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Journal of Fish and Fisheries(JFF)

Sajjad Pourmozaffar

Sajjad Pourmozaffar, PhD
Assistant Professor, Aquaculture and Fisheries
Iranian Fisheries Sciences Research Institute, Hormozgan, Iran, Islamic Republic of

Biography
? I have been working in commercial shrimp hatcheries and farms since 2012. Journals peer reviewer: 1- Fish and Shellfish Immunology 2- Aquaculture Research 3- Aquaculture Nutrition 4- Aquaculture International 5- International Journal of Aquatic Biology 6- Molluscan Research 7- Environmental Pollution 8- Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 9- Frontiers in Marine Science 10- Marine Policy 11- Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 12- Frontiers in Nutrition 13- Life 14- Genes 15- Food and Agricultural Immunology 16- Sustainability Agri, Food and Environmental Research 17- Animal Nutrition and Animal Physiology 18- North American Journal of Aquaculture 19- Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences 20- International of Aquatic Biology 21- Journal of Experimental Zoology 1 22- Journal of Veterinary Science & Technology 23- Journal of Bacteriology & Parasitology 24- Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal 25- Journal of Biodiversity, Bioprospecting and Development 26- Annals of aquaculture and Research 27- Journal of Agriculture and Allied Sciences 28- Journal of Aquaculture and marine sciences. 29- Applied Microbiology: open access 30- International Journal of Fisheries Science and Research. 31- Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences 32- International Journal of Veterinary Science & Technology 33- International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research 34- International Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry 35- Journal of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research 36- Examines in Marine Biology & Oceanography 37- Journal of Aquatic Science and Oceanography (JASO) 38- Journal of Aquaculture Engineering and Fisheries Research 39- SDRP Journal of Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies 1- Annals of Clinical and Experimental Immunology 2- SM Journal of Internal Medicine. 3- International journal of fisheries science and research 4- Global Science Chronicle 5- International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Research 6- Environmental Pollution and Control 7- Journal of Immunology Forecast 8- International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies 9- Journal Of Environmental Toxicology and Analytical Research (JETAR) 10- Stechnolock Journal of Biology (SJB) 11- Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 12- Immunology and Inflammation Diseases Therapy 13- Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology Research 14- Journal of Environmental Pollution and Management 15- SCIREA Journal of Fisheries 16- SCIREA Journal of Biology 17- Journal of Aquatic Science and Oceanography (JASO) 18- EC Nutrition 19- Mathews Journal of Nutrition & Dietetics 20- Mathews Journal of Veterinary Science Research Experience: Project Manager: ? Evaluation of reproduction Rachcentron canadum in captivity condition. Funded by Iran Fisheries Science Research Institute. ? Domesticating, adapting and broodstocking the wild sub adults of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) in the culturing tanks. Funded by Iran Fisheries Science Research Institute. ? Evaluation the effect of indigenous microbial consortium on immune responses and nutritional status of white western shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). Funded by Iran Fisheries Science Research Institute. ? The effect of different water temperatures on expression of HSP 70 and detection of different Vibrio species in Pinctada radiata during maintaining period. Funded by Iran Fisheries Science Research Institute. Cooperation in the projects: ? Ten thousand kilograms of commercial production for edible bivalve (Saccostrea cucullata) in Hormozgan Province ? ? Evaluation of growth performance of SPF- and non-SPF originated Western white shrimp broodstock (Litopenaeus vannamei) under indoor condition in Hormozgan province ? Achievement to high health broodstock of Litopenaeus.vannamei ? Investigating the effect of collector construction on the density of Biofouling organisms on fish farming cages ? Investigating of the effect of indigenous microbial consortium as probiotic on the water quality, sedimentation and bacterial diversity in super intensive culturing tanks of white western shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) under low water exchange system. ? Evaluation of inhibitory effect of indigenous microbial consortium on the Indicator pathogenic microorganisms of Litopenaeus vanammei in vivo condition. ? Study of Algal Blooms in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea (Hormozgan Province) using satellite images ? Assessing the socio-economic role of small pelagic fishing (sardines and anchovy) in the livelihood and employment of fishermen in Hormozgan province ? Monitoring the harvest status of Pomadasys kaakan, Pampus argenteus, Parastromateus niger, Otolithes ruber, Lethrinus nebulosus, Epinephelus coioides and Some sharks fishes in the Hormozgan? s waters (Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea) through Length ferequency. ? Monitoring the harvest status of Thunnus tonggol, Euthynnus affinis and Auxis thazard through bio metrics in the Persian Gulf and Oman sea (Hormozgan's water) ? Evaluation of nutritional value, quality and shelf-life determination of meat and products made from edible oysters (Saccostrea cuccullata) ? Monitoring of health factors and evaluation of the impact of environmental and managerial factors on the incidence of infectious diseases in shrimp farms in Bushehr province Book Pourmozaffar, S., Rameshi, H., (2020), Biology, breeding and rearing of the sea cucumber (Holothuria scabra). Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute. 200 p. Handbook Sajjad Pourmozaffar, Hossein Rameshi, Fariborz Ehteshami, Mohammad Khalil Pazir, Reza Nahavandi, Elahe Abbasi. (2022). Oyster cultivation techniques. Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute. 58 p. Yones Abdollahzadeh, Sajjad Pourmozaffar, (2022). Aquaponics for Beginners: A step by step complete guide for beginners on how to build their Aquaponics. Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute. 109 p. List of published articles 1- Abdollahzadeh, Y. and Pourmozaffar, S., 2023. A Review of the Use of Paraprubiotics in Aquaculture. Journal of Marine Medicine, 5(2), pp.109-118. 2- Pazir, M.K., Ghodsi, A.R., Pourmozaffar, S., Ahmadi, A.H. and Ajdari, A., 2023. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: Lockdown and diseases? effects on different parts of Iran shrimp industry, Bushehr Province. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 22(2), pp.303-316. 3- Nahavandi, R., Ahmadi, M., Masoudi, E., Tamadoni Jahromi, S., Sarvi, B. and Pourmozaffar, S., 2022. Evaluation of the growth performance and hematological parameters of goldfish fry (Carassius auratus) after inclusion of potassium sorbate organic acid and Lactobacillus plantarum probiotic to the diet. Aquaculture Sciences, 10(2), pp.162-170. 4- Ejlali Khanghah, K., Tamadoni Jahromi, S., Jafari, H., Pourmozaffar, S. and Rashidi, S., 2023. Evaluation of the Degree of Toxicity of Heavy Metals (Lead, Cadmium, Copper and Zinc) on Macrobenthic Communities in the Persian Gulf. Journal of Marine Medicine, 5(1), pp.56-65. 5- Nahavandi, R., Sadeghi, A., Pourmozaffar, S., Tamadoni Jahromi, S. and Khajehrahimi, A.E., 2023. Investigation of the effect of diet containing Red algae (Laurencia caspica) on blood parameters and activity of digestive enzymes of goldfish (Carassius auratus). Survey in Fisheries Sciences, 10(1), pp.48-59. 6- Pazir, M.K., Pourmozaffar, S., Mena, I.G., Shengjie, R., Ahmadi, A. and Sharifpour, I., 2022. Black gill disease in Litopenaeus vannamei made by various agents. Aquaculture and Fisheries. 7- Nahavandi, R., Sadeghi, A., Sabzeh, M., Pourmozaffar, S., Tamadoni Jahromi, S., Pazir, M.K. and Ejlali, K., 2022. Effect of Sargassum ilicifolium alcoholic extract on Growth performance, blood parameters and digestive enzymatic activities in baby gold fish (Carassius auratus). Aquatics Physiology and Biotechnology. 10 (3): 95-117. 8- Jahanbakhshi, A., Pourmozaffar, S., Mozanzadeh, M.T., Adeshina, I. and Vega-Heredia, S., 2022. Dietary effect of grape seed proanthocyanidin extract on growth performance, serum biochemical parameters, skin mucosal immune response, and antioxidant capacity in goldfish. Annals of Animal Science. 9- Jahanbakhshi A, Erfanifar E, Ajdari A ,, Amini Khoei Z, Pourmozaffar S. (2022). The changes of water physic-chemical parameters during shrimp culture and their effects on algal bloom in shrimp farms. Journal of Marine Biology, 14 (2) :55-72 10- Erfanifar, E., Hosseini, S.A., Amini, Z., Pourmozaffar, S., Hedayati, S.A. and Azhdari, A., 2022. Dietary effects of micro algae Cyanothece sp. on growth performance, Survival and feed conversion ratio of western white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). Aquaculture Sciences, 10(1), pp.10-21. 11- Behzadi, S., Darvishi, S., Momni, M., Pourmozaffar, S. and Dehghani, R., 2022. Determination of Coral-fish Standing Biomass by using Non-definitive test and UVC method (Abu Mosa Island, Persian Gulf). Fisheries Science and Technology, 11(3), pp.279-288. 12- Sadeghi, A., Jahanbakhshi, A., Tamadoni Jahromi, S., Gozari, M., Zamani, M., Pourmozaffar, S. and Nahavandi, R., 2022. Effect of livergol drug on growth performance and preservation of fatty liver in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) fed with diets containing different level of fatty. Journal of Marine Biology, 13(1), pp.0-0. 13- Nahavandi, R., Ahmadi, M., Tamadoni Jahromi, S., Nouri Chenashak, F., Jahanbakhshi, A., Sadeghi, A. and Pourmozaffar, S., 2022. Determination of sperm properties and parameters between Acipenser ruthenus and Acipenser gueldenstaedti. Journal of Animal Environment, 14(2), pp.193-198. 14- Nahavandi, R., Sabzeh, M., Tamadoni Jahromi, S., Sadeghi, A., Pourmozaffar, S., Rameshi, H. and Pazir, M.K., 2022. Growth performance and blood parameters of juvenile Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) fed with extracts of Padina australis and Gracilaria pygmaea. Journal of Animal Environment, 14(3), pp.279-284. 15- Pazir M K, Sadr A S, Nazari M A, Pourmozaffar S, Ajdari A, Dashtian Nasab. (2021). Comparison of genetic structure of Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) broodstocks imported and farmed by microsatellite method. Journal of Marine Biology, 13 (3) :53-64 16- Jahanbakhshi, A., Pourmozaffar, S., Adeshina, I. et al. (2021). Selenium nanoparticle and selenomethionine as feed additives: effects on growth performance, hepatic enzymes? activity, mucosal immune parameters, liver histology, and appetite-related gene transcript in goldfish (Carassius auratus). Fish Physiol Biochem. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10695-021-00937-6 17- Pourmozaffar S, Tamadoni Jahromi S, Gozari M, Foroughifard H, Amiz R. (2021). Molecular investigation and DNA Barcoding of Platycephalus indicus from the Persian Gulf. JAIR.; 8 (3) :19-26 18- Barzkar, N., Sohail, M., Tamadoni Jahromi, S., Gozari, M., Pourmozaffar, S., Nahavandi, R., & Hafezieh, M. (2021). Marine Bacterial Esterases: Emerging Biocatalysts for Industrial Applications. Applied biochemistry and biotechnology, 10.1007/s12010-020-03483-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-020-03483-8 19- Tamadoni Jahromi, S., Sofman Othman, A., Rosazlina, R., Pourmozaffar, S., Gozari, M. (2021). Population genetics of Penaeus semisulcatus from Persian Gulf and Oman Sea using newly developed DNA microsatellite markers. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 20(1), 157-178. doi: 10.22092/ijfs.2021.350914.0 20- Barzkar, N., Khan, Z., Tamadoni Jahromi, S., Pourmozaffar, S., Gozari, M., Nahavandi, R., 2021. A critical review on marine serine protease and its inhibitors: A new wave of drugs? Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 170, 674?687. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.12.134 21- Jahromi, S.T., Pourmozaffar, S., Rameshi, H. et al. (2020) Evaluation of hemolymph biochemical properties, clearance rate, bacterial microbiota and expression of HSP genes of gulf pearl oyster Pinctada radiata in response to salinity changes. Fish Sci 86, 1055?1065. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-020-01459-5 22- Behzadi S, Rameshi H, Salarpouri A, Darvishi M, Pourmozaffar S, Seid Moradi S et al . (2020). Short communication: Survey of Stag-horn corals (Acropora spp.) bleaching in the Hendurabi Island (Northern of the Persian Gulf). isfj.; 29 (3) :191-196 23- Hajar Azarin, Mohammad Reza Imanpour, Atefeh Karamad, Ahmad Reza Jebeleh, Sajjad Pourmozaffar (2020). In vitro oocyte maturation and blood-circulating steroid hormones in Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus) and Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri). Aquaculture Research. 00:1-7. 24- Saied Tamadoni Jahromi, Sajjad Pourmozaffar, Abdolreza, Jahanbakhshi, Hossein Rameshi, Mohsen Gozari, Mojgan, Khodadadi, Jelveh Sohrabipour, Siamak Behzadi, Noora Bazrkar, Reza Nahavandi, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Maryam Moezzi (2020). Effect of different levels of dietary Sargassum cristaefolium on growth performance, hematological parameters, histological structure of hepatopancreas and intestinal microbiota of Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture. 1-17. 25- Saeid Tamadoni Jahromi, Sajjad Pourmozaffar, Hossein Rameshi, Mohsen Gozari, Reza Nahavandi, (2020). Evaluation of hemolymph biochemical properties, clearance rate, bacterial microbiota and expression of HSP genes of gulf pearl oyster Pinctada radiata in response to salinity changes. 86:1055-1065. 26- Sadeghi, A., Pourmozaffar, S., Gozari, M., 2020. Comparison of some spermatological and biochemical parameters between Huso huso and Acipenser stellatus. J. Anim. Environ. 12, 117?122. https://doi.org/10.22034/aej.2020.106214 27- Sadeghi, A., Pourmozaffar, S., Gozari, M., 2020b. Effect of Livergol on growth indices and gonadal development in different levels of dietary lipid in goldfish (Carassius auratus). J. Anim. Environ. 12, 323?330. https://doi.org/10.22034/aej.2020.105458 28- Gozari M, Tamadoni Jahromi S, Pourmozaffar S, Karimzadeh R. (2020) Isolation and Evaluation of Cytotoxic and Antioxidant activity of the isolated Actinobacteria from the two Species of Persian Gulf Sea Cucumber (Holothuria scabra and Holothuria leucospilota). 3. 2020; 11 (4) :35-46 29- Mohammadi, M., Pourmozaffar, S., Gozari, M., 2020. Evaluation of the effect of Clustat probiotic (Bacillus subtilis) on some growth and hematological factor as well as intestine tissue of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). J. Anim. Physiol. Dev. 85?96. 30- Pourmoza?ar, S., Tamadoni Jahromi, S.,, Rameshi, H., Gozari, M. 2019. Evaluation of some haemolymph biochemical properties and F?cell prevalence in hepatopancreas of white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vanammei) after fed diets containing apple cider vinegar and propionic acid. Aquaculture Research. 31- Jabaleh, A.R, Gorgin, G., Radfar, F., Edgipour, M., Pourmozaffar, S., 2019. Investigating the Strength of Longline Threads Used in the Northwest of the Persian Gulf. Ecol. Water Resour. 3, 57?66. 32- Sajjad Pourmozaffar*, Saeid Tamadoni Jahromi2, Hossein Rameshi, Ali Sadeghi, Tahereh Bagheri, Siamak Behzadi, Mohsen Gozari, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Shahrooz Abrari Lazarjani. (2019). The role of salinity in physiological responses of bivalves. Reviews in Aquaculture. 33- Pourmozaffar, S., Hajimoradloo, A., Paknejad, H. & Ramesh, H. (2019). E?ect of dietary supplementation with apple cider vinegar and propionic acid on hemolymph chemistry, intestinal microbiota and histological structure of hepatopancreas in white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 86, 900-905. 34- Pourmozaffar, S., Hajimoradloo, A., & Miandare, H. K. (2017). Dietary effect of apple cider vinegar and propionic acid on immune related transcriptional responses and growth performance in white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 60, 65-71. 35- Pourmozaffar, S., Hajimoradloo, A., & Miandare, H. K. (2016). Evaluation dietary effect of Apple cider vinegar on histology of the hepatopancreas and intestinal microbiota of the Litopenaeus vannamei, journal of animal physiology and development, 35 (9), 1-12. 36- Pourmozaffar, S., Hajimoradloo, A., & Miandare, H. K, (2017). Evaluation effect of different levels Apple cider vinegar on hemolymph parametrs and specific intestinal of microbiota of the Litopenaeus vannamei. Journal Physiology and Biotechnology.5 (2), 1- 37- Pourmozaffar, S., Hajimoradloo, A., Ahmadniya motlagh, H. & Godarzi R. (2016). Effects of dietary organic acid and Apple cider vinegar on hepatopancreatic integrity, and gut microflora of the Litopenaeus vannamei. Journal of animal Enviroment. Accepted. 38- Pourmozaffar, S. Soltani, M. ; Nafisi Bahabadi, M. Mohajeri, J. Mohammady, & Pazir, Kh. (2014). Study effect of Macrogard on efficacy of Anti-streptococcus iniae vaccine and some haematological and growth parameters in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Irainian Veterinary Journal. 11(2), 44-53. 39- Pourmozaffar, S.. Nafisi Bahabadi, Movahedinia, A.A, J. Mohammady, & Pazir, Kh. (2014). Effect of Salinity on Growth Performance, Hematological Variables and Gill Chloride Cells of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Experimental Animal Biology. 11 (4), 1-14. 40- Pazir, kh. Pourmozaffar, S. & Mahianeh. A.M. (2016). The effects of different concentration of lights on the biochemical components single cell microalgae, Tetraselmis chuii, Fishery and Aquatic animals (Iran). Honors and Awards ? Best Researcher Award, awarded by the Iranian Fisheries Sciences Research Institute in 2021. ? Best Researcher Award, awarded by the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea Ecology Research Center in 2022. ? Researcher Award, awarded by Iran's National Elites Foundation in 2023.
Research Interest
My scientific interests focus on nutritional physiology, microbiology, Aquatic Toxicology, Marine Pollution, Marine Biology, Immunology, disease, genomic and transcriptomic analysis of aquatic species such as crustacean, fish and Mollusca