| Ms | sahar | chebaane | Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Peter Teye | Busumprah | Ocean Rock Base and Ghana Ocean Climate Innovations Hub | Ghana | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof. Dr | Pierre | Auger | IRD | France | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Ricardo | Amils | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Spain | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | İsmail | Altın | Karadeniz Technical University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Masoud | Ali | Zanzibar Fisheries and Marine Resources Research Institute | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohammad Jahangir | Alam | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Adeeba | Al-Hurban | Kuwait University | Kuwait | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Abdulwahhab | Altinbas university | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mukhtar Muhammad | Abdullateef | Wuxi Fisheries College/Federal University Dutse | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohamed F. | Abdel-Aziz | Arish University, Egypt | Egypt | Best Scholar Award |