Ecological Aquaculture and Disease Prevention and Control
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 158
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecological aquaculture; micro-ecology; immune-stimulants; antibiotic substitution; microbiota; environmental stress; nutrient flux
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: stress-resistant breeding of fish; aquatic germplasm resources preservation; fish genetics and development; environmental stress; gut microbiota health; probiotics screening and application
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Aquaculture is essential for global food security and marine resource sustainability, yet it faces the dual challenge of maintaining production while preserving ecological balance. Traditional practices, marked by self-pollution, disease outbreaks, and antibiotic overuse, increasingly hinder sustainable growth. Consequently, understanding how aquatic animals adapt to environmental changes and assessing the environmental impact of aquaculture processes, particularly the relationship between disease and environment, have emerged as key research foci. Advancing ecological aquaculture requires integrated research into host–environment–pathogen interactions, functional antibiotic alternatives, and science-based disease management systems.
This Special Issue, titled "Ecological Aquaculture and Disease Prevention and Control", will facilitate in-depth discussion about the means to achieve a synergy between production output and ecological security using advanced strategies. These strategies may include optimizing aquaculture models, developing novel green feeds and probiotics, enhancing environmental management, and leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and modern molecular biology for the precise monitoring of environmental parameters, animal behavior, pathogen detection, and immunological prophylaxis.
Prof. Dr. Yichao Ren
Dr. Chunyan Zhao
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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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.
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Keywords
- ecological aquaculture
- environmental factor
- disease control
- antibiotic alternatives
- sustainable aquaculture
- stress
- adaptation
- environmental acclimatization
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