World Aquaculture Magazine - June 2021

WWW.WA S .ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • JUNE 2021 19 have been missed otherwise. This is just an example of his dedication to his work and his students. I will always be grateful to him for nudging us to be better and continue improving in our profession. —Carlos Pantoja-Morales I did two rounds of visiting research in Dr. Lightner’s laboratory in 1995 and 1996 and participated in his shrimp pathology training courses. Don was a gentlemanly and humorous scholar, a low-key and amiable person. I remember that he gave me a sealed small envelope as a gift before I left Tucson in 1995 and told me there was a rattlesnake egg inside. When I received it from his hand, it sounded with bouncing voices and shaking in my hand. That really made me startled. After I opened the envelope, I found it actually was a combination of a rubber band and a hairpin. He was happy and laughing. — Jie Huang He took the time to coach and share any information he had. He gave me a simple protocol to determine the density of a hepatopancreas by dropping them into different sugar solutions. This N ormally we use this column in World Aquaculture to highlight a recent paper that has been published in the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society (JWAS). While there have been many notable articles in the past two JWAS issues, we choose instead to dedicate this space to highlighting our upcoming Special Issue on the Status of U.S. Marine Finfish Species for Domestic Aquaculture Expansion. Research and development efforts for finfish species stretch over long periods of time and include multiple laboratories and key researchers. Including almost all key actors, the issue’s 14 review articles provide invaluable insights for producers, researchers and funding bodies alike, and highlights the importance of marine finfish in the US economy and society. This special issue—guest edited by Martin Riche and Megan Davis —provides by far the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of species in early, middle and late stages of development A Special Issue of the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society towards production in aquaculture. Papers offer insights into decades of laboratory research into closing life cycles, larval rearing and feeding through to grow-out requirements, and also clearly identify future research needs to achieve commercialization of the species covered. Bottlenecks are identified and discussed and the potential of each species is estimated by the leading authors involved. Generously sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—National Marine Fisheries Service, this open access special issue is available for all to enjoy and reference. This issue can be found in the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society hard copy (volume 52, issue 3), online at https://onlinelibrary. wiley.com/toc/17497345/2021/52/3 or through the Publications tab at the WAS website (www.was.org) . —Matthew Slater, Executive Editor, JWAS E very year, the WAS Board of Directors sponsors an award to the authors of the best article published in World Aquaculture magazine as a way to encourage high-quality submissions. The WAS Honors and Awards Committee has selected the article by Tran Ngoc Hai, Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Nguyen Van Hoa, Le Quoc Viet, Ly Van Khanh, Chau Tai Tao, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh, Ngo Thi Thu Thao and Patrick Sorgeloos on “Promoting Coastal Aquaculture for Adaptation to Climate Change and Saltwater Intrusion in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.” The article appeared in the June 2020 issue of World Aquaculture . Congratulations to Tran and his co-authors! 2020 Best Article Award for World Aquaculture Magazine is before I knew about looking at the tubules for lipids, but this simple test spurred me and the team to look at tubules and begin grading them some 20 years back, before it became routine when looking for EMS or EHP. —David Leong Dr. Lightner visited RGCA headquarters, the Aquatic Quarantine Facility (AQF), and the Lv-BMC, Domestication of Tiger Shrimp (DTSP) in Andaman and offered valuable suggestions. His remarkable contribution for designing DTSP-NBC based on biosecurity aspects is highly remembered. He contributed good biosecurity inputs in making our Central Aquaculture Pathology Laboratory (CAPL), which is presently running as one of the successful aquaculture pathology labs in India. —Dr. S. Kandan and Dr. Anup Mandal He will continue to have his presence with us through his innumerable scholarly articles and immensely recognized contributions. He will be remembered for generations to come as the torchbearer of shrimp pathology. —Dr. K. V. Rajendran L ightner , continued from page 14