Feed Additives in Fish and Shellfish Farming
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Feeding".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aquatic animal nutrition; feed additive; immunity; nutritional physiology; disease resistance
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Intensive aquaculture contributes to water quality deterioration and environmental pollution, thereby impeding the sustainable growth of the aquaculture industry. Deteriorating water quality intensifies stress responses among farmed species and promotes disease outbreaks. Furthermore, the use of chemical agents to treat diseases in aquaculture has had adverse effects on the aquatic environment and animal quality. Consequently, identifying efficient, safe, and eco-friendly novel feed additives is essential for overcoming critical constraints in aquaculture development.
This Special Issue seeks to compile the latest research on sustainable and health-promoting feed additives for fish and shellfish. Submissions may take the form of original research, full or mini reviews, and perspectives on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Disease-resistant feed additives;
- Anti-stress feed additives;
- Nutritional mechanisms of feed additives;
- Evaluation and application of feed additives;
- Development of novel feed additives.
Dr. Yaopeng Lu
Dr. Ping Wu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Fishes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- aquatic animal nutrition
- feed additive
- immunity
- nutritional physiology
- disease resistance
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