Matt Dawson received American Fisheries Society's Fish Culture Section Travel Award (Best Student Abstract) for the abstract entitled "Replacement of fish meal protein by a combination of alternative protein sources in practical diets for juvenile black sea bass Centropristis striata" by M. Dawson, M.S. Alam, and W.O.Watanabe, presented at the World Aquaculture Society Conference, Feb-Mar 2011, New Orleans, LA.

Walker Wright-Moore received American Fisheries Society's Fish Culture Section Travel Award (Best Student Abstract) for the abstract entitled "Induced spawning of wild-caught southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma with GnRH analogs: effects of hormone dose" by W.Wright-Moore, W.O. Watanabe, and T.C. Rezek, presented at the World Aquaculture Society Conference, Feb-Mar 2011, New Orleans, LA.

Matt Dawson received the US Aquaculture Society’s Outstanding Student Abstract Award and the American Fisheries Society Fish Culture Section Student Travel Award for his abstract entitled "Effects of poultry by-product meal protein substitution for fish meal protein on growth performance, body composition, and digestibility of juvenile black sea bass Centropristis striata" by M.R. Dawson*, M.S. Alam, and W.O. Watanabe, presented at the World Aquaculture Society Conference, March 2010, San Diego, CA.

(pictured here with current USAS president Douglas Drennan II)

Andy Ostrowski received the American Fisheries Society Fish Culture Section Travel Award for his abstract entitled "Salinity and temperature effects on growth, survival, whole-body osmolality, and MRNA expression of Na+, K+, ATPase on larval red porgy Pagrus pagrus" by A. D. Ostrowski*, F. A. Montgomery, T. C. Rezek, T. H. Shafer, J. A. Morris Jr. and W. O. Watanabe, presented at the AFS Tidewater Chapter Conference, March 2009, Wilmington, NC and World Aquaculture Society Conference, February 2009, Seattle, WA.

Lumina News: "From fish farm to plate" by Jennifer Roush, January 24, 2008.

Wilmington Star News: "Fish farm lab at Wrightsville shows promise", January 19, 2008

The News and Observer: "Ocean fish, fresh from the farm" by Wade Rawlins, January 18, 2008.

Island Gazette: "Donate a Large Flounder Today" by Rachel N. Johnson, November 9, 2007.

Wrightsville Beach Magazine: "Marine Biotechnology Dinner: The Most Important Conversation You've Never Had" by Pat Bradford, Richard Leder, and Teresa Kramer, August 2007.

UNCW's Cameron Insider: "Research by Day, MBA by Night: The Business of Marine Biotechnology at UNCW" by Kim Proukou, Summer 2007.

Greater Wilmington Business: "Aquaculture hatches business venture", Vol. 8.5:7. May 2007.

Lumina News: "Initiative tests marketability of cultured sea bass", by Jules Norwood, Vol.6 Issue 1. April 12, 2007.

Wilmington Star News: "From fish to dish" by Sam Scott. April 2007.

Joe Carrier received the US Aquaculture Society’s Outstanding Student Abstract Award for his paper entitled "The effects of dietary arachidonic acid (20:4 n-6) on growth, survival, stress resistance and Na,K,ATPase expression in larval black sea bass (Centropristis striata)" by J.K. Carrier, W.O. Watanabe, M. Harel, T.C. Rezek, T.H. Shafer, P.J. Seaton and R.D. Roer, presented at the World Aquaculture Society Conference, February 2007, San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Md. Shah Alam received a Minority Student Award for Academic Achievement Fall 2006.

Christopher Bentley received the US Aquaculture Society’s Outstanding Student Poster Award for his paper entitled “Preliminary investigations on the effects of dietary lipid level on spawning performance and egg quality in black sea bass” by C.D. Bentley, T.C. Rezek and W.O. Watanabe, presented at Aqua America 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada.