Marine Life Science &amp; Technology

Marine Life Science & Technology (MLST) is intended for marine scientists, biological oceanographers, conservation biologists, marine technologists, policy makers and legislators. Accordingly, we will publish original research papers across a broad range of marine life sciences and technologies with an emphasis on the synergistic interactions of multiple disciplines. Both theoretical and practical papers are welcome, including laboratory and field experimental studies relevant to marine life science and technology. We also encourage focused reviews, viewpoints, comments and short communications. Moreover, as the journal's aim is to foster multidisciplinary approaches to marine sciences, authors will be encouraged to emphasise the relevance of their work across our keydisciplines.

Specifically, but not exclusively, MLST addresses the following topics:

1. Basic Biology:including biodiversity, development and evolution, genetics, reproductive biology, biochemistry, cell biology, omics and bioinformatics, epigenetics, stem cell biology, physiology and immunology, zoology, phycology, and microbiology.

2. Fisheries Science:including marine fish biology, early life history, feeding and trophic dynamics, stock assessment, recruitment and reproduction, fisheries management, aquaculture engineering, stocking and enhancement technologies, aquatic breeding, aquafeeds, and aquatic disease.

3. Marine Drugs & Bioproducts:including marine medicinal bioresources, bioactive natural products, pharmacology, drug leads, drugs, and bioproducts.

4. Food Science & Biological Technology:including the study of seafood nutrition, theories and technologies associated with seafood processing and storage, seafood microbiology and associated issues. More widely, this topic area addresses marine biology technologies, including the development and application of marine bio-energy resources and marine-derived materials (e.g., antifouling agents, medical products, both aqua-and agricultural products). It can also include methods, novel equipment, and technologies associated with applied and ecological marine studies.

5. Biological Oceanography:including marine plankton and benthic biology, microbial oceanology, fisheries oceanography, marine ecology, and food web dynamics.

Foreword

In recent decades, studies of life sciences and related technologies have become increasingly interdisciplinary. These disciplines are the subject of global scientific and technological discoveries which are serving to promote life science as an important and popular field. Despite these accomplishments, the field of marine life science is currently lacking international journals that cover basic research, applications, and technologies.

The new journal Marine Life Science & Technology (MLST) was therefore created in order to promote greater communication and academic exchange among practitioners working within the various sub-disciplines and thus facilitate greater interdisciplinary collaboration.

MLST mainly focuses on marine biology, marine biological resources, and marine biotechnology. It is therefore a holistic journal that reports on new discoveries, developments, and applications, both in basic science and in technologies relevant to these fields.

The authors consist of practitioners, including professional scholars, technological researchers and development experts, working in a wide range of sub-disciplines. The target readership comprises not only those from relevant disciplines, but also policymakers, entrepreneurs, and marine industry experts.

We are well aware that a high-level international journal requires contributions and support from colleagues in related fields worldwide along with the input and professionalism of editorial staff and publishers. We sincerely welcome their support for this new journal as it serves a great motivation for its future development.

We believe that the publication of this first issue will serve as a landmark in the study of marine life science and its related technologies.

Editor-in-Chief