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Application of Gene Editing in Aquatic Animal Breeding

edited by

Guangqing Yu

and Bianzhi Liu

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture; gene editing; biological breeding; immunity; genetics; germplasm improvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Biotechnology)

Adaptive Fisheries Management in East Asia: Navigating Climate Change, POPs, and Microplastics

edited by

Min Xu

, Haitao Wang,

Teruhisa Komatsu

and

Zengqiang Yin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2738 | Submission Open

Keywords: East Asian fisheries; climate change; anthropogenic stressors; adaptive management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environment and Climate Change)

Innovations and Sustainability in Aquaculture Production and Processing

edited by

Carmen Georgeta Nicolae

Victor Niţă

and

Magda Nenciu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2529 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable aquaculture; aquaculture innovations; eco-efficient farming; integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA); sustainable feed; post-harvest processing; waste valorization; aquaculture biotechnology; environmental impact mitigation; circular economy in aquaculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Aquaculture)

Trophic Ecology of Freshwater and Marine Fish Species—2nd Edition

edited by Kai Wang, Ying Xue and

Rijin Jiang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish; trophic niches; trophic ecology; food web; dietary composition; feeding strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biology and Ecology)

Sustainable Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS)

edited by

Marco Shizuo Owatari

and José Luiz Pedreira Mouriño

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture; biofiltration; engineering; productivity; environmental impacts; recirculating aquaculture systems; regulatory challenges; sustainable intensification; treatment technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Aquaculture)

Stress Biomarkers and Reproduction in Fish

edited by

Apolinar Santamaria-Miranda

, Elena Palacios-Mechetnov and Ángel Humberto Rojo Cebreros

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; stress biomarkers; fish welfare; reproductive biomarkers; broodstock management; nutritional strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology and Biochemistry)

Catfish Nutrition, Growth and Production Systems

edited by Shiyong Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: catfish; nutrition; growth regulation; production systems; feed development; molecular mechanisms; health–environment interactions; intelligent aquaculture; industrial economics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Aquaculture)

Plastics in Fish and Shellfish

edited by Numair Masud and

Jo Cable

submission deadline 1 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1198 | Submission Open

Keywords: microplastics; nanoplastics; polymer additives; chemical sorption; aquatic toxicology; fish; shellfish; aquaculture; environmental monitoring; food safety

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environment and Climate Change)

Ecology and Conservation of Threatened Marine Invertebrates

edited by

Chun-Chieh Wang

submission deadline 10 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: threatened marine invertebrates; marine biodiversity; population ecology; community ecology; threats; conservation biology; marine protected area; habitat restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Invertebrates)

Fish Sex Differentiation

edited by Hongwei Yan

submission deadline 10 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish; sex determination; sex differentiation; sex control; sexual plasticity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Biotechnology)

Influences of Environmental Change on Fishes and Fisheries

edited by

Bianka Grunow

and

Alexander Rebl

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3353 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; fish physiology; environmental stress; adaptation and resilience; developmental plasticity; genetic variation; population responses; fisheries management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environment and Climate Change)

Advances in the Immunology of Aquatic Animals—2nd Edition

edited by

Zhitao Qi

Bei Huang

and Mingzhu Pan

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic immunology; immunogenetics; nutritional immunology; functional feeds; disease resistance breeding; vaccine development; host–pathogen interaction; artificial intelligence; machine learning; one health; multi‑omics; precision aquaculture; genomic prediction; reverse vaccinology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Welfare, Health and Disease)

Processing and Quality Control of Aquatic Products

edited by Dazhang Yang and Weiqing Lan

submission deadline 30 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: preserve and transport aquatic products; physical field-assisted freezing; cold processing of aquatic products; predictive microbiology; cold-chain logistics; bioactive edible coatings; modified-atmosphere packaging

(This special issue belongs to the Section Processing and Comprehensive Utilization of Fishery Products)

Advances in Molluscs

edited by Zhi Li and Zhiguo Dong

submission deadline 30 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: molluscs; neuroendocrinology/neuropeptides; shell biomineralization; immunity and disease resistance; genomics and genetic breeding; environmental stress and climate change; aquaculture; reproduction and development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Invertebrates)

Ecosystem‐Based Fishery Management: Fisheries Governance and Social-Ecological Resilience in Changing Coastal Seas

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