Fish Nutrition and Immunology

Dear Colleagues,

With the rapid increase in the global demand for aquatic products, there is an urgent need to develop sustainable aquaculture to cope with the decline in wild-caught resources. The rapid growth of modern aquaculture provides a necessary guarantee for global food security.

The aquaculture model that is currently being widely used inevitably has to deal with the risk of sudden disease outbreaks, and nutrition regulation can improve the immunity of fish and reduce the risk of disease outbreak, but the relationship between nutrients and fish immunity must be understood first. Since the 1960s, the research in these fields has made rapid progress in many aspects. It is therefore necessary to integrate the latest information on aquaculture developments.

This Special Issue aims to provide the latest information on fish nutrition and immunology to develop aquatic feed with immune-enhancing effects. Submissions may take the form of original research, full or mini-reviews, and perspectives on topics including, but not limited to, the following:

• Fish nutrition and physiological metabolism;
• The regulatory effect of nutrients on fish immunity;
• Evaluations of functional additives’ ability to improve fish immunity;
• Practical evaluations of functional immune additives.

Prof. Dr. Ming Li
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Fishes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• fish
• nutrition
• immunity
• immune additives