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Biodiversity and Spatial Distribution of Fishes, Second Edition

edited by

Heng Zhang

, Ying Xue and Luoliang Xu

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9313 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish biodiversity; spatial– temporal dynamics; fish community; environmental impact factors; climate change; species distribution; eDNA; ecological modelling; community structure

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

Genetics and Breeding of Fishes

edited by Wuhui Li

submission deadline 10 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1668 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish breeding techniques; reproduction; genetics and genomics; sustainable aquaculture

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

Toxicology of Anthropogenic Pollutants on Fish

edited by

Zhongdian Dong

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9436 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropogenic pollutants; fish toxicology; aquatic ecosystems; organic pollutants; microplastics; trace elements; environmental protection

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

Advances in Carp: Genetic Improvement and Biotechnology

edited by

Jun Jiang

Xuan Xie

and Kaiqi Lian

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1325 | Submission Open

Keywords: carp; genome mining; gene function; genetic breeding; gene editing; xenotransplantation; germplasm preservation; spermatogenesis; disease diagnosis and control

Advances in Shrimp Physiology and Genomics

edited by

Zhongkai Wang

and Yuquan Li

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 396 | Submission Open

Keywords: crustaceans; shrimp; aquaculture; physiology; genomics; genetics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Invertebrates)

Molecular Mechanisms of Fish Immune Response

edited by

Zhujin Ding

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animals; fish; immune system; immune response; host-pathogens interactions; molecular mechanisms

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

Fish Fossils: Paleontology’s Window to the Past

edited by

Tuo Qiao

submission deadline 18 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: paleoichthyology; phylogeny; evolution; paleoenvironment; imaging and analytical techniques

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

Applications of Hydroacoustic Technology to Marine Ecology and Fisheries

edited by Xiaoqin Zang and Leif Rasmuson

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 164 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydroacoustic technology; aquatic ecology; acoustic telemetry; passive acoustic monitoring; fish passage; hydropower; offshore wind; marine hydrokinetic energy; acoustic surveys

Welfare and Stressor in Aquaculture: Mechanisms, Management, and Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Kai Zhang

and Guangjun Wang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animal welfare; sustainable aquaculture; physiological and behavioral responses; smart aquaculture technologies

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

Effects of New Environmental Pollutants on Aquatic Ecosystems and Species

edited by

Shan Liu

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: environment pollutants; aquatic organisms; bioaccumulation; biomagnification; effects toxicity; marine animals; aquatic ecosystem

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

Advances in the Application of Microalgae in Aquaculture

edited by Yihong Zheng and

Wujie Xu

submission deadline 28 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: microalgae; sustainable aquaculture; aquafeed; fish nutrition; omega-3 fatty acids; protein alternatives; bioactive compounds; aquatic animal health; feed technology; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Aquaculture)

Aquatic Ecotoxicology: Field and Laboratory Approaches

edited by Yuri Dornelles Zebral

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4797 | 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)

Vantage Points in the Morphology of Aquatic Organisms

edited by Peter S. Johnston

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1475 | Submission Open

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

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

Impact of Plastic and Fiber Pollution on Aquatic Animals

edited by

Fabiola Lango-Reynoso

María Del Refugio Castañeda-Chávez

and Angel Moran-Silva

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic organisms; aquatic systems; emerging contaminants; microplastic; fiber; aquaculture; fischeries; aquatic health; safety

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

Ecological Aquaculture and Disease Prevention and Control

edited by Yichao Ren and Chunyan Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological aquaculture; environmental factor; disease control; antibiotic alternatives; sustainable aquaculture; stress; adaptation; environmental acclimatization

Stress Ecology of Aquatic Animals

edited by

Albena Alexandrova

and Nesho H. Chipev

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptation and resilience; aquatic pollution; climate change impacts; environmental stressors; marine ecophysiology; multi-stressor interactions

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

Age Determination of Aquatic Animals

edited by Raouf W. Kilada

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2304 | Submission Open

Keywords: age; validation; growth; shells; cephalopod; echinoderms; crustaceans; fish

Sustainable Aquaculture and Seafood Production

edited by

Ewen Mclean

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 139 | Submission Open

Keywords: governance; economic viability; climate change; social well-being; environmental impact; feed ingredients; animal health and welfare; engineering; product quality; automation

Fish Disease Prevention: Immune Defense and Vaccine Development

edited by

Rongrong Ma

and

Yongxiang Yu

submission deadline 10 May 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish disease prevention; immune mechanisms; vaccine development; diagnostics and biosecurity; aquaculture

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

Fish Farming in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems

edited by Baoliang Liu and Wenyang Li

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5045 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Aquaculture)

Germplasm Resources and Genetic Breeding of Aquatic Animals

edited by

Yang Liu

and

Yongsheng Tian

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2301 | 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)

Evolutionary Biology of Aquatic Animals

edited by

and

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine organism; population genetics; biological diversity; adaptative evolution; conservation genetics; phylogeny

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

Physiological and Behavioral Studies in Aquaculture

edited by

Zhishuai Hou

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture; physiology; behavior; stress response; metabolism; neuroendocrine regulation; nutrition; welfare; environmental adaptation; sustainable aquaculture

Green Sustainable Aquaculture and Environmental Control

edited by Guangjun Wang,

Xiangli Tian

, Kai Zhang and

Jie Wang

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable aquaculture; environment regulation; environment restoration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Aquaculture)

Nutritional Modulation of Brain Function and Behavior in Aquatic Animals

edited by

Helen Miliou

and

Aristeidis Tsopelakos

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: fatty acids; n-3 LC-PUFA; fish nutrition; neurotransmitters; brain physiology; stress response; fish welfare; sustainable aquafeeds; alternative lipids; valorization of discards

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

Fish Nutrition and Immunology

edited by

Ming Li

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5796 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish; nutrition; immunity; immune additives

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

Microbial Pathogens, Disease Control and Veterinary Drug Use in Aquaculture

edited by

Haipeng Cao

Yibin Yang

and Yali Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2395 | Submission Open

Keywords: diseases; pathogens; control; aquaculture

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

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

edited by

André Martins Vaz-Dos-Santos

and

Estevan Luiz da Silveira

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 852 | Submission Open

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

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

Zooplankton Production Applied to Aquaculture

edited by

Ricardo Vieira Rodrigues

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 316 | 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)

Advances in Integrated Rice-Fish Farming

edited by Zongjun Du and Dongjie Wang

submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: rice– fish co-culture system; integrated aquaculture; nutrient cycling; microbial community dynamics; heavy metal accumulation; microplastic accumulation; climate-resilient farming; sustainable agriculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Sustainable Aquaculture)

Impact of Climate Change and Adverse Environments on Aquaculture

edited by

Yiran Hou

Bin Wen

and

Linjun Zhou

submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1423 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; adverse environments; aquaculture; environmental microbes; environmental pollution; new pollutants

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

Freshwater Fishes: Taxonomic Diversity, Conservation Concerns, and Future Directions

edited by Luisa Maria Sarmento-Soares

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: taxonomy; conservation genetics; connectivity; freshwater biodiversity; habitat restoration; climate change; population viability; invasive species management; environmental DNA; adaptive management; threat assessment

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

Use of Essential Oils in Aquaculture

edited by

Ronald Kennedy Luz

and

Bernardo Baldisserotto

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4341 | Submission Open

Keywords: welfare; safe management; transportation; growth; anesthetic; stress

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

The Hidden Network: Trophic Interactions in Marine Ecosystems

edited by

Cristina Andolina

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: stable isotopes; isotopic niche; fish tropic ecology; invasive species; habitat use; coastal/marine ecosystem; Mediterranean Sea

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

Feed Additives in Fish and Shellfish Farming

edited by

Yaopeng Lu

and Ping Wu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animal nutrition; feed additive; immunity; nutritional physiology; disease resistance

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

Physiological Responses of Fish to Stressors

edited by Xiaohong Liu

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

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

Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Aquatic Mammals

edited by

Zhitao Wang

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: passive acoustic monitoring (PAM); bioacoustics; cetaceans; marine mammal; communication; anthropogenic noise; automated detection; conservation bioacoustics; soundscape ecology

Life in Layers: Age and Growth of Fishes

edited by Antonela Sovulj and

Branko Dragičević

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish growth; age determination; growth modeling; life-history traits; fisheries management; environmental drivers; anthropogenic impacts

(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 15 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2148 | 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)

Sustainable Bivalve Mollusks Aquaculture

edited by Maoxiao Peng

submission deadline 17 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: bivalve breeding; bivalve genetic resources; physiological and molecular response; environmental adaptation; omics analyses; bivalve disease; climate changes in bivalves; biosecurity in bivalve aquaculture; bivalve health and habitat maintenance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aquatic Invertebrates)

The Roles of Fishery Biology and Fish Population Dynamics in Fisheries Management—2nd Edition

edited by

Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1447 | Submission Open

Keywords: fishery biology; fish population dynamics; fishing ecology; stock assessment; data-limited fisheries management; fishery resource management; artisanal fishing; coastal fishing; fishing in protected areas

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

Recent Advances in Nutrition and Metabolic Regulation of Fish

edited by

Hongyan Li

, Yulong Gong and Wenjie Xu

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1070 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish nutrition; metabolic adaptation; functional feed additives; novel feed ingredients

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

Effects of Feed and Supplementation on the Metabolism, Microbiota and Immune Response of Fish

edited by

Dariel Tovar-Ramı́rez

and Andressa Teles

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: feed additives; microbiota; aquafeeds; metabolism; immunology

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

Functional Gene Analysis and Genomic Technologies in Aquatic Animals

edited by

Hailiang Song

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: genomic selection; genome-wide association study (GWAS); selection signature; candidate gene identification; genome editing; functional gene validation; multi-omics integration; quantitative genetics; molecular breeding; aquatic genomics; sustainable aquaculture

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

Engineering Solutions for Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture and Fisheries

edited by Changtao Guan,

Gang Wang

and

Yuyan Li

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquaculture engineering; offshore aquaculture; aquaculture equipment; fishery engineering; fishing gear

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

Impacts of Environmental Stressors on Aquatic Animals: Mechanisms, Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies

edited by Yuhang Hong,

Cong Zhang

, Xiaozhen Yang, Liulan Zhao, Xiaowen Long and

Meimei Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: pesticides; aquatic toxicology; oxidative stress; antioxidative signaling pathways; functional diet; natural antioxidants

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

Metabolomics in Marine Invertebrate Aquaculture

edited by

Zhaoshou Ran

and

Fei Kong

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolomics; marine invertebrates; aquaculture; physiological response; stress adaptation; nutritional metabolism; biomarker discovery; omics integration

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

Ornamental Fish

edited by Zaizhong Chen

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: ornamental fish; molecular biology and genetics; reproduction and breeding; nutrition and feed; water regulation

Studies on Age, Growth and Reproduction of Fishes

edited by

Rosalia Ferreri

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish reproduction; fish growth; age; otolith; gonad maturity; spawning ecology; length at maturity; age at maturity

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

Top Predators Under Climate Extremes: Assessing Habitat Dynamics in Marginal Seas

edited by Wenbo Yang, Xiaomei Wang and Peng Lian

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: continental shelf fisheries; habitat modelling; eXplainable AI (XAI); top predators; marine mammals

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

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