| Ms | sahar | chebaane | Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | rodrigo | ozorio | CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Richard | Gregory | East Tennessee State University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Ricardo | Amils | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Spain | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Qiwei | Wei | Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Qian | LI | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Pierre | Auger | IRD | France | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Peter Teye | Busumprah | Ocean Rock Base and Ghana Ocean Climate Innovations Hub | Ghana | Young Scientist Award |
| Prof | PAULO | HORTA | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | Brazil | Outstanding Academic Achievement Award |
| Mr | Paul Michael Nii Anang | Okoee | Fugro GB North Marine Limited | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Paul | TADZONG MOUAFO | University of Dscjang, Cameroon | Cameroon | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Onur | Usta | National Defence University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | OLUFISAYO | OJO | DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nunzia | Limatola | Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn | Italy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nicolas | Ehemann | Instituto Politecnico Nacional | Mexico | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Negin | Salamat | Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology | Iran | Excellence Award (Any Scientific field) |
| 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 |
| Prof | Nadezhda S | K | Institute of Biophysics SB RAS | Russia | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mukhtar Muhammad | Abdullateef | Wuxi Fisheries College/Federal University Dutse | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award |