Ms. Ayumu Kanzaki, a first-year master student at the Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, received the Student Excellence Award at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Engineering (held 25-26 May at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology). The award is given to students who make excellent presentations at the meeting.
　Ms. Kanzaki presented her research “Experiment to control mesh-passing behavior of fish by artificial light”. This research sought conditions under which the behavior of small fish can pass through the mesh by artificial light, providing new knowledge for managing catch quantities in fisheries. The research contents, presentation skills, and the question-and-answer session following the presentation were comprehensively evaluated, leading to the award.

Ayumu Kanzaki (right) and Professor Nobuo Kimura, Chairman of Japanese Society of Fisheries Engineering (left)