career in fisheries

Here's a sneek peek at one of the most offbeat careers - FISHERIES SCIENCE.
Fisheries Science is related to managing and understanding fisheries. This is a subject that includes the biological study of life, habits and breeding of various species of fish and involves farming and husbandry of important fishes and aquatic organisms in fresh water and any marine environment. The rapidly developing fishery industry, provides new opportunities for highly skilled people engaged in the scientific breeding and management of fisheries.

Activities in Fisheries and Aquaculture:
Disease Management of Aquatic Animals
Health Management of Aquatic Animals
Pro-biotics
Bio-remediation
Bio-processing
Improved Feed Formulation
Aquatic Environmental Quality Management
Shellfish Technology
Germplasm Conservation

You can also make a career in fisheries science as an aqua culturist, farm managers, exporters, traders, breeders etc.


If you are really interested in marine life and have no problem of sea sickness then you can opt for a graduation course- a 4 year degree course i.e B.F.Sc (Bachelor of Fisheries Science) from fisheries colleges of state agriculture universities. you have to be 10+2 pass with biological science as one of the subjects. The B.F.Sc course provides basic knowledge in all the three categories of fisheries science i.e. capture, culture and post harvest technology.
The course also contains practical experience like on sea cruise on fishing vessels for data collection & fishing, in processing plants and on aqua farms.
To apply for various Central Institute of Fisheries Education in the country, one has to appear for an all India level common entrance test conducted by ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), New Delhi.
After completing B.F. Sc., one can take M.F.Sc. which is of 2 year duration. (Masters of Fisheries Science).

A career in Fisheries and Aquaculture requires a lot of hard work. One should be hard working in order to excel in this field. It also requires a lot of research work . Hence, one should have a research-oriented mentality in order to pursue a course in Fisheries and Aquaculture. One should also have the ability to take calculated risks since Fisheries and Aquaculture is a business which involves a lot of risk, like Epidemics, which kill large numbers of fish, thereby ruining businesses, one should also have good managerial skills in order to run such a business which involves a lot of investment in terms of finance and manpower.

Here's a list of some institutes providing B.F.Sc :
College of Fisheries Science, Raha, (Assam)
Faculty of Fisheries Science, Raha- 782 103, Nagaon , Assam
College of Fisheries Science, Veraval, (Gujarat)
College of Fisheries, Berhampur, (Orissa)
College of Fisheries, Dholi, (Bihar)College of Fisheries,
campus, Muzaffarpur – Pusa road, Doli, Muzaffarpur (Bihar)
College of Fisheries, Mangalore, (Karnataka)
Mathsyanagar, Mangalore-575 002
College of Fisheries, Panangad, (Kerala)Panangad P.O., Ernakulam, Kochi - 682 651
College of Fisheries, Ratnagiri, (Maharashtra)
College of Fisheries, Tripura, (Manipur)
Lembucherra, Agartala, Tripura
College of Fishery Science, Muthukur, (Andhra Pradesh)
College Of Fishery Sciences, Pantnagar, (Uttarakhand)
Udhamsingh Nagar, Uttarakhand
West Bengal University Of Animal And Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, (West Bengal)
68, K.B.Sarani, Belgachia, Kolkata-700037

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