COMMITTEES
Scientific Committee
Professor Adem Yavuz Sönmez, Ph.D., Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye
Professor Adolfo Jatobá, Ph.D., Laboratório de Aquicultura,Instituto Federal Catarinense ˗ câmpus Araquari, Brazil
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 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 Delano Dias Shelder, Ph.D., Instituto Federal Catarinense, Câmpus Araquari, Brazil
Professor Delbert M. Gatlin, III Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology; Intercollegiate Faculty of Nutrition Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas 77843-2258
Professor Erkan Can, Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Türkiye
Professor Francesco Fazio, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata Department of Veterinary Sciences Messina, Italy
Professor Filiz Kutluyer Kocabaş, Ph.D., Fisheries Faculty, Tunceli, Munzur University, Türkiye
Professor Güzel Yücel Gier, Ph.D., Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, 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 Hakkı Dereli, Ph.D., Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Fisheries, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Türkiye
Profesör Hasan Hüseyin ATAR, Ph.D., Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, 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
Professo Giuila Guerriero, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Professor Giuilina Parisi, Ph.D. Department of Agriculture Food Environment and Forestry (DAGRI) – Section of Animal Sciences, Via delle Cascine, 5- 50144 Firenze
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 Mark L. Lawrence, D.V.M., Ph.D. William L. Giles, Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish Global Center for Aquatic Health and Food Security, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State, USA
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 Naim Sağlam, Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture Fisheries Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, 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 eng. Stela Georgieva, Ph.D, Department of Analytical chemistry at University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria
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
Victor Surugiu, Ph.D., Habil., Assiciate Professor, Faculty of Biology, Department of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
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 Ana Fuentes, Ph.D., Department of Food Technology, School of Agricultural Engineering and Environment, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Associate Professor Arumugam Sundaramanickam, PhD, Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, India
Associate Professor Fatma Öztürk Ph.D., Department of Fisheries and Seafood Processing Technology, Faculty of Fisheries, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Türkiye
Associate Professor Giulia Secci, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI), Università degli Studi di Firenze , Florence, Italy
Associate Professor Isabel Fernández-Segovia, Ph.D., Department of Food Technology, School of Agricultural Engineering and Environment, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain
Associate Professor Mahir Kanyılmaz, Ph.D., Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Ankara, Türkiye
Associate Professor Maria Cristina, Guerrera, PhD, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina Polo Universitario Annunziata 98168, Messina- Italy
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 Tran Ngoc Tuan, Ph.D., Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, China
Associate Professor Victor Simon Chandrasekaran, PhD., Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA), Chennai, India
Assistant Professsor Patricio De Los Ríos-Escalante, Ph.D., Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
Associate Professor Dilruba Seyhan Öztürk, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries, University of İzmir Katip Çelebi, Türkiye
Associate 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 Professor Haşim Sömek, Ph.D., Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Basic Sciences, Izmir Katip Celebi University, 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
Assistant Professor Erhan Can PhD, Ankara Science University, Faculty of Law, 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. 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
Dumitru Murariu, Ph.D., Vice-president of the Romanian Academy, Romania
Dan Cogălniceanu, Ph.D., Professor, Corresponding member of the Romanian Academy, Ovidius University of Costanța, Romania
Laurenția Ungureanu, Corresponding member of Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Professor, Dr. habilitatus, Director of the Institute of Zoology, Moldova State University, Republic of Moldova
Luis Ovidiu Popa, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, General Director of the “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, Romania
Bella Japoshvili, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ilia State University, Institute of Zoology, Tbilisi, Georgia
Levan Mumladze, Ph.D., Professor, Ilia State University, Director of the Institute of Zoology, Tbilisi, Georgia
Marine Dallakyan, Ph.D., Lead Researcher at Scientific Center of Zoology and Hydroecology of National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia
Vardan Asatryan, Ph.D., Head of the scientific group for the Study of Aquatic Ecosystem Services at Institute of Hydroecology and Ichthyology of SCZHE NAS RA, Yerevan, Armenia
Victor Kulesh, Ph.D., Professor, Faculty of General Biology. Belarus State Pedagogical University, Minsk, Belarus
Diana Cupșa, Ph.D., Professor, University of Oradea, Romania
Ilie Telcean, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Oradea, Romania
Dorel Ureche, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Bacău, Romania
Marian Tudor, General director of the Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, Tulcea, Romania
Doru Bănăduc, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania
International Organizing and Steering Committee
Adem Yavuz Sönmez, Ph.D., Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye
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-Alin Barbacariu, Ph.D., Director of the Research and Development Station for Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
Cristian Carboni, Industrie De Nora Spa, Via Bistolfi 35 – 20134, Milan, Italy
Dana Andreea Șerban, Ph.D., Research and Development Station for Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
Dragoș Lucian Gorgan, Ph.D., Habil., Professor, Faculty of Biology, Department of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
Filiz Kutluyer Kocabas, Ph.D., Department of Fisheries and Processing, Fisheries Faculty, Tunceli, Munzur University, Türkiye
Hakkı Dereli, Ph.D., Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Fisheries, Department of Fisheries, Izmir, Türkiye
Hasan Hüseyin ATAR, Ph.D., Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye
Giuila Guerriero, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Giulia Secci, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI), Università degli Studi di Firenze , Florence, Italy
Giuilina Parisi, Ph.D. Department of Agriculture Food Environment and Forestry (DAGRI) – Section of Animal Sciences, Via delle Cascine, 5- 50144 Firenze
Kim Thompson, Ph.D., Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0PZ, Scotland, U.K.
Lenuța Dîrvariu, Senior biologist, Research and Development Station for Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
Marian Burducea, Ph.D., Research and Development Station for Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
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
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 University
Narcisa Bandarra, Ph.D. Head of the Aquaculture, Valorization and Bioprospecting Division, Department of Sea and Marine Resources, Portuguese Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere, Algés Lisboa, Portugal
Naim Saglam, Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture Fisheries Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Türkiye
Platon Cătălin, President of ROMFISH, National Fish Farmers Association, Iași, Romania
Paran Gani, Ph.D., School of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Integrated Life Sciences, Quest International University, Malaysia
Safak Seyhaneyildiz Can, Ph.D., Dokuz Eylül University Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, Izmir, Türkiye
Stela Georgieva, Ph.D, Department of Analytical chemistry at University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Victor Surugiu, Ph.D., Habil., Assiciate Professor, Faculty of Biology, Department of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, 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
Alexandru Bogdan Stache, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Biology, Department of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
Alexandra Țibichi, Ph.D student, Research and Development Station for Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
Cosmin Dumitru Horaicu, Ph.D. student., Faculty of Biology, Department of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
Keriman Yürüten Özdemir, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Food Engineering, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Türkiye
Deniz Çira, Ph.D(c), Research Assistant, Department of Aquatic Animal Diseases, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
General Coordinator
Professor Erkan Can, Ph.D., Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries, Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Türkiye
President
Dragoș Lucian Gorgan, Ph.D., Habil., Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Department of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
Honorary President
Liviu-George Maha, Ph.D., Professor, Habil., Rector of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania