Aquaculture & Fisheries 2021 Winners
The 30th Science Atlantic
Aquaculture & Fisheries Conference
March 12 to 14, 2021, hosted virtually by Cape Breton University
Check out the book of abstracts
Thank you to our generous conference sponsors!
Science Atlantic Undergraduate Research Award
First Place
Victor Papaiz
Dalhousie University
Using Sportfishing Tournament Data to Determine Factors Influencing Black Bass (Micropterus spp.) Catches and Catch Trends
Second Place
Reid Sutherland
University of New Brunswick - Fredericton
Effects of hatchery environments on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): comparing egg diameter, fecundity, and egg survival rates to the eyed stage between smolt-adult-supplementation cohorts and hatchery-winter classes
Second Place
Kate Tobin
Memorial University
How Does Time of Collection During the Fishery Impact the Morphometrics of the Sea Cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa)?
Third Place
Maria Mason
University of New Brunswick - Fredericton
Stable Isotope Analysis & Acoustic Telemetry Tracking to Determine Critical Habitat(s) of Yellow-Stage American Eels (Anguilla rostrata) in the Restigouche River and Estuary
Graduate Research Award
First Place
Hajarooba Gnanagobal
Memorial University
Renibacterium salmoninarum Chronic Infection and Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) Immune Response
Second Place
My Dang
Memorial University
Susceptibility and immune response in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) farmed, wild and hybrid crosses to Aeromonas salmonicida subsp salmonicida infectionSusceptibility and immune response in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) farmed, wild and hybrid crosses to Aeromonas salmonicida subsp salmonicida infection
Science Atlantic Communication Award
Aquaculture & Fisheries
Jaime Rae
Dalhousie University
Elevations of lobster fishery groundlines and the associated entanglement risk to North Atlantic right whales in Atlantic Canada
See award winners from previous years