| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Qian | LI | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hui | Zhao | Guangdong Ocean University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Eugen-Victor-Cristian | RUSU | 'Dunarea de Jos' University of Galati, | Romania | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Onur | Usta | National Defence University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Inyeong | Kwon | Chonnam National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nicolas | Ehemann | Instituto Politecnico Nacional | Mexico | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Richard | Gregory | East Tennessee State University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Julian | Ijumulana | University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mohammad | Nabizadeh | AmirKabir University, Tehran | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Amal | Hentati | ENIG | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Zaharaddeen Karami | Lawal | Universiti Brunei Darussalam | Brunei Darrussalam | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Daria | Semikolennykh | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Dharmendra | Singh | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | José Amorim | Reis-Filho | Universidade Federal da Bahia | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mukhtar Muhammad | Abdullateef | Wuxi Fisheries College/Federal University Dutse | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Antonio | Contreras de Villar | Universidad de Cádiz | Spain | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Igor | Shugan | National Sun-Yat sen University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nunzia | Limatola | Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn | Italy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Zacharie | SOHOU | Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB) & University of Abomey-Calavi | Benin | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shirin | Fassihi | University of Vienna | Austria | Best Researcher Award |