| Dr | Zhihong | Yang | National Institutes of Health | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Taeksang | Kim | University of Michigan | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Richard | Gregory | East Tennessee State University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dharmendra | Singh | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mahesh | Tapas | The Ohio State University | United States | Excellence in Research Award |
| Mr | Paul Michael Nii Anang | Okoee | Fugro GB North Marine Limited | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Abdulwahhab | Altinbas university | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Onur | Usta | National Defence University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | İsmail | Altın | Karadeniz Technical University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Badreddine | SELLAMI | National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Amal | Hentati | ENIG | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Asiya | Maskaeva | The University of Dodoma | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Julian | Ijumulana | University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Masoud | Ali | Zanzibar Fisheries and Marine Resources Research Institute | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Igor | Shugan | National Sun-Yat sen University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ming | Li | Wuhan University | Switzerland | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof | DSM | De Silva | Univesity of Kelaniya | Sri Lanka | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Antonio | Contreras de Villar | Universidad de Cádiz | Spain | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Ricardo | Amils | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Spain | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Inyeong | Kwon | Chonnam National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |