Fisheries Science and Research

Fish stocks and the fishing fleet that catches them constitute the fisheries. A fish stock is just a population of fish that has been harvested. Fisheries science is the academic field that studies and manages fisheries. It is a multidisciplinary science that incorporates oceanography, limnology, freshwater biology, marine biology, meteorology, conservation, statistics, ecology, population dynamics, economics, decision analysis, management, and many other disciplines in order to provide a comprehensive picture of fisheries. Fisheries science is concerned with a wide range of aquatic ecosystems, including the high seas, rivers, coastal areas, and oceans. In some cases, such as bio economics and fisheries law, new disciplines have emerged. Because fisheries research is such a broad field, fisheries scientists frequently employ techniques from a multitude of academic disciplines

• Fish Habitats
• Fish Resources
• Fisheries Environment
• Fisheries Extension