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Development of Low-Crop, Low-Fishmeal or Low-Fish Oil Feeds for Aquaculture

edited by

Houguo Xu

and Qiang Ma

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10550 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainability; feed ingredient; aquaculture; productivity; feed alternatives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Feeding)

Growth, Metabolism, and Flesh Quality in Aquaculture Nutrition

edited by

Hang Yang

and Xugan Wu

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7906 | Submission Open

Keywords: nutrients; additives; medicinal plants; new protein sources; growth; metabolism; flesh quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Feeding)

Molecular Genetics and Genomics of Marine Fishes

edited by Shengyong Xu,

Zhiqiang Han

Yuan Li

, Binbin Shan,

Tianyan Yang

and Shaolei Sun

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2206 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine fish; genome assembly; mitochondrial DNA; population genetics/genomics; phylogenetics/phylogenomics; genetic diversity; genetic variation; adaptive evolution; DNA barcoding; fisheries management

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

Germplasm Resources and Genetic Breeding of Aquatic Animals

edited by

Yang Liu

and

Yongsheng Tian

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1388 | Submission Open

Keywords: germplasm preservation and utilization; genome evolution; omics analysis; economic traits; functional gene; mitochondrial genome; microsatellite; growth and development

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

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Aquaculture

edited by

Hongwu Cui

, Chao Zhou and

Ran Zhao

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6798 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture; fishery; fish behavior; intelligent recognition; deep learning; environmental monitoring; environmental interaction mechanisms

Fish Farming in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems

edited by Baoliang Liu and Wenyang Li

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4214 | Submission Open

Keywords: recirculating aquaculture system; indoor aquaculture; zero water exchange aquaculture; aquaculture environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Aquaculture)

Advances in Impacts of Shrimp Feed Additives and Raising Conditions on Shrimp Growth and Immune Responses

edited by Luis Otavio Brito and Suzianny Maria Bezerra Cabral Da Silva

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open

Keywords: feed additive; shrimp culture; growth; economic benefits; immune responses; immunostimulants; disease resistance; intestinal health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Feeding)

Zooplankton Production Applied to Aquaculture

edited by

Ricardo Vieira Rodrigues

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: rotifer; artemia; copepods; cladocera; zooplankton mass production; zooplankton enrichment; larviculture; biofloc; weaning protocols

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Aquaculture)

Diet and Intestinal Microbiota of Fish

edited by Qianwen Ding,

Yuanyuan Yao

and Tsegay Teame

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish gut microbiota; dietary modulation; host-microbe interaction; probiotics; aquaculture sustainability; microbial biomarkers; metagenomics; antibiotic resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Feeding)

Aquatic Animal Diseases and Vaccine Development

edited by Aijun Lv

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animal diseases; etiology; epidemiology; host immune response; vaccine; prevention and control

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

Applications of Acoustics in Marine Fisheries

edited by

Víctor Espinosa

submission deadline 24 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1424 | Submission Open

Keywords: fisheries; echosounder; sonar; acoustics; biomass

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fishery Facilities, Equipment, and Information Technology)

Mesopelagic Fish Ecology, Biology and Evolution

edited by

Konstantinos Tsagarakis

, María Quintela and Pilar Olivar

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5228 | Submission Open

Keywords: vertical migrations; biological pump; oxygen minimum zones; lanternfish; hatchetfish; lightfishes; bristlemouths; deep-sea; twilight zone; fisheries; biogeography; population genetics; connectivity; feeding ecology

Fish Nutrition and Immunology

edited by

Ming Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4621 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish; nutrition; immunity; immune additives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Feeding)

Integrative Taxonomy and Molecular Systematics of Fishes

edited by

Felipe Ottoni

, Pedro Henrique Negreiros de Bragança, Elisabeth Henschel and Grazielle Fernanda Evangelista Gomes

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1176 | Submission Open

Keywords: ABGD; ASAP; barcode; COI; eDNA; NGS; multi-locus; single-locus; species delimitation; bPTP; mPTP; GMYC

(This special issue belongs to the Section Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biogeography)

Ecology of Fish: Age, Growth, Reproduction and Feeding Habits

edited by

André Martins Vaz-Dos-Santos

and

Estevan Luiz da Silveira

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: age; growth; reproductive ecology; feeding ecology; population dynamics

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

Life History and Population Dynamics of Marine Fish

edited by Peter G. Coulson

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: otoliths; age and growth; maturation; spawning time and duration; life history ratio (LHR); mortality and recruitment

Vantage Points in the Morphology of Aquatic Organisms

edited by Peter S. Johnston

submission deadline 5 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1023 | Submission Open

Keywords: morphology; palaeontology; aquatic; vertebrate; invertebrate; fish; cetacean

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

Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)

edited by Patricia Moraes-Valenti and

Wagner C. Valenti

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1232 | Submission Open

Keywords: IMTA; integrated aquaculture; nutrient regeneration; restorative aquaculture; ecological and symbiotic aquaculture; aquamimicry; aquapony

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Aquaculture)

Prebiotics, Probiotics, and Symbiotics in Fish and Shellfish Nutrition and Feed Technology

edited by

Marina Paolucci

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 494 | Submission Open

Keywords: prebiotics; probiotics; synbiotics; functional feed; fish and shellfish health; fish and shellfish quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Feeding)

Aquatic Ecotoxicology: Field and Laboratory Approaches

edited by Yuri Dornelles Zebral

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3827 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecotoxicology; monitoring programs; experimental studies; biomarkers; metals; organic pollution; pesticides; legacy contaminants; emergent contaminants; climate crisis

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

Environmental Physiology of Aquatic Animals

edited by

Weijie Mu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10644 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animals; adaptability; environmental response; physiological mechanism; propagation and breeding

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

New Conservation Strategies for Freshwater and Marine Fishes: Habitat Is the Key

edited by

Robert L. Vadas, Jr.

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2571 | Submission Open

Keywords: cumulative impacts; habitat diversity; habitat and passage (e.g.; jumping) guilds; biotic indices along anthropogenic gradients; mitigation; fish populations and assemblages

Aquatic Animal Disease Control

edited by Dongling Zhang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: disease control; pathogen; immune; drug; probiotic; disease resistance breeding; transcriptome; genome; water environment; gene

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

Genetic and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Economic Traits in Crustaceans

edited by Jiajia Wang and Haochang Su

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular mechanism; genetics; multi-omics; economic traits; growth; reproduction and development; sex determination; disease resistance; stress resistance

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

Physiological Responses of Fish to Stressors

edited by Xiaohong Liu

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: wild fish; aquatic fish; physiological responses; new technology; molecular mechanisms; evolutionary perspectives; adaptation

Sustainable Fisheries Dynamics

edited by Rong Wan and Junbo Zhang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2542 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable fisheries management; overfishing; climate change; habitat degradation; fisheries dynamic models; ecosystem responses; interdisciplinary approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fishery Economics, Policy, and Management)

Microbial Pathogens, Disease Control and Veterinary Drug Use in Aquaculture

edited by

Haipeng Cao

Yibin Yang

and Yali Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1669 | Submission Open

Keywords: diseases; pathogens; control; aquaculture

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

Prevention and Control of Aquatic Animal Diseases

edited by

Erlong Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14260 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animal diseases; fish vaccines; immunostimulants; Chinese herbs in aquaculture; aquatic animal pathogen; host-pathogen interaction; disease-resistance genes

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

Habitat as a Template for Life Histories of Fish

edited by

Bror Jonsson

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6569 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological trait trade-offs; environmental stress; life history traits; local adaptation; phenotypic plasticity; reaction norms

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

Movement Ecology and Conservation of Large Marine Fishes (and Sharks)

edited by Chi-Hin Lam

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2791 | Submission Open

Keywords: navigation; tagging; sensing; fisheries; energetics; artificial intelligence; ocean circulation; currents; circadian rhythm

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

Fish Health and Welfare in Aquaculture and Research Settings

edited by

Luis André Luz Barbas

, Marcelo Ferreira Torres and

Martina Bortoletti

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2699 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced monitoring technologies; aquaculture sustainability; behavioural indicators; environmental and nutritional impact; ethical aquaculture; fish welfare; husbandry practices; precision aquaculture; stress physiology; welfare assessments

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

An Issue in Honor of Yoram Avnimelech: Application of Biofloc Technology (BFT)

edited by

Felipe Boéchat Vieira

Mauricio G.C. Emerenciano

and

Wilson Wasielesky

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2361 | Submission Open

Keywords: bacterial community; super intensive; circular economy; sustainability; nitrification; heterotrophic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Aquaculture)

Biology and Conservation of Elasmobranchs

edited by María-Del-Pilar Blanco-Parra and Carlos J. Polo-Silva

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1675 | Submission Open

Keywords: sharks; rays; ecological role; movements; distribution; ecological niche; conservation

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

Fish Monitoring and Stock Assessment for Fishery Management

edited by

Kui Zhang

, Jiajun Li and Jiangtao Fan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 845 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish survey and monitoring technology; fisheries management; remote sensing; environmental DNA (eDNA); acoustics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fishery Economics, Policy, and Management)

Effect of Dietary Supplementation on the Growth and Immunity of Fish and Shellfish—3rd Edition

edited by Qiyou Xu, Jianhua Ming, Fei Song, Changle Qi and

Chuanpeng Zhou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 647 | Submission Open

Keywords: immunity; antioxidation; intestinal health; gut microbiota; anti-stress; growth; feed additive; feedstuff

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Feeding)

Advancing Research for the Management and Conservation of Diadromous Fish

edited by Carlos Antunes,

Pedro Morais

and Ester Dias

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: diadromous fishes; climate change; conservation; fisheries management; genetic diversity; habitat connectivity

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

Advances in Fish Reproductive Physiology

edited by Walisson De Souza e Silva, Deliane Cristina Costa,

Wei Ge

and Raphael Nogueira Bahiense

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5042 | Submission Open

Keywords: reproduction; fish; endocrinology; gametogenesis; spawning; hormones; gonads; aquaculture; ovulation; spermatogenesis

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

Advances in Catfish Research

edited by

Liqiang Zhong

Kai Hao

Zhengyong Wen

and Shiyong Zhang

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 607 | Submission Open

Keywords: catfish; genetics; breeding; nutritional requirements; immunology; physiology and biochemistry; aquaculture techniques

Physiology and Aquaculture of Pearl-Producing Mollusks

edited by Pedro E. Saucedo

submission deadline 10 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture; marine mollusks; freshwater mollusks; physiology of pearl-producing mollusks; pearl culture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Invertebrates)

Trophic Ecology of Freshwater and Marine Fish Species

edited by Davide Cicala, Ying Xue, Kai Wang and

Rijin Jiang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5903 | Submission Open

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

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

Adaptation and Response of Fish to Environmental Changes

edited by Jie Li, Mingdian Liu and

Yaqiu Liu

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5421 | Submission Open

Keywords: eco-physiology; behavior monitoring; ecological adaptation; climate change; human activities

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

Biology and Culture of Marine Invertebrates

edited by

and

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1525 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine invertebrates; biology; aquaculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Invertebrates)

Seafood Products: Nutrients, Safety, and Sustainability

edited by

Giustino Tribuzi

and Marília Miotto

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 909 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish; mollusks; seafood processing; byproducts; nutritional quality; seafood bioactive compounds; contamination; microplastics; phycotoxins

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

Conservation and Population Genetics of Fishes

edited by Dongmei Xiong

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4521 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation of endangered fishes; genetic diversity; population genetics; species delimitation; population structure and genetic divergence; adaptive evolution; polygenic relationship; genome-wide data

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

Advancing Fish Nutrition Research for Sustainable Aquaculture

edited by Simon Das and Leo Nankervis

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2539 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish nutrition; alternative feed formulation; protein source optimization; sustainable aquaculture; essential amino acid; fishmeal; hepatic health; growth indices; digestion physiology; tropical species adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Nutrition and Feeding)

Molecular Mechanism of Fish Immune Response to Pathogens

edited by

Qiuning Liu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1461 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish; immune response; pathogens; omics; molecular mechanism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fish Pathology and Parasitology)

Parasites in Aquaculture

edited by Marine Combe

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: parasites; farmed aquatic animals; infections; prevalence; virulence; diversity; disease emergence; disease ecology; disease management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Fish Pathology and Parasitology)

Advances in Cytogenetics of Fish

edited by

Francisco Sassi

, Ricardo Utsunomia and

Tariq Ezaz

submission deadline 21 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: cytogenomics; sex chromosomes; B chromosomes; repetitive DNA; karyotype; chromosomal evolution

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

Intestinal Health of Aquatic Organisms

edited by Mao Lin,

Yunzhang Sun

and

Yibin Yang

submission deadline 25 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3443 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut health; gut microbiota; biodiversity; probiotics; prebiotics; postbiotics; bacteriophage; immune function; nutrient absorption; disease resistance

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

Building a Sustainable Future for Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture in a Time of Multiple Stressors

edited by

Ana Gavrilović

, Jurica Jug-Dujaković, Ivan Špelić and Tena Radočaj

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1528 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable aquaculture; aquaculture developments; freshwater aquaculture; sustainable inland fisheries; aquatic invasive species

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