Fisheries science
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[[Image:Fish sorting.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Fisheries scientists sorting a catch of small fish and langoustine.]]
'''Fisheries science''' is the academic discipline of managing and understanding [[fisheries]]. It is a multidisciplinary science, which draws on the disciplines of [[oceanography]], [[marine biology]], [[marine conservation]], [[ecology]], [[Population dynamics of fisheries|population dynamics]], [[economics]] and [[management]] to attempt to provide an integrated picture of fisheries. In some cases new disciplines have emerged, as in the case of [[bioeconomics]].
Fisheries science is typically taught in a [[university]] setting, and can be the focus of an [[undergraduate]], [[Master's degree|master's]] or [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] program. Some universities offer fully integrated programs in fisheries science.
==Notable contributors==
* [[Ludwig von Bertalanffy]], an [[Austrian]]-born biologist and a founder of [[general systems theory]]
* [[Gotthilf Hempel]], a [[Germany|German]] marine biologist and oceanographer, and co-founder of the [[Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research]]
* [[Walther Herwig]], a [[Prussian]] lawyer and promoter of [[high seas]] fishing and research
* [[Johan Hjort]], a [[Norwegian]] fisheries biologist, [[marine zoologist]], and [[oceanographer]]
* [[Bruno Hofer]], a [[Germany|German]] fishery scientist, credited with being the founder of fish pathology
* [[Leo Margolis]], a [[Canadian]] [[parasitologist]] and head of the Pacific Biological Station in [[Nanaimo, British Columbia]]
* [[R. J. McKay]], an [[Australian]]-born biologist and a specialist in translocated freshwater fishes
* [[Daniel Pauly]], a [[France|French]]-born biologist, known for his work studying human impacts on global fisheries
* [[Ed Ricketts]], an [[United States|American]] marine biologist, [[ecologist]], and [[philosopher]]
* [[Harald Rosenthal]], a German hydrobiologist known for his work in [[fish farming]] and ecology
* [[Georg Sars]], a Norwegian marine biologist credited with the discovery of a number of new species and known for his analysis of [[cod]] fisheries
* [[Tore Schweder]], a Norwegian [[statistician]] whose work includes the assessment of marine resources
==Professional societies==
* [http://www.5thwfc2008.com/introduction.html World Council of Fisheries Societies]
* [http://www.fisheries.org/afs/index.html American Fisheries Society]
* [http://www.fsbi.org.uk/ The Fisheries Society of the British Isles]
* [http://www.miyagi.kopas.co.jp/JSFS/e-main.shtml The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science]
* [http://www.asfb.org.au/ The Australian Society for Fish Biology]
==Journals==
Some [[Periodical|journals]] about fisheries are
* [http://fishbull.noaa.gov/fcontent.htm ''Fishery Bulletin'']
* [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1054-6006&site=1 ''Fisheries Oceanography'']
* [http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/rp-ps/journalDetail.jsp?jcode=cjfas&lang=eng ''Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences'']
* [http://afs.allenpress.com/perlserv/?request=get-archive ''Transactions of the American Fisheries Society'']
* [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1467-2960&site=1 ''Fish and Fisheries'']
* [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0022-1112 ''Journal of Fish Biology'']
* [http://journal.nafo.int/ ''Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science'']
* [http://fisheries.ege.edu.tr/journal_of_fisheries.html ''Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences'']
* [http://www.bentham.org/open/tofishsj/index.htm ''The Open Fish Science Journal'']
* [http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=4 ''African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries'']
:* [http://www.lib.noaa.gov/china/archi/journal.htm ''Chinese Fisheries Journal Listings'']
:* [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/sefjrnls.html ''General Fisheries Journal Listings]
There are many other regional journals.
==See also==
*[[Fisheries management]]
*[[International Council for the Exploration of the Sea]]
==References==
* Hart, Paul J B and Reynolds, John D (2002) Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries, Chapter 1, [http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=LVnWf6IEhcgC&pg=PA1&dq=FAO+%22Recreational+fishing%22&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0&sig=rMjrBa7pwNAemA23TZNmA3mE8FU ''The human dimensions of fisheries science.''] Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 063206482X
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