptides In Shellfish Aquaculture: Effect On Oyster Pathogens And Gut Flora

The WAS Student Activities web site is still not up to date and needs attention.

Student activities for the Bali meeting are in the planning stages. I have emailed suggested contacts for assistance with the Bali meeting. I am planning to meet with Dr. Sugama at the Sydney meeting.