Aim

Aquaculture Scientific aims to make high-quality international research on aquaculture and fisheries openly available. The journal serves researchers, extension officers, hatchery managers, veterinarians, engineers and policy readers.

Scope

Work may be disciplinary, interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary, provided it is relevant to the science, practice or governance of aquaculture and capture fisheries. Laboratory, pond, cage, hatchery, wild-capture, modelling and social-science designs are all in scope.

• Culture systems for fish, crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms, amphibians and aquatic plants
• Nutrition, feeds, ingredients and feeding regimes
• Health, immunology, diagnostics and welfare
• Genetics, genomics, breeding and reproduction
• Water quality, environmental carrying capacity and climate risk
• Fishing gear, stock assessment and small-scale fisheries
• Post-harvest technology, safety and value chains
• Economics, labour, gender and public policy

Manuscripts are accepted in English only. All article types listed on the article-types page are eligible.