| Prof. Dr | GUNBAEK | SO | Mokpo National Maritime University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dharmendra | Singh | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Igor | Shugan | National Sun-Yat sen University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Dongmin | Shin | Gyeongsang National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Changwei | Shao | Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Daria | Semikolennykh | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Badreddine | SELLAMI | National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Natalya | Salikova | Abay Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau University | Kazakhstan | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Inusah | Salifu | University of Ghana | Ghana | Excellence in Research |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Ahmed | Saleh | Alexandria University | Egypt | Excellence in Academia Award |
| Prof | Negin | Salamat | Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology | Iran | Excellence Award (Any Scientific field) |
| Prof Dr | Eugen-Victor-Cristian | RUSU | 'Dunarea de Jos' University of Galati, | Romania | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | José Amorim | Reis-Filho | Universidade Federal da Bahia | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jianguang | Qin | Flinders University | Australia | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Gabriel-Ionut | Plavan | ”Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Romania | Romania | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | José | Pires | FEUP | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | rodrigo | ozorio | CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kyaw Than | Oo | Nanjing University of Information of Science and Technology | Myanmar | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Elijah | Onojowho | University of Nigeria, Nsukka | Nigeria | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof | Aires | Oliva-Teles | FCUP / CIIMAR | Portugal | Academic Brilliance Recognition Award |