Health Management in Crab Aquaculture Systems
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Welfare, Health and Disease".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: crab healthy aquaculture; crab breeding
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Special Issue Information
This Special Issue focuses on the health, nutrition, and feed science of aquatic crabs, aiming to showcase recent advances that support healthy and sustainable crab aquaculture. We welcome original research, reviews, and case studies that contribute to the resilience, productivity, and ecological compatibility of crab farming systems.
We seek contributions on a broad range of topics including, but not limited to, the following areas:
- health and disease management, including diagnostics, surveillance, and emerging pathogens;
- advances in nutrition, feed formulation, and functional diets for improved growth and immunity;
- sustainable aquaculture strategies under changing environmental conditions;
- genetic improvement, selective breeding, and genomic insights into crab traits;
- technological innovations (e.g., sensors, remote monitoring, AI-driven decision tools) in crab aquaculture;
- ecosystem-based approaches, including environmental impacts and habitat integration;
- socioeconomic, regulatory, and policy perspectives for sustainable industry growth.
Our objective is to provide a comprehensive overview of the multidisciplinary efforts shaping the future of crab aquaculture, from molecular to ecosystem scales.
Prof. Dr. Daxian Zhao
Dr. Dexiang Feng
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
- crab
- healthy aquaculture
- stocking density
- aquaculture nutrition
- feed additives
- aquatic toxicology
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