Journal of Fish Diseases enjoys an international reputation as the medium for the exchange of information on original research into all aspects of disease in both wild and cultured fish and shellfish. Areas of interest regularly covered by the journal include: host-pathogen relationships; studies of fish pathogens; pathiophysiology; diagnostic methods; therapy; epidemiology; descriptions of new diseases.

《魚類疾病雜志》在國際上享有盛譽，可作為交換有關野生和養殖魚類和貝類疾病各方面原始研究信息的媒介。該雜志定期報道的關注領域包括：宿主-病原體關系；魚類病原體研究；病理生理學；診斷方法；治療；流行病學；新疾病的描述。