Copyright Notice

Copyright Notice

Journal of Aquatic and Fisheries Products Technology (AFISH) is committed to maintaining clear, transparent, and consistent copyright and licensing practices for all articles published by the journal.

Copyright of articles published in AFISH is held by the Journal of Aquatic and Fisheries Products Technology (AFISH).

1. Copyright Holder

Copyright of articles published in AFISH is held by the journal. Authors remain fully recognized and credited for their scholarly contributions and intellectual work.

Copyright ownership does not remove the authors' right to be properly identified and acknowledged as the creators of the work.

Copyright ownership and authorship attribution are separate matters. AFISH holds the copyright to the published article, while the authors retain full attribution and recognition for their scholarly contribution.

2. Creative Commons License

All articles published by AFISH are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Under this license, users are permitted to copy, distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the published material for any purpose, including commercial purposes, provided that the conditions of the license are fulfilled.

CC BY-SA 4.0

Reuse is permitted provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and the original publication in AFISH, a link to the license is provided, changes are indicated when applicable, and derivative works are distributed under the same or a compatible license.

Full license terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

3. Author Attribution

Authors must be appropriately credited whenever an article or any part of an article published in AFISH is copied, redistributed, adapted, translated, or otherwise reused.

Proper attribution should include, where applicable:

  • the name(s) of the author(s);
  • the title of the article;
  • the name of the journal;
  • publication details;
  • the DOI or permanent article URL, when available;
  • a reference to the applicable Creative Commons license.

4. Author Responsibilities

Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts are original and that the use of third-party copyrighted materials complies with applicable copyright and licensing requirements.

Authors must obtain appropriate permission when reproducing copyrighted figures, photographs, tables, illustrations, datasets, or other materials that are not covered by a license permitting their reuse.

Submission of a manuscript to AFISH indicates that the authors have obtained all necessary permissions for copyrighted materials included in the manuscript.

5. Third-Party Material

Materials included in an article that are owned by third parties may be subject to different copyright or licensing terms.

Where a third-party item is not covered by the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, users are responsible for obtaining permission directly from the respective copyright holder before reuse.

6. Reuse and Redistribution

Articles published by AFISH may be deposited, shared, redistributed, translated, adapted, or reused in accordance with the terms of the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Any reuse must preserve appropriate attribution to the author(s) and the original publication in AFISH.

7. Copyright Year

The copyright year of an article corresponds to the year in which the article is formally published by AFISH.

8. Relationship with Open Access

AFISH provides immediate open access to all published articles. Copyright ownership by the journal does not restrict lawful access, sharing, or reuse of published works under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

The journal's copyright policy should be read together with the Open Access Policy and other applicable AFISH publication policies.