| Prof. Dr | Frederic | DEBEAUFORT | University of Burgundy | France | Academic Brilliance Recognition Award |
| Prof | Ali | Mehdinia | Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science | Iran | Academic Brilliance Recognition Award |
| Prof | Aires | Oliva-Teles | FCUP / CIIMAR | Portugal | Academic Brilliance Recognition Award |
| Prof. Dr | Alexander | Degtyarev | Saint-Petersburg State University | Russia | Best Paper Award |
| Prof | Long | Yu | Dalian University of Technology | China | Best Paper Award |
| Prof | Dimitrios | Moutopoulos | University of Patras | Greece | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Zhongchao | Zhao | Ocean University of China | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ziad | MAKSASSI | Nantes Univ | France | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Inyeong | Kwon | Chonnam National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Igor | Shugan | National Sun-Yat sen University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Manu | Madhavan | NATIONAL BUREAU OF FISH GENETIC RESOURCES | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Badreddine | SELLAMI | National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Changwei | Shao | Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, CAFS | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhihong | Yang | National Institutes of Health | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Maha | Elhini | The British University in Egypt | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | José | Pires | FEUP | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bhautik | Dave | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Lolo Wal | Marzan | Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram-4331, Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | GiHoon | Hong | IMBeR IPO-China/State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Khalid | Essa | Cairo University | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |