海洋生物技術歡迎提交有關水生生物生物技術應用新數據的高質量研究論文。該雜志在分子生物學、基因組學、蛋白質組學、細胞生物學和生物化學領域發表論文，特別鼓勵提交與基因組生物學相關的論文，如連鎖圖譜、大規模基因發現、QTL分析、物理圖譜、比較和功能基因組分析。有關技術發展和海洋自然產品的論文應顯示創新和新的應用。

Marine Biotechnology welcomes high-quality research papers presenting novel data on the biotechnological applications of aquatic organisms. The journal publishes papers in the areas of molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, cell biology, and biochemistry, and particularly encourages submissions of papers related to genome biology such as linkage mapping, large-scale gene discoveries, QTL analysis, physical mapping, and comparative and functional genome analysis. Papers on technological development and marine natural products should demonstrate innovation and novel applications.