On 28 March 2025, the Dean of the Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, Prof. Tomáš Policar, handed over certificates and contracts to the principal investigators of the winning projects, which are to contribute to the promotion of the sustainability of fisheries and the protection of nature, landscape and water.
Winning projects:
- Jakub Kocour - Know your enemy or how eDNA helps to protect native crayfish species
- Abdul Baten - Improving children's nutrition or more unhealthy fish products? Evaluating school canteen fish dishes in light of new legislation
- Tomáš Pěnka - Innovative use of aquaculture waste sludge: insect farming as fish feed
- Barbora Zdvihalová - Improvement of technology for nitrogen removal from wastewater: verification of the efficiency of a specific microbial consortium for nitrification and denitrification
The projects were ranked in the following order.
During the meeting, students presented the main focus and objectives of their projects. Each project will produce technical and promotional materials in the form of short videos or a leaflet and a final report.
Financial support for the student projects was provided by ČSOB, a.s. and students can start drawing it from 1 April 2025.
