The 1st International Online Conference on Fishes
The 1st International Online Conference on Fishes
Event's Timezone: Central European Time
10 June 2026
5 August 2026
2 November 2026
Aquaculture, Fisheries, Genetic, Habitat Conservation, Biodiversity, Climate Change
Welcome from the Chair
Session 1 : Climate Change Impact and Marine Pollution
Session 2 : Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Innovations: Combating Overfishing and Advancing Aquatic Health
Session 3 : Genetics and Genomics
Session 4 : Behavioral Ecology of Aquatic Animals: Implications for Habitat Conservation and Ecosystem Services
Session 5 : Biodiversity Protection: Conservation of Endangered Species and Control of Invasive Species
Participation Details:
• Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the conference committee.
• Upon acceptance, authors may present their work via posters or oral presentations.
• All accepted abstracts will be published as one dedicated volume in the Biology and Life Sciences Forum (ISSN: 2673-9976).
• We also invite you to submit an extended proceedings paper (4–8 pages) or a full manuscript after the conference.
Abstract submission (in English) deadline: 10 June 2026.
For submission guidelines and further details, please visit: https://sciforum.net/event/IOCF2026?section=#instructions
We look forward to your participation and valuable contributions to this important scientific exchange.
Best regards,
Prof. Dr. Maria Angeles Esteban
Department of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Murcia, Spain
Event Chair
Department of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Maria Ángeles Esteban currently works at the Department of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Murcia. Maria does research in Cell Biology, Immunology and Biotechnology and is the head of the team Immunobiology for Aquaculture. Their current projects are related to farmed fish immunology. Editor in chief of the journal FISHES.
Session Chairs
Prof. Eric Hallerman
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA
Eric Hallerman is Professor Emeritus of Fish and Wildlife Conservation at Virginia Tech University in the United States, where his group performed research on population genetics of wild and cultured finfishes and shellfishes. He was involved in aquaculture biotechnology for almost 40 years, first producing genetically modified fish, later contributing to biotechnology risk assessment and public policy. He has served on advisory panels for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and several companies. He has helped organize several meetings on fisheries, applied population genetics and animal biotechnology and related oversight issues.
Prof. Dr. Wagner C. Valenti
Aquaculture Center, São Paulo State University, São Paulo, Brazil
Wagner is now a Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil. He is also the Coordinator of the Brazilian Sustainable Aquaculture Network. He is a fellow of the World Aquaculture Society and received other international recognition. His research includes the assessment of sustainability, integrated aquaculture, nutrient budget, and bioeconomy. Wagner has served the aquaculture profession through teaching, researching, and developing national policies during the past 40 years. He has created and directed new institutions and graduate programs, led research networks, held international positions, and published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, books and book chapters on aquaculture and aquatic biology. He also has patents and founded technological startups. He has organized numerous national and international conferences and has been selected as a keynote or plenary speaker several times. During his career, he served as executive editor of important journals and has advised more than 70 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Many of his graduates now hold senior-level positions in academia, government and the private sectors in different countries.
Sessions
S2. Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Innovations: Combating Overfishing and Advancing Aquatic Health
S3. Genetics and Genomics
S4. Behavioral Ecology of Aquatic Animals: Implications for Habitat Conservation and Ecosystem Services
S5. Biodiversity Protection: Conservation of Endangered Species and Control of Invasive Species
Registration
The registration for IOCF 2026 will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 2 November 2026.
Instructions for Authors
IOCF 2026 will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
Important Deadline
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 10 June 2026.
2. Abstract acceptance notification: 5 August 2026.
You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
1. The abstract structure should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
4. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals or it will not be accepted to this conference.
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
- Size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3).
- You can use our free template to create your poster.
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
- Fishes Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue (to be updated), published in Fishes (ISSN: 2410-3888; Impact Factor: 2.4), with a 20% discount on the publication fee. Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
- Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 1st International Online Conference on Fishes in the Biology and Life Sciences Forum (ISSN: 2673-9976); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4-8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCF2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Proceedings submission deadline: 21 December 2026.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
Title.
Full author names.
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses.
Abstract.
Keywords.
Introduction.
Methods.
Results and Discussion.
Conclusions.
Acknowledgements.
References.
The proceeding paper template can be downloaded HERE.
Event Awards
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
The Best Oral Presentation Awards are given to the paper judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be six winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
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