International Journal of Aquaculture

Beaven Utete, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Department of Wildlife and Safari Management, P Bag 7724, off Chirundu Road, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, Christabel Sithabile Tsotsonga

Jian Guan¹, 1 Healthy mariculture engineering research center of Shandong Province, Mari-culture Institute of Shandong Province, Qingdao 266002, P.R. China<br> 2 South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510300, P.R. China , Zhenhua Ma², Yongyun Zheng¹, Shuguang Guan¹, Chenglin Li¹, Hongjun Liu¹

Nikar Chandra Howlader¹, 1 Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, FAO, Bangladesh<br> 2 National Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant, FAO, Bangladesh, Kalam Abul²

Zhenhua Ma^1,2, Huayang Guo^1,2, Nan Zhang^1,2, Zemin Bai³, 1 South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Guangzhou 510300, China<br> 2 Key laboratory of South China Sea Fishery Rescources Exploitation and Utilization, Ministry of Agriculature, Guangzhou, 510300, China<br> 3 School of Applied Science, Temasek Polytechnic, 21 Tampines Avenue 1, 529757, Singapore

Fidelis Bekeh Ada, Ezekiel Olatunji Ayotunde, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Cross River University of Technology, Obubra Campus, Nigeria

Kassaye Balkew Workagegn, Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Hawassa University, P.O. Box 5, Hawassa, Ethiopia

Abdul Haris¹, Ario Damar², Dietriech Bengen², Fredinan Yulianda², 1. Muhammadiyah University of Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia<br> 2. Graduate School of Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

Benjamin Onozeyi Dimowo, Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, College of Environmental Resources Management, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria

Nida Ismat¹, 1 University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan<br> 2 Bahul-Din-Zikryia University, Multan, Pakistan , Muhammad Ashraf¹, Muhammad Naeem², Muhammad Hafeez ur Rehman¹

Nifty John, Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, School of Marine Sciences, Lakeside Campus, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin-682 016, Kerala, India, Mohamed Hatha Abdulla

Joseph Onyango Luomba, Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute P.O Box 475, Mwanza, Tanzania

Majid Abdul Aziz Bannai, Aquaculture and marine fisheries, marine science center, Basrah University, Iraq

P. Rajakumaran¹, B. Vaseeharan¹, V. Anita Yeshvadha², 1 Crustacean Molecular Biology and Genomics Laba, Department of Animal Health and Management, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 630003, Tamilnadu, India<br> 2 Department of Zoology and Research Centre, Scott Christian College (Autonomous), Nagercoil 629003, Tamil Nadu, India

Oparaku Nkiruka Francisca, National Centre for Energy Research and Development, Zoology Department, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, B.O. Mgbenka

P. Chepkwemoi¹, Gladys Namuswe Bwanika¹, 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda<br> 2 Department of Chemistry, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda<br> 3 National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, P.O. Box 43, Jinja Uganda<br> 4 Mukono Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute, P.O. Box 164, Mukono, Uganda , J. Kwetegyeka², G. Mbahizireki¹, L. Ndawula³, A. A. Izaara⁴

B.O. Omitoyin, E.K. Ajani, H.O. Sadiq, Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Asifa Wali¹, Mudasir Syed², Bilal Ahmad Bhat¹, Masood-ul Hassan Balkhi¹, Farooz Ahmad Bhat¹, Mohd Maqbool Darzi³, 1 Faculty of fisheries Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir, Shuhama Srinagar -19006, India<br> 2 Division of Biotechnology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Shuhama. Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir, Shuhama Srinagar -19006, India<br> 3 Division of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Shuhama. Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir, Shuhama Srinagar -19006, India

Valdemir QueIroz de Oliveira¹, Antonio Roberto Barreto Matos², Tacito Araujo Bezerra², Pedro Eymard Campos Mesquita², Valdeir Queiroz de Oliveira², Aquiles Moreira de Moraes³, Elenise Goncalves de Oliveira⁴, Manuella Gazzineo de Moraes⁴, Rommel Rocha de Sousa⁴, Francisco Hiran Farias Costa⁴, 1. Brazilian Enterprise for Agricultural Research – EMBRAPA, 64200-970, Parnaíba – PI, Brazil<br> 2. National Department of Works against Droughts – DNOCS, 62640-000, Pentecoste – CE, Brazil<br> 3. Higher Institute for Applied Theology – INTA, 62011-230, Sobral – CE, Brazil<br> 4. Department of Fishing Engineering, Campus do Pici, Federal University of Ceará, 60455-760, Fortaleza – CE, Brazil

Ankai Zhang^1,2, Gang Yu¹, Pimao Chen^1,3, Chuanxin Qin^1,3, 1. South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, P.R. China<br> 2. Fishery Environment and Aquatic Products Quality Supervision & Testing Center (Guangzhou), Ministry of Agriculture, P.R. China<br> 3. Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of South China Sea Fishery Resources & Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, P.R. China