Jurnal Riset Akuakultur is an international scientific journal dedicated to studying the development and advance the knowledge of all aspects of aquaculture, including fish genetics and reproduction, aquaculture biotechnology, fish nutrition and feed, fish health and diseases, aquaculture engineering, environment interaction/impact assessment, and aquaculture socio-economics and governance. Jurnal Riset Akuakultur was first published in 2006 and has hitherto maintained a consistent quarterly publication. The journal was previously managed by the Research Center for Fisheries, Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF). After 2022, the Marine and Fisheries Polytechnic of Jembrana has been tasked by the MMAF to manage the journal activities. Since 2024, Jurnal Riset Akuakultur has collaborated with Masyarakat Akuakultur Indonesia (the Indonesian Aquaculture Society). The scopes of collaboration are in terms of scientific activities, scientific publications, and journal management.

Jurnal Riset Akuakultur publishes rigorously peer-reviewed original research articles and reviews based on field research, theoretical advances, methodology, applications, reviews, etc. The journal maintains a high standard of review process, transparency and publication quality through a double-blind review policy. It strictly follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) concerning publication ethics.

Jurnal Riset Akuakultur is available in print (p-ISSN: 1907-6754) and online (e-ISSN: 2502-6534) and nationally accredited by RISTEK/BRIN as SINTA 2 (Accreditation Number: 148/M/KPT/2020, 3 August 2020)

Jurnal Riset Akuakultur only accepts submitted manuscripts fully aligned with the journal's Focus and Scope and thoroughly adheres to the author's guidelines for further consideration. Since 2023, Jurnal Riset Akuakultur has accepted manuscripts in English or Bahasa Indonesia to increase the visibility of the published articles to international readers. Submitted manuscripts will be checked for potential plagiarism primarily using Ithenticate at the initial review and copyediting stages. Only after satisfying the writing format and plagiarism check can the manuscripts be assigned to the Editorial Board member/s to determine if the manuscripts merit undergoing external peer-review review. Both editorial board and external review processes follow the Double-Blind Peer Review model. The Editor-in-Chief has the sole authority to decide the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript by considering the recommendation of the reviewers (editorial board members and external reviewers).