| Mr | Ziad | MAKSASSI | Nantes Univ | France | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Inyeong | Kwon | Chonnam National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Igor | Shugan | National Sun-Yat sen University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Manu | Madhavan | NATIONAL BUREAU OF FISH GENETIC RESOURCES | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Badreddine | SELLAMI | National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Changwei | Shao | Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhihong | Yang | National Institutes of Health | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Maha | Elhini | The British University in Egypt | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | José | Pires | FEUP | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bhautik | Dave | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Lolo Wal | Marzan | Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram-4331, Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | GiHoon | Hong | IMBeR IPO-China/State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Khalid | Essa | Cairo University | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chuan | Wang | China University of Petroleum (East China) | China | Best Researcher 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 |
| Dr | Lorenzo | Corgnati | CNR-ISMAR | Italy | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | SeungHyun | Lee | KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SHIPS& OCEAN ENGINEERING | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Natalya | Salikova | Abay Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau University | Kazakhstan | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Natália | Luptáková | Institute of Physics of Materials, AVČR | Czech Republic | Best Researcher Award |