| Dr | Mohamed F. | Abdel-Aziz | Arish University, Egypt | Egypt | Best Scholar Award |
| Mr | Mukhtar Muhammad | Abdullateef | Wuxi Fisheries College/Federal University Dutse | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Abdulwahhab | Altinbas university | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Adeeba | Al-Hurban | Kuwait University | Kuwait | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mohammad Jahangir | Alam | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Masoud | Ali | Zanzibar Fisheries and Marine Resources Research Institute | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | İsmail | Altın | Karadeniz Technical University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Ricardo | Amils | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Spain | 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 |
| Ms | sahar | chebaane | Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Antonio | Contreras de Villar | Universidad de Cádiz | Spain | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lorenzo | Corgnati | CNR-ISMAR | Italy | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Ana | Couto | FCUP / CIIMAR | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bhautik | Dave | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | DSM | De Silva | Univesity of Kelaniya | Sri Lanka | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Frederic | DEBEAUFORT | University of Burgundy | France | Academic Brilliance Recognition Award |
| Prof. Dr | Alexander | Degtyarev | Saint-Petersburg State University | Russia | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Sukhendu | Dey | The University of Burdwan | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Haozhen | Ding | Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award |