BEST OF RAW

Best of RAW (BOR)

Each conference, the best presentations are selected and honored as "Best of RAW"

Best of RAW 2026

Best Overall Presentation

A Tale of Two Touch Tanks: Developing a Method to Quantify Sunscreen Residue in Aquarium Water

Barrett Christie, South Carolina Aquarium

Best First Time Presenter

Rearing red octopus (O. rubescens) paralarvae to settlement (hopefully)

Maddy Tracewell, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Excellence in Organization and Structure

Ocean Lights: Bringing Bioluminescence to Light

Kat Mendryk, Georgia Aquarium

Engaging Speaker Award

Belly of the Beast: In Water Target Training with Arapaima gigas

Evan Kinn, John G. Shedd Aquarium

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