| Mr | Paul Michael Nii Anang | Okoee | Fugro GB North Marine Limited | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | OLUFISAYO | OJO | DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mohammad | Nabizadeh | AmirKabir University, Tehran | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Dimitrios | Moutopoulos | University of Patras | Greece | Best Paper Award |
| Ms | Helena | Monteiro | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto | Portugal | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Sarat | Mohapatra | Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), Instituto Superior Técnico | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Bala | Mohan | Department of Environmental Sciences, Bharathiar University | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Ali | Mehdinia | Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science | Iran | Academic Brilliance Recognition Award |
| Prof Dr | Sahar | Mehanna | National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF) | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Asiya | Maskaeva | The University of Dodoma | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Lolo Wal | Marzan | Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram-4331, Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anderson José | Maraschin | PUCRS | Brazil | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Ziad | MAKSASSI | Nantes Univ | France | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Manu | Madhavan | NATIONAL BUREAU OF FISH GENETIC RESOURCES | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Saint Bickolard | Mabicka Iwangou | IRAF/CENAREST | Gabon | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Natália | Luptáková | Institute of Physics of Materials, AVČR | Czech Republic | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Guangming | Lu | Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Shasha | Liu | Univsrsity of Science and Technology Beijing | China | Best Scholar Award |
| Dr | Nunzia | Limatola | Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn | Italy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Boyu | Liao | Dalian Maritime University | China | Best Researcher Award |