Above: Fisheries & Aquaculture students (left to right) Ashley Stokes, Matt Miller and Monica Redmond each receive $1,500 scholarships from the Freshwater Fisheries Society and recognized by Verna Cameron from the Vancouver Island Trout Hatchery in Duncan, BC.

Above: Dr. Chris Foote, Fisheries and Aquaculture professor, presents student Monica Redmond (left) and student Colleen Haddad with a $1,000 Eunice Lam Scholarship. Eunice Lam was a former faculty member in VIU’s Fisheries & Aquaculture department.

Above: Dr. Don Noakes, VIU’s Dean of Science & Technology, presents students Colleen Haddad (left) and Fraser Linza with the Frank Bernard Award in Fisheries. Each award is valued at $2,000. Bernard was a well-known salmon scientist at Nanaimo’s Pacific Biological Station.

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Above: Dr. Stefanie Duff (centre), professor in the VIU Fisheries & Aquaculture program, presents students Alison MacPhail (left) and Fraser Linza with the BC Shellfish Industry Award valued at $500 each.

Above: Gill Campbell (left) and Chris Campbell (right), co-founders of the Cultured Crustacean Company, present student Alison MacPhail with a $2,000 Cultured Crustacean Award.

Above: Dr. Stefanie Duff, professor in the VIU Fisheries & Aquaculture program, presents student Matt Miller with the $2,500 Underwater Harvesters Association Research Society Award.

Above: Tina Gonsky of Marine Harvest Canada presents a $1,000 Marine Harvest Salmon Aquaculture Scholarship to student Chandler Hines.

Above: VIU alumnus Cedric Robert, President of EDS Inc., presents a $1,600 ECO Dynamic Solutions Inc. Achievement Award to student Stephen Johnston.

Above: Dr. Eric Ricker (left) presents the William (Bill) E. Ricker Memorial Scholarship to student Stephen Johnston. The award is named after renowned fisheries scientist Bill Ricker.

Above: Erik Jakobson of Fan Seafoods presents a $400 Fan Seafoods Ltd. Geoduck Endowment Scholarship to student Bruce Keizer.

Above: Fisheries professor Mark Noyon presents the $500 Pentair Aquatic Eco-Systems Award to student Tamara Russell.

Above: Fisheries professor Mark Noyon presents the $500 Al Fowler Memorial Scholarship to student Xin Li.

Above: Fisheries professor Dr. Stefanie Duff presents the $1,000 Nicholas Plecas Aquaculture Scholarship to student Xin Li.

Above: Fisheries professor Mark Noyon presents the $250 Nanaimo Marine Pavilion Scholarship to student Jordan Brooks.

Above: Student Bruce Keizer (left) receives the $500 Taste of BC Trout Culture Award from Steve and Janet Atkinson of Taste of BC Aquafarms.

Katie Davidson, a VIU Bachelor of Science (major in Biology) student (left) received the $1,500 Donald F. Alderice Memorial Award from his daughter, Margo Herten.