Lindsay Laird 2011 Innovation in Aquaculture Award

In the ten years since the death of Lindsay Laird, four students have won this prestigious award for the best student poster in innovation in aquaculture.

In order to encourage student participation in the award, AQUATT has always set wide-ranging eligible research areas. This policy has proved more and more effective as student entries have steadily increased in both quantity and quality, resulting in a record 95 student submissions at the 2011 EAS Conference in Rhodes, where the award event took place.

This year’s award (laptop worth 500 euros together with a variety of books donated by both Springer and Wiley) was won by Carolina de Haro, from the University of Almeria, Spain, with a study which opened a new window in aquaculture feeding alternatives to fish meal. (You should read her winning abstract to discover exactly what this novel additive consists of!).  Title of the winning poster "NUTRITIVE ADAPTATION IN NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) TO TENEBRIO MOLLITOR MEAL AS PROTEIN SOURCE DIET: EFFECT IN FISH GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE" - DOWNLOAD HERE.

There is another aspect to this award. The four Lindsay Laird award winners, who carried out their studies in Germany, Holland, Portugal and Spain, demonstrate in a very positive way, the potential and the strengths of the European higher education reforms.