**Zhenhua Ma**

Professor Zhenhua Ma graduated from Flinders University in Australia with a Ph.D. in Aquaculture. He currently serves as the Deputy Director of the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences. He is a member of the eighth Committee of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the third Subcommittee on Ornamental Fish of the National Fisheries Standardization Technical Committee, a specially appointed expert of the Marine Intelligence Plan of the China Association for Science and Technology, and a member of the third Committee of the Hainan Provincial Original Good Breed Committee. He is also an external Ph.D. supervisor at Flinders University in Australia and a master's supervisor at Shanghai Ocean University, Dalian Ocean University, Tianjin Agricultural University, and Jiangsu Ocean University. He serves as the editor-in-chief of "*Insights in Aquaculture and Biotechnology*" and is a member of the editorial board of international journals such as "*The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture*". His main research focuses on the breeding of aquatic animals and deep-sea aquaculture technology. He has published a total of 198 research papers and 9 monographs to date.
