ABOUT THE ISRPF

The International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish (ISRPF) is a highly-recognised symposium devoted to the most advanced basic and applied knowledge in the field of reproductive physiology of fish and related areas.

13TH ISRPF 2026

Program sessions

​The 2026 meeting is the first ISRPF to be held in Australia. The meeting location is the Pullman Reef Hotel in Cairns, Queensland.

The scientific host is the Centre for Bioinnovation at the University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC).

Professor Abigail Elizur, Centre for Bioinnovation, is Chair of the Local Organising Committee. Abigail first attended the 1995 ISRPF meeting in Austin, Texas and has attended all since. Abigail is delighted to welcome you to Queensland, Australia.

• ​Brain-pituitary-gonad axis
  
• Environmental and anthropogenic impacts
  
• Sex determination, differentiation and reversal
• Oogenesis/vitellogenesis and ovulation
• Behaviour and pheromones
  
• Conservation and Reproduction
  
• Biotechnologies and Reproduction
  
• Gamete, egg quality, fertilization, and hatching
  
• Reproduction in aquaculture
  
• Spermatogenesis and spermiation

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The Local Organising Committee is made up of early-career, mid-career, and senior scientists from higher education institutions in Australia and New Zealand, Australian Government departments, and industry.
​All members have years of experience working on fish, on reproduction, and on physiology.

• ​Professor Abigail Elizur, Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast (Chair)
• Associate Professor Luis Afonso, Deakin University
• Associate Professor Stewart Fielder, NSW Government Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries)
• Professor Dean Jerry, James Cook University
• Professor Mark Lokman, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Dr Josephine Nocillado, Centre for Bioinnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast
• Dr Jawahar Patil
• Dr Jayson Semmens, University of Tasmania
• Dr Matt Wylie, Plant and Food Research, New Zealand
• Professor Goro Yoshizaki, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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• Violette Thermes, France
• Adelino VM Canário, Uni Algarve, Portugal
• Ozlem Yilmaz, Norway
• Francesc Piferrer, ICM-CSIC, Spain
• Arjan Palstra, The Netherlands
• Berta Levavi-Sivan, Uni Jerusalem, Israel
• Yonathan Zohar, IMET-Uni Maryland, USA
• Shixi Chen, China
• Wei Ge, Macao/Hongkong, China
• Giorgia Gioacchini, Italy
• Radha Chaube, India
• Constantinos Mylonas, Greece
• Rafael Nobrega, Brazil
• Martin Psenicka, Czech Republic
• Maria Florencia Scaia, Argentina
• Goro Yoshizaki, Japan
• Daniel Zarski, Poland
• Abigail Elizur, Australia

HISTORY

The ISRPF has a rich, nearly 50-year history with the first ISRPF being held in France in 1977.

13th 2026 Cairns, Australia
12th 2023 Crete, Greece
11th 2018 Manaus, Brazil
10th 2014 Faro, Portugal
9th 2011 Thrissur (Cochin), India
8th 2007 St Malo, France
7th 2003 Japan
6th 1999 Bergen, Norway
5th 1995 Austin, Texas, USA
4th 1991 Norwich, England, UK  
3rd 1987 Newfoundland, Canada
2nd 1982 Netherlands
1st 1977 Brittany, France

Map of ISRPF locations