World Aquaculture December 2018

WWW.WA S.ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • DECEMBER 2018 1 WORLD AQUACULTURE MAGAZINE WORLD AQUACULTURE magazine is published by the World Aquaculture Society. The home office address is: World Aquaculture Society, PO Box 397, Sorrento LA 70778-0397 USA. P and F: +1-225-347-5408; Email: carolm@was.org. World Aquaculture Society Home Page: www.was.org WORLD AQUACULTURE SOCIETY OFFICERS, 2018-2019 Maria Célia Portella, President William Daniels, Immediate Past President Jimmy Avery, President-Elect Wendy Sealey, Treasurer Kathleen Hartman, Secretary DIRECTORS Darryl E. Jory Antonio Garza de Yta Humberto Villarreal Colmenares Michael Denson Maymyat (Noe Noe) Lwin Albert Tacon CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES Sugantham Felix, Asian Pacific David Straus, USAS Luís André Sampaio, Latin America and Caribbean Ik Kyo Chung, Korea HOME OFFICE STAFF Carol Mendoza, Director, carolm@was.org Judy E. Andrasko, Assistant Director , JudyA@was.org WORLD AQUACULTURE EDITORIAL STAFF John Hargreaves, Editor-in-Chief Mary Nickum, Editor Linda Noble, Layout Editor WAS CONFERENCES AND SALES John Cooksey, Executive Director of Conferences and Sales World Aquaculture Conference Management P.O. Box 2302, Valley Center, CA 92082 P: +1-760-751-5005; F: +1-760-751-5003 Email: worldaqua@was.org MANUSCRIPTS AND CORRESPODENCE Submit manuscripts as Microsoft Word files to Mary Nickum, Editor, World Aquaculture magazine. Email: mjnickum@gmail.com. Letters to the Editor or other comments should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief, John Hargreaves at jhargreaves@was.org. WORLD AQUACULTURE (ISSN 1041-5602), is published quarterly by the World Aquaculture Society, 14356 Bayou Terrace Drive, Saint Amant, LA 70774 USA. Library subscription price $50 annually for United States addresses and $65 annually for addresses outside the United States. Individual subscriptions are a benefit of membership in the World Aquaculture Society. Annual membership dues: Students, $45; Individuals, $65; Corporations (for-profit), $255; Sustaining, $105 (individuals or non-profits); Lifetime (individuals) $1,100; E-membership, $10 (no publications, meeting discounts, and not an active member in last five years). Periodical postage paid at Sorrento Louisiana and additional mailing offices. Twenty-five percent of dues is designated for subscription to World Aquaculture magazine. POSTMASTER Please send address changes to World Aquaculture Society, PO Box 397, Sorrento, LA 70778-0397 USA. ©2018, The World Aquaculture Society. ■ W RLD AQUACULTURE VOL. 49 NO. 4 DECEMBER 2018 15 JWAS: 50 Years as the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 15 Recent Research Highlight from the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 17 Conference Planning Updates 23 A Fifty-year History of WAS Robert R. Stickney 30 Reflections of WAS Past-Presidents 42 Commercial Demonstration of a Probiotic to Enhance Pacific White Shrimp Production in Inland Ponds of Alabama and Florida Luke A. Roy, David Teichert-Coddington, Susan Laramore, Sunni Dahl, Jesse James, Gregory N. Whitis, Benjamin H. Beck and Craig A. Shoemaker 51 Ponds for Peace: A Collaborative Aquaculture Project in Liberia Joseph K. Buttner, Alan Shwedel, Gregory Carroll, George Weagba, Roger Domah, Priscilla Jaiah, Zizi Kpadeh, George Weefa, Jerry Kulah and Moses Yama 58 Impact of Nitrification and Denitrification on Alkalinity in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems David E. Brune 64 Development Trends of Albanian Marine Aquaculture of Gilthead Seabream and European Seabass Rigers Bakiu, Edmond Hala and Arjan Demiri COVER: WAS turns 50. See stories on pages 23 and 30. ( CONT ENT S CONT I NUED ON PAGE 2 )