Call for Papers

Parasitology in Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries

Submission deadline: Thursday, 10 July 2025

Parasites are found everywhere in the aquatic environment, representing a global threat to a wide variety of farmed and wild aquatic animals. The rapid expansion of the aquaculture industry and ongoing environmental changes have led to an increased risk of parasite infestations and infections. In aquaculture, the economic losses caused by parasites are immense, and the control and monitoring of parasites through developing effective diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines are an urgent matter, as well as understanding their potential risk to public health. In wild fish, a more detailed understanding of the impacts of parasites is needed to discover how they may impact these populations, especially in light of the effects of environmental change on aquatic species. Many fish parasites have complex lifecycles that can impact their hosts in a mosaic of ways, from single individuals to entire populations, therefore understanding these ecological and economic impacts, is an aspect of increasing importance.

The goal of this Special Issue is to broadly explore the impact of parasites on Aquaculture, Fish, and Fisheries through an integrated understanding of infections, pathology, immunology, ecology, and genetics.

This Special Issue welcomes a range of manuscripts including Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Underwater Notes, and Viewpoints. Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries offers Free Format submission for a simplified and streamlined submission process.

Topics for this call for papers include but are not restricted to:

• Fish Health;
• Host-Parasite Interactions;
• Strategies For Parasite, Prevention, Control, and Mitigation;
• Diagnostic Tools and Techniques;
• Risks to Public Health and Food Safety;
• The Effect of Environmental Change;
• Coinfections;
• Policy and Regulatory Perspectives on Parasitology in Aquaculture and Fisheries.

Guest Editors:

Dr. Christyn Bailey
John Wiley and Sons,
UK

Prof. Joy Becker
University of Sydney,
Australia

Dr. Tina Oldham
Norwegian Institute of Marine Research,
Norway

Keywords: Aquaculture; Control Strategies; Diagnostic Tools; Disease; Environmental Change; Fish Health; Host-Parasite Interactions; Immunology and Pathology, Ecology; Wild Fish.

Submission Guidelines/Instructions:

Please refer to the Author Guidelines to prepare your manuscript. When submitting your manuscript, please answer the question "Is this submission for a special issue?" by selecting the special issue title from the drop-down list.

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