该杂志由AFS在协会鱼类健康部门的指导下出版，为关注水生生物健康的国际科学家和文化工作者提供服务。它载有关于海洋和淡水生物，特别是鱼类和贝类的疾病的原因、影响、治疗和预防的研究论文。此外，它包含的论文描述了对鱼类健康的生化和生理调查，涉及评估环境和致病特性的影响。有印刷和电子两种格式。
Published by AFS under the guidance of the Society's Fish Health Section, the journal serves the international community of scientists and culturists concerned with the health of aquatic organisms. It carries research papers on the causes, effects, treatments, and prevention of diseases of marine and freshwater organisms, particularly fish and shellfish. In addition, it contains papers that describe biochemical and physiological investigations into fish health that relate to assessing the impacts of both environmental and pathogenic features. Available in print and electronic formats.