A $2,550 award has been made available through an endowment established by Hassell Construction Ltd on behalf of his family to honour Lawrence Edward Hassell. The award recognizes a graduate student in fisheries who is engaged in field research pertaining to sustainability. Preference will be given to a graduate student whose research is focused on the sustainability of the salmon ecosystem. Lawrence Hassell was an avid fisherman who was concerned about the depletion of salmon stocks. The award is made on the recommendation of the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
2024 Winner
Grace Melchers (PhD, OCF)
2023 Winner
Emily Brown (MSc, EOAS)
2022 Winner
Rowenna Gryba (PhD, ISGP)
2021 Winner
Marta Flotats Aviles (PhD, OCF)
2020 Winner
Alicia Andersen (MSc, OCF)
Previous Winners
Yuliya Kuzmenko
Used the award to collect 100 adult sockeye otoliths during the spawning period on Adams lake in late October 2018 to assess early marine growth and link it to the environmental conditions in the Strait of Georgia and answer the question: how early marine growth influence survival and contributes to returns.