WWW.WAS.ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • SEPTEMBER 2025 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: JudyA@was.org World Aquaculture Society Home Page: www.was.org WORLD AQUACULTURE SOCIETY OFFICERS, 2025-26 Wendy Sealey, President David Cline, Immediate Past President Foluke Areola, President-Elect Matt Parker, Treasurer Angela Caporelli, Secretary DIRECTORS Shivaun Leonard Yahira Piedrahita Catriona Macleod Brian Small Kathleen Hartman Russell Grice Benter Anyango, Student Director CHAPTER REPRESENTATIVES Khalid Salie, African Bibha Kumari, Asian Pacific Han-kyu Lim, Korean Luis Andrés Gonzalez-Agraz, Latin America and Caribbean Michelle Walsh, USAS HOME OFFICE STAFF Judy Edwards Andrasko, Director, JudyA@was.org Killian A. Haydel, Assistant Director, killianh@was.org WORLD AQUACULTURE EDITORIAL STAFF C. Greg Lutz, Editor-in-Chief Cecilia C. Nichols, Editorial Assistant 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 CORRESPONDENCE Submit manuscripts as Microsoft Word files to C. Greg Lutz at glutz@agcenter.lsu.edu. Letters to the Editor or other comments should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief at glutz@agcenter.lsu.edu. WORLD AQUACULTURE (ISSN 1041-5602), is published quarterly by the World Aquaculture Society, 6203 Jonathan Alaric Avenue, Gonzales, LA 70737 USA. Individual subscriptions are a benefit of membership in the World Aquaculture Society. Annual membership dues: Students, $45; Individuals, $90; Corporations, $295; Sustaining, $155 (individuals or non-profits); Lifetime (individuals) $1,400. ©2025, The World Aquaculture Society. W RLD AQUACULTURE VOL. 56 NO. 3 SEPTEMBER 2025 14 Record-breaking attendance figures at the World Aquaculture Safari 2025 in Uganda highlight the growing popularity of the World Aquaculture Society’s Conferences in Africa 16 Congratulations to President-Elect Foluke Areola Catriona K. Macleod 18 The Journal of the World Aquaculture Society Editor’s Choice Awards 56(3) 21 Student Spotlight: Abdulmalik Oladipupo Auburn University School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences Reprinted from the Fish Culture Section of the American Fisheries Society 22 Youth Engagement in Aquaculture: Building the Next Generation of Blue Food Leaders in the Caribbean Juli-Anne Russo 25 Native No More? The Catfish Dilemma in the Philippines Alexis Faye A. Olarte, James Darren R. Pelaez and Janice A. Ragaza 32 Utilizing Wild Lumpfish Insights to Enhance Welfare and Performance of Lumpfish in Aquaculture Sandra Ljósá Østerø and Kirstin Eliasen 36 ZiD-AI: A Mobile-based AI Tool for the Automatic Morphometric and Behavioral Analysis of Adult Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Madhav Karthikeyan 42 From Bait to Breakthrough: How Polychaetes are Revolutionizing Philippine Aquaculture Irnes Rebien H. Bailon, Rochelle A. Jabines and Janice A. Ragaza 48 First Report on Successful Breeding of Indigenous Dwarf Chameleon Fish Badis blosyrus in Captive Condition Niti Sharma, Suman Kumari, Sona Yengkokpam, B. C. Roy and Basanta Kumar Das 52 The Resilient Journey of Ukraine’s Sturgeon Farmers How War, Ecological Disasters and Human Error Shaped the Survival Story of Ukrainian Aquaculture Anna Klochko 56 AQUACULTURE ENGINEERING SOCIETY CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: Pilot Bioreactor Performance for the Zero-Emission of Total Suspended Solids Generated in Commercial Atlantic Salmon Land-Based Freshwater Aquaculture Systems Joel Barraza, Carlos Basulto, Macarena Morales, Camilo Merino and German E. Merino 62 AFRICAN CHAPTER CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: Maximizing African Aquaculture — The Skills Factor Francis de Heer 64 Improving Bio-Security in Nigerian Fish Farms: Lessons from Lagos State Nike Funmilayo Aladetohun 67 USAS CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: Applying the Smallholder Farming Model to Enhance Urban Food Security with Aquaponics George B. Brooks Jr. 71 Why Can’t She Farm Fish? Priya Babu, Naveen Nivas S, Dinesh Kaippilly and Geeji MT 75 ASIAN-PACIFIC CHAPTER CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE: A Bihar (India) Fish Industry: 20th Century to 21st Century Dr. Bibha Kumari 78 Rethinking the Foundations of Shrimp Farming: A Call for Change in Understanding and Practice Farshad Shishehchian, Wiphada Mitbumrung and Erika Chong COVER: Having accurate species-specific welfare indicators is crucial for ensuring the health and well-being of farmed fish. Researchers have turned to wild lumpfish for guidance. See story, page 32. (CONTENTS CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
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