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Hello Siddek,
Since you addressed your question to 'experts' I'm not sure how many responses you will get. I've never been convinced Fishery Science is a true science, and wouldn't consider myself an expert either - despite having spent more years pursuing degree's with 'Fisheries' in the title than I would care to admit.
Instead, it seems to me like it is an amalgamation of disciplines in which common scientific principles can be applied. You mention both fisheries biology and stock assessment. Pick and choose from limnology, oceanography, hydrology, marine biology, freshwater ecology, economics, aquaculture, statistics, population dynamics, genetics, physiology, evolutionary ecology, conservation biology, etc., etc. And then leave the door open for cultural anthropology, public policy and another other 'soft' sciences where used.
At best it could be called an applied science, and the best practitioners are probably people that would consider their own expertise in one of these other disciplines that they then apply to 'fishery' problems. And working on fishery problems inevitably means picking up new skills
With regards to books I would recommend Introduction to the Practice of Fishery Science by William F. Royce (Editor) as the best source for this discussion. It was updated in 1996, from an original publication he had in 1973.
I'm not completely sure of the history but I think the book was written in part as a response to the argument within academic circles that fisheries science should not stand on its own as a separate department or degree program. A battle that probably is still being played out.
I would be interested in what other 'non experts' had to say as well.
Regards, -Pete
Shareef Siddeek wrote:
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