Scientific Committee

Professor Addison Lawrence, Ph.D., Texas A&M Univemarrsity System, 10345 Hwy 44, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78406, USA

Professor Adolfo Jatobá, Ph.D., Laboratório de Aquicultura,Instituto Federal Catarinense ˗ câmpus Araquari, Brazil

Professor Ahmet Karataş, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Niğde University, Nigde, Türkiye

Professor Aliakbar Hedayati, Ph.D., Agricultural Science and Natural Resources Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan, Iran

Professor Altan LÖK, Ph.D., Department of Fisheries and Seafood Processing Technology,  Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye

Professor Aynur LÖK, Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries Faculty, Ege University, Izmir,Türkiye

Professor Aysel Çağlan Günal, Ph.D., Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Gazi Education, Gazi University, Teknikokullar, Ankara, Turkey

Professor Brian Austin, Ph.D., Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland, U.K.

Professor Carlos Andres  Mendes Ruis, PhD, Departamento de Acuicultura, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Professor Christian E.W. Steinberg,  Ph.D., Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Professor Delano Dias Shelder, Ph.D., Instituto Federal Catarinense, Câmpus Araquari, Brazil

Professor Erkan Can, Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries,  Izmir Katip Celebi University,  Izmir, Türkiye

Professor Ertan Taşkavak, Ph.D., Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Basic Sciences, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye

Professor Francesco Fazio, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata Department of Veterinary Sciences Messina, Italy

Professor Fulya Benzer, Ph.D., Department of Food Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Munzur University, Tunceli, Türkiye

Professor George Kehaiyas, Ph.D. Department of Food Science & Technology, University of Patras, Agrinio, Greece

Professor George Koumoundouros, PhD., Biology Department, University of Crete, Greece

Professor  Gökdeniz Neşer, Ph.D., Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Izmir, Türkiye

Professor Gülgün Şengör, Ph.D.,  Department of Fisheries and Seafood Processing Technology, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences,   Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Professor Hakkı Dereli, Ph.D., Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Fisheries,  Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Türkiye

Professor Halil Şen, Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture, Fisheries Faculty, Ege University, Izmir,Türkiye

Professor Hülya Turan, PhD., Department of Fish Processing Technology, Fisheries Faculty, Sinop University, Sinop, Turkey

Professor Ilker Zeki Kurtoglu, Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries,  Recep Tayyip Erdogan University,  Rize, Türkiye

Professor Ivonne Lozano,  PhD, Departamento de Producción Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Professor Jack Crockett, Ph.D.,  Texas A&M University System, 10345 Hwy 44, Corpus Christi, Texas 78406, USA

Professor Jaro O. Ajik, Ph.D.  College of Fisheries, Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines

Professor Jürgen Geist, Ph.D.,  Aquatic Systems Biology, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Professor Kim Thompson, Ph.D.,  Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0PZ, Scotland

Professor Laura López Greco, PhD., University of Buenos Aires y IBBEA, CONICET-UBA, Argentina

Professor Margaret Crumlish, PhD, MSc., BSc., University of Stirling, Scotland, FK9 4LA

Professor Mehmet Kocabaş, Ph.D.,  Faculty of Forestry, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye

Professor Mohamed Salah AZAZA, PhD, Aquaculture Laboratory, National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Tunis, Tunisia

Professor Murat Balaban, Ph.D. of Chemical and Materials Engineering (retired), Chair of Food Process Engineering,  University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand 

Professor Mustafa Alpaslan, Ph.D., Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Basic Sciences, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Türkiye

Professor Naim Sağlam, Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture Fisheries Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Türkiye

Professor Nil Kula Değirmenci, Ph.D., Dokuz Eylül University, Marine Sciences and Technology, Izmir, Türkiye

Professor Olena V. Honcharova, Ph.D., Faculty of Fisheries and Natural Use, Department of Bioresources and Aquaculture, Kherson State Agrarian-Economic University, Ukraine

Professor  Parrino Vincenzo, Ph.D., Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Professor Refaat Al Gamal, Ph.D., Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt

Professor  Sabrine Boucetta Ph.D., Department of Natural and life sciences, university of 20 August 1955, Skikda, Algeria.

Professor Serge Utevsky, Ph.D., Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Professor Xiao-Hua Zhang, Ph.D., College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, China

Professor Veysel Aysel, Ph.D. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Türkiye

Professor Volkan Kızak, Ph.D., Munzur Üniversity, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Aquaculture, Tunceli, Türkiye

Professor Vladimir Pešić, Ph.D., Faculy of Science and Mathematics, University of Montenegro, Podgorica- Montenegro

Professor Yannis Kotzamanis, Ph.D., Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology, and Aquaculture, Greece

Professor Yusuf Bozkurt, PhD., Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, İskenderun Technical University, Hatay, Türkiye

Professor Zainal A. Muchlisin, Ph.D. Faculty of Marine and Fisheries, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Associate  Professor Abd El-Rahman A. Khattaby, Senior Researcher, Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research Center, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt

Associate Professor Adem Yavuz Sönmez, Ph.D.,  Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Türkiye

Associate Professor Arumugam Sundaramanickam, PhD, Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, India

Assoc. Prof. Ebru Yılmaz, Ph.D.,  Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Aydin, Türkiye

Associate Professor Fatma Öztürk Ph.D., Department of Fisheries and Seafood Processing Technology, Faculty of Fisheries,  Izmir Katip Celebi University,  Izmir, Türkiye

Associate Professor Filiz Kutluyer Kocabaş, Ph.D., Fisheries Faculty, Tunceli, Munzur University, Türkiye

Associate Professor Güzel Yücel Gier, Ph.D., Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Türkiye

Associate Professor Lütfi Tolga GÖNÜL, Ph.D., Dokuz Eylül University Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Izmir, Türkiye

Associate Professor Mahir Kanyılmaz, Ph.D.,  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Ankara, Türkiye

Associate Professor Paran Gani, PhD, School of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Integrated Life Sciences, Quest International University, Malaysia

Associate Professor Shahram Dadgar, Ph.D., Head of Department at Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, Iran

Associate Professor Sheila Mae S. Santander-de Leon, Ph.D. Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanology, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, Iloilo, Philippines

Associate Professor Safak Seyhaneyildiz Can, Ph.D., Dokuz Eylül University Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Izmir, Türkiye

Associate Professor Saniye Turk Culha, Ph.D., Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Basic Sciences, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Türkiye

Associate Professor Sharon N. Nuñal, Ph.D., Institute of Fish Processing Technology, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences University of the Philippines Visayas, Philippines

Associate Professor Sevim Hamzaçebi, Ph.D., Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Aquaculture, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Türkiye

Associate Professor Şule Gürkan, Ph.D.,  Ege University Faculty of Fisheries Marine and Inland Waters Sciences and Technology Department, Fisheries Biology Section Bornova, İzmir Türkiye

Associate Professor Tran Ngoc Tuan, Ph.D.,  Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, China

Associate Professor Victor Surugiu, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iaşi, Romania

Associate Professor Victor Simon Chandrasekaran, PhD., Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA), Chennai, India

Assistant Professor Serpil Serdar, Ph.D.,  Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye

Assistant Professor Baki Aydın, Ph.D.,  Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Türkiye

Assistant Professor Dilruba Seyhan Öztürk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries, University of İzmir Katip Çelebi, Türkiye

Assistant Professor Parviz Zare, Ph.D., Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

Assistant  Professor Rey C. Villanueva, Ph.D. College of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Iloilo State College of Fisheries, Iloilo, Philippines

Assistant Professor Haşim Sömek, Ph.D., Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Basic Sciences, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Türkiye

Assistant Professor Mohammad Gholizadeh, Ph.D., Hydrobiology and Water Pollution, Department of Fisheries, Gonbad Kavous University, Iran

Associate Professor Tuğçe Şensurat Genç, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries and Fish Processing,
Faculty of Fisheries, University of Izmir Katip Çelebi, Izmir, Türkiye

Assistant Prof. Keriman Yürüten Özdemir, Ph.D.,  Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Food Engineering, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Türkiye

Assistant Professor Albaris B. Tahiluddin,  College of Fisheries, Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines

Assistant Professor Ali Parsa, Department of clinical sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, IAU, Iran

Dr. Altuğ Atalay, Ph.D.,  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Ankara, Türkiye

Dr. Canella Radea, Ph.D., Section of Ecology and Taxonomy, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

Dr. David Izquierdo-Gomez, PhD., Marine Sciences,  NOFIMA Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, Norway

Dr. Esin Ozcicek, Ph.D., Munzur University, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Aquaculture, Tunceli, Türkiye

Dr. Francesc Padros, Ph.D., Animal Biology Unit, Veterinary Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Dr. Kies Fatima, Ph.D., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Dr. Martin Wilkes, PhD., School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

Dr. Melba B. Reantaso, Ph.D. NFIMF: Food Safety, Nutrition and Health, Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Foof and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy

Dr. Mohamad Saupi Ismail,  Ph.D. Fisheries Research Institute, Department of Fisheries Malaysia, Batu Maung, 11960 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Dr. Övgü Gençer, Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye

Dr. Stefano Carboni, Ph.D., IMC International Marine Centre, Oristano, Italy

Dr. Wojciech Andrzejewski, Ph.D., Department of Zoology, Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Laboratory, University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Dr. Cristian Carboni,  Industrie De Nora Spa, Via Bistolfi 35 – 20134 Milan, Italy 

Dr. Victoria Alday, Sanz, Ph.D.,  NAQUA,  Director of Biosecurity, R&D and Breeding Programs, Saudi Arabia 

International Organizing and Steering Committee

Addison Lawrence, Ph.D., Texas A&M University System, 10345 Hwy 44, Corpus Christi, Texas 78406, USA

Aliakbar Hedayati, Ph.D., Agricultural Science and Natural Resources Faculty of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

Altuğ Atalay,  Ph.D.,  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Ankara, Türkiye

Brian Austin, Ph.D., Institute of aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, U.K.

Christian E.W. Steinberg, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Cristian Carboni, Industrie De Nora Spa, Via Bistolfi 35 – 20134, Milan, Italy

Delano Dias Shelder, Ph.D., Instituto Federal Catarinense, Câmpus Araquari, Brazil

Erkan Can PhD., İzmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Aquaculture, Izmir, Türkiye

Filiz Kutluyer Kocabas, Ph.D.,  Department of Fisheries and Processing, Fisheries Faculty, Tunceli, Munzur University, Türkiye

Gulgun Sengor, Ph.D., Faculty of Aquatic Sciences, Department of Fisheries and Seafood Processing Technology, Division of Food Safety, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Hakkı Dereli, Ph.D., Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Fisheries, Izmir, Türkiye

Kim Thompson, Ph.D., Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0PZ, Scotland, U.K.

Mark L. Lawrence, D.V.M., Ph.D. Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish Global Center for Aquatic Health and Food Security College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State, USA

Mahir Kanyılmaz, Ph.D.,  Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Ankara, Türkiye

Melba B. Reantaso, Ph.D., NFIMF: Food Safety, Nutrition and Health, Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Mehmet Kocabas, Ph.D., Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Management, Trabzon, Türkiye

Mohammad Gholizadeh, Ph.D., Hydrobiology and Water Pollution, Department of Fisheries, Gonbad Kavous Universit

Naim Saglam, Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture Fisheries Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Türkiye

Ozgur Altan,  Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries,  Ege University,  Izmir, Türkiye

Paran Gani, Ph.D., School of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Integrated Life Sciences, Quest International University, Malaysia

Rey Y. Capangpangan, Ph.D., Director for International Affairs and Linkages and Faculty, College of Marine and Allied Sciences (CMAS), Mindanao State University at Naawan, Philiphines

Safak Seyhaneyildiz Can, Ph.D., Dokuz Eylül University Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Izmir, Türkiye

Victor Surugiu, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iaşi, Romania

Victoria Alday-Sanz, Ph.D.,  NAQUA,  Director of Biosecurity, R&D and Breeding Programs, Saudi Arabia

Volkan Kızak, Ph.D., Munzur Üniversity, Fisheries Faculty, Department of Aquaculture, Tunceli, Türkiye

Zainal A. Muchlisin, Ph.D. Faculty of Marine and Fisheries, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia

Secretariat