fisheries science

{{Short description|Academic discipline of managing and understanding fisheries}}

File:DANA 2004 ubt.jpeg Dana.}}]]Fisheries science is the academic discipline of managing and understanding fisheries.{{cite book |last1=Lackey |first1=Robert |title=Water Encyclopedia |editor1-last=Lehr |editor1-first=Jay |editor2-last=Keeley |editor2-first=Jack |chapter=Fisheries: History, Science, and Management |date=2005 |pages=121–129 |publisher=Wiley |doi=10.1002/047147844X.sw249 |isbn=047147844X}} It is a multidisciplinary science, which draws on the disciplines of limnology, oceanography, freshwater biology, marine biology, meteorology, conservation, ecology, population dynamics, economics, statistics, decision analysis, management, and many others in an attempt to provide an integrated picture of fisheries.{{Cite book |title=Evolving approaches to managing marine recreational fisheries |date=2009 |publisher=Lexington Books |author1=Leal, Donald |author2=Maharaj, Vishwanie |isbn=978-0-7391-2802-2 |location=Lanham, MD |oclc=232358037}}{{Cite book |title=Inland fisheries management in North America |date=2010 |publisher=American Fisheries Society |author1=Hubert, Wayne A. |author2=Quist, Michael C. |isbn=978-1-934874-16-5 |edition=3rd |location=Bethesda, Md. |oclc=650960010}} In some cases new disciplines have emerged, as in the case of bioeconomics and fisheries law. Because fisheries science is such an all-encompassing field, fisheries scientists often use methods from a broad array of academic disciplines.{{cite book |editor1-last=Schreck |editor1-first=Carl B. |editor2-last=Moyle |editor2-first=Peter B. |title=Methods for Fish Biology |date=2002 |publisher=American Fisheries Society |location=Bethesda, MD |isbn=091323558X |page=704 |edition=Reprinted}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Sass |editor1-first=Greg S. |editor2-last=Allen |editor2-first=Micheal S. |title=Foundations of Fisheries Science |date=2014 |publisher=American Fisheries Society |location=Bethesda, MD |isbn=978-1-934874-37-0 |page=801}} Over the most recent several decades, there have been declines in fish stocks (populations) in many regions along with increasing concern about the impact of intensive fishing on marine and freshwater biodiversity.{{Cite book |title=Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries: Fish Biology, Volume 1 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |year=2002 |isbn=9780632054121 |editor-last=Hart |editor-first=Paul J.B. |pages=432 |editor-last2=Reynolds |editor-first2=John D.}}

Fisheries science is typically taught in a university setting, and can be the focus of an undergraduate, master's or Ph.D. program. Some universities offer fully integrated programs in fisheries science. Graduates of university fisheries programs typically find employment as scientists, fisheries managers of both recreational and commercial fisheries, researchers, aquaculturists, educators, environmental consultants and planners, conservation officers, and many others.{{Cite web|title=Careers in Fisheries|url=https://fisheries.org/bookstore/all-titles/other/55006x/|date=2004|website=American Fisheries Society|access-date=May 19, 2020}}

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Fisheries research

Because fisheries take place in a diverse set of aquatic environments (i.e., high seas, coastal areas, large and small rivers, and lakes of all sizes), research requires different sampling equipment, tools, and techniques. For example, studying trout populations inhabiting mountain lakes requires a very different set of sampling tools than, say, studying salmon in the high seas. Ocean fisheries research vessels (FRVs) often require platforms which are capable of towing different types of fishing nets, collecting plankton or water samples from a range of depths, and carrying acoustic fish-finding equipment. Fisheries research vessels are often designed and built along the same lines as a large fishing vessel, but with space given over to laboratories and equipment storage, as opposed to storage of the catch. In addition to a diverse set of sampling gear, fisheries scientists often use scientific techniques from many different professional disciplines.{{cite book |editor1-last=Zale |editor1-first=Alexander |editor2-last=Parrish |editor2-first=Donna |editor3-last=Sutton |editor3-first=Trent |title=Fisheries Techniques |date=2012 |publisher=American Fisheries Society |location=Bethesda, MD |isbn=978-1934874295 |page=1009 |edition=Third}}

Other important areas of fisheries research are population dynamics,{{Cite journal |last=Lorenzen |first=Kai |date=2005-01-29 |editor-last=Beddington |editor-first=J. R. |editor2-last=Kirkwood |editor2-first=G. P. |title=Population dynamics and potential of fisheries stock enhancement: practical theory for assessment and policy analysis |journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |language=en |volume=360 |issue=1453 |pages=171–189 |doi=10.1098/rstb.2004.1570 |issn=0962-8436 |pmc=1636107 |pmid=15713596}} economics,{{Cite book |last=Anderson, Lee G. |title=The economics of fisheries management |date=2004 |publisher=Blackburn Press |isbn=1-930665-98-9 |edition=Rev. social studies enl. |location=Caldwell, N.J. |oclc=57533583}} social studies {{Cite book |editor-last=Briand |editor-first=F. |title=Engaging marine scientists and fishers to share knowledge and perceptions - Early lessons |date=2018 |publisher=CIESM Publishers |issn=1726-5886 |location=Paris, Monaco |pages=218 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329810761 }} and genetics.{{Cite book |title=Population genetics : principles and applications for fisheries scientists |date=2003 |publisher=American Fisheries Society |last=Hallerman |first=Eric M. |isbn=1-888569-27-1 |location=Bethesda, Md. |oclc=51979755}}

Notable contributors

Members of this list meet one or more of the following criteria: 1) Author of widely cited peer-reviewed articles on fisheries, 2) Author of major reference work in fisheries, 3) Founder of major fisheries journal, museum or other related organisation 4) Person most notable for other reasons who has also worked in fisheries science.

File:Professor_R._J._H._Beverton_FRS,_1982-90_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg|{{center|Ray Beverton}}

File:Rosa_Mabel_Lee_while_working_in_Lowestoft.jpg|{{center|Rosa Lee}}

File:Ray Hilborn.JPG|{{center|Ray Hilborn}}

File:Ram Myers.jpg|{{center|Ransom A. Myers}}

File:Daniel Pauly Pauly Symposium.jpg|{{center|Daniel Pauly}}

File:Oscar Elton Sette.JPG|{{center|Oscar Elton Sette}}

File:Bell Shimada.jpg|{{center|Bell M. Shimada}}

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width="120" \| Contributor ! Nationality ! Born ! Died ! Contribution
Baird, Spencer F. \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1823 \| align=center \| 1887 \| Founding scientist of the United States Fish Commission.{{Cite web\|title=NOAA History - Giants of History - Spencer Fullerton Baird\|url=https://www.history.noaa.gov/giants/baird3.html\|date=2020\|website=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration}} U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries from 1871 to 1887.
Baranov, Fedor I. \| align=center \| Russian \| align=center \| 1886 \| align=center \| 1965 \| Baranov has been called the grandfather of fisheries population dynamics. The Baranov catch equation of 1918 is perhaps the most used equation in fisheries modelling.{{Cite journal \|last=Quinn \|first=Terrance J. II \|title=Ruminations on the development and future of population dynamics models in fisheries \|doi=10.1111/j.1939-7445.2003.tb00119.x \|journal=Natural Resource Modeling \|volume=16 \|issue=4 \|pages=341–392 \|year=2003 \|citeseerx=10.1.1.473.3765 \|s2cid=153420994}}
Beverton, Ray \| align=center \| English \| align=center \| 1922 \| align=center \| 1985 \| Fisheries biologist known for the Beverton–Holt model (with Sidney Holt), credited with being one of the founders of fisheries science{{Cite journal \|last1=Cushing \|first1=D. H. \|last2=Edwards \|first2=R.W. \|date=1996 \|title=Raymond John Heaphy Beverton, C. B. E. 29 August 1922-23 July 1995 \|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society \|volume=42 \|pages=24–38 \|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1996.0003 \|jstor=770195 \|doi-access=free}}
Christensen, Villy \| align=center \| Danish \| align=center \| \| align=center \| - \| Fisheries scientist and ecosystem modeller, known for his work on the development of Ecopath
Cobb, John N. \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1868 \| align=center \| 1930 \| Founder of the first college of fisheries in the United States, the University of Washington College of Fisheries, in 1919
Cooke, Steven J. \| align=center \| Canadian \| align=center \| 1974 \| align=center \| \| Academic known for contributions to recreational fisheries science, inland fisheries and Conservation Physiology
Cushing, David \| align=center \| English \| align=center \| 1920 \| align=center \| 2008 \| Fisheries biologist, who is credited with the development of the match/mismatch hypothesis
Everhart, W. Harry \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1918 \| align=center \| 1994 \| Fisheries scientist, educator, administrator and author of several widely used fisheries texts{{Cite news \|last1=Baer \|first1=Richard \|last2=Youngs \|first2=William \|last3=Oglesby \|first3=Ray \|date=1994 \|title=Watson Harry Everhart - June 5, 1918 - October 1, 1994 \|work=Cornell University Faculty Memorial Statement \|url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/18689/Watson_Harry_Everhart_1994.pdf?sequence=1}}
Froese, Rainer \| align=center \| German \| align=center \| 1950 \| align=center \| - \| Known for his work on the development and coordination of FishBase
Goode, G. Brown \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1851 \| align=center \| 1896 \| Ichthyologist who organized and administered the biological and fishery development research of the United States Fish Commission and ordered and developed the taxonomic and ichthyologic work of both the Fish Commission and the Smithsonian Institution. U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries from 1887 to 1888.[https://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/historymakers/goode/welcome.html#admin NOAA 200th Top Tens: History Makers: George Brown Goode: Eminent 19th Century Fish Scientist Accessed 13 November 2022]
Graham, Michael \| align=center \| English \| align=center \| 1889 \| align=center \| 1972 \| Known for his Great Law of Fishing, that “Fisheries that are unlimited become unprofitable.”
Green, Seth \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1817 \| align=center \| 1888 \| Pioneer in fish farming who established the first fish hatchery in the United States
Gunter, Gordon \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1909 \| align=center \| 1998 \| Pioneer in fisheries research in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Halver, John \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1922 \| align=center \| 2012 \| His pioneering work on the nutritional needs of fish led to modern methods of fish farming and fish feed production. He has been called the father of fish nutrition.American Fisheries Society, National Fish Culture Hall of Fame, Spearfish, S.D. 2000{{cite web \|url=http://fish.washington.edu/news/newsletter/sprsum_2013/memoriam \|title=SAFS Newsletter Spring-Summer 2013: In Memoriam-John e. Halver and Dayton Lee Alverson \|access-date=2014-07-17 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002446/http://fish.washington.edu/news/newsletter/sprsum_2013/memoriam \|archive-date=2014-07-15}}.
Hempel, Gotthilf \| align=center \| German \| align=center \| 1929 \| align=center \| - \| Marine biologist and oceanographer, and co-founder of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Herwig, Walther \| align=center \| German \| align=center \| 1838 \| align=center \| 1912 \| Lawyer and promoter of high seas fishing and research
Chaudhuri, Hiralal \| align=center \| Indian \| align=center \| 1921 \| align=center \| 2014 \| Father of induced breeding of the Carp and also the pioneer of Blue revolution.{{Cite journal \|last1=Sharma \|first1=Anil \|last2=Mohanty \|first2=Bimal \|date=2015-01-25 \|title=Hiralal Chaudhuri (1921-2014) - PERSONAL NEWS \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271201611 \|journal=Current Science \|volume=108 \|pages=286–287}} Fisheries biologist with strong contributions in fisheries management.
Hilborn, Ray \| align=center \| Canadian \| align=center \| 1947 \| align=center \| - \| Fisheries biologist with strong contributions in fisheries management
Hjort, Johan \| align=center \| Norwegian \| align=center \| 1869 \| align=center \| 1948 \| Known for research to determine why northern European fish populations fluctuate in abundance{{Cite journal \|last1=Aksnes \|first1=Dag W. \|last2=Browman \|first2=Howard I. \|date=2014 \|title=Johan Hjort's impact on fisheries science: a bibliometric analysis \|url=https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/71/8/2012/2804446 \|journal=ICES Journal of Marine Science \|volume=71 \|issue=8 \|pages=2012–2016 \|doi=10.1093/icesjms/fsu147 \|doi-access=free}}
Hofer, Bruno \| align=center \| German \| align=center \| 1861 \| align=center \| 1916 \| Fishery scientist credited with being the founder of fish pathology
Holt, Sidney \| align=center \| English \| align=center \| 1926 \| align=center \| 2019 \| Fisheries biologist known for the Beverton–Holt model (with Ray Beverton), credited with being one of the founders of fisheries science
Kils, Uwe \| align=center \| German \| align=center \| \| align=center \| - \| Marine biologist specializing in planktology. Inventor of the ecoSCOPE
Kyle, H. M. \| align=center \| Scottish \| align=center \| 1872 \| align=center \| 1951 \| Ichthyologist specializing in fisheries science and one of the earliest identifiers of the concept of overfishing{{cite book \|editor1=Paul J.B. Hart \|editor2=John D. Reynolds \|year=2008 \|title=Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries: Fisheries \|publisher=John Wiley & Sons \|pages=78–79 \|isbn=978-0470693131}}
Lackey, Robert T. \| align=center \| Canadian \| align=center \| 1944 \| align=center \| - \| Fisheries scientist and political scientist known for his work involving the role of science in policy making{{Cite news \|last=Krisch \|first=Joshua A. \|date=2017 \|title=The Science of Science Advocacy \|work=The Scientist \|url=https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/the-science-of-science-advocacy-31850}}
Larkin, Peter A. \| align=center \| Canadian \| align=center \| 1924 \| align=center \| 1996 \| Fisheries scientist known for his critical remarks on the concept of MSY
Lee, Rosa M. \| align=center \| Welsh \| align=center \| 1884 \| align=center \| 1976 \| One of the first UK women employed as a fisheries scientist. Known for "Rosa Lee's phenomenon," in which size-selective fishing mortality reduces the average size of older age classes{{Cite journal \|last1=Kraak \|first1=Sarah B. M. \|last2=Haase \|first2=Stefanie \|last3=Minto \|first3=Cóilín \|last4=Santos \|first4=Juan \|date=2019 \|title=The Rosa Lee phenomenon and its consequences for fisheries advice on changes in fishing mortality or gear selectivity \|journal=ICES Journal of Marine Science \|volume=76 \|issue=7 \|pages=2179–2192 \|doi=10.1093/icesjms/fsz107\|doi-access=free }}
Lubchenco, Jane \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1947 \| align=center \| \| Known for both her academic research in fisheries and related fields as well as policies implemented during her time as head of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Margolis, Leo \| align=center \| Canadian \| align=center \| 1927 \| align=center \| 1997 \| Parasitologist and head of the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, British Columbia
McDonald, Marshall \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1835 \| align=center \| 1895 \| Fisheries scientist and fish culturist who invented the fish ladder and of a number of fish-hatching apparatuses. U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries from 1888 to 1895.
McKay, R. J. \| align=center \| Australian \| \| \| Biologist and a specialist in translocated freshwater fishes
Murphy, Garth I. \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1922 \| align=center \| 2001 \| Fisheries oceanographer known for his work on the dynamics of Pacific sardine and on the importance of a broad age structure as a bed-hedging strategy in variable environments.
Myers, Ransom A. \| align=center \| Canadian \| align=center \| 1952 \| align=center \| 2007 \| Fisheries biologist best known for his work assessing the status of ocean fish populations{{Cite news \|last=Sullivan \|first=Patricia \|date=2007 \|title=Biologist Ransom A. Myers, 54; Warned of Overfishing in Oceans \|newspaper=Washington Post \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032802232.html}}
Pauly, Daniel \| align=center \| French / Canadian \| align=center \| 1946 \| align=center \| \| Prominent fisheries scientist, known for his work studying human impacts on global fisheries
Pitcher, Tony J. \| align=center \| \| align=center \| \| align=center \| - \| Known for work on the impacts of fishing, management appraisals and the shoaling behavior of fish
Rice, Michael A. \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1955 \| align=center \| - \| Known for work on molluscan fisheries
Ricker, Bill \| align=center \| Canadian \| align=center \| 1908 \| align=center \| 2001 \| Fisheries biologist, known for the Ricker model, credited with being one of the founders of fisheries science
Ricketts, Ed \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1897 \| align=center \| 1948 \| A colourful marine biologist and philosopher who introduced ecology to fisheries science.{{cite news \|url=https://www.seaaroundus.org/newspapers/2005/MontereyCountyWeekly_october2005.pdf \|title=Ed Ricketts’ death, 50 years ago last week, preceded that of Cannery Row by only a few months \|date=13 October 2005\|newspaper=Monterey County Weekly \|author=Eric Enno Tamm }}
Roberts, Callum \| align=center \| \| align=center \| \| align=center \| - \| Marine conservation biologist, known for his work on the role marine reserves play in protecting marine ecosystems
Rosenthal, Harald \| align=center \| German \| align=center \| 1937 \| align=center \| - \| Hydrobiologist known for his work in fish farming and ecology
Safina, Carl \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1955 \| align=center \| - \| Author of several writings on marine ecology and the ocean
Sars, Georg Ossian \| align=center \| Norwegian \| align=center \| 1837 \| align=center \| 1927 \| Marine biologist credited with the discovery of a number of new species and known for his analysis of cod fisheries
Schaefer, Milner Baily \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1912 \| align=center \| 1970 \| Notable for work on the population dynamics of fisheries
Schreck, Carl \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1944 \| align=center \| - \| Fisheries scientist and endocrinologist known for his research on Pacific salmon
Schweder, Tore \| align=center \| Norwegian \| align=center \| 1943 \| align=center \| - \| Statistician whose work includes the assessment of marine resources
Sette, Oscar Elton \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1900 \| align=center \| 1972 \| Pioneered the integration of fisheries biology with oceanography and meteorology to create fisheries oceanography and modern fisheries science.
Shimada, Bell M. \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1922 \| align=center \| 1958 \| Notable for study of tuna stocks in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
Smith, Hugh M. \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1865 \| align=center \| 1941 \| Ichthyologist who directed the United States Fish Commission's scientific research from 1897 to 1903 and served as its deputy commissioner from 1903 to 1913. U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries from 1913 to 1922. First director general of Thailand′s Department of Fisheries.
Sumaila, Ussif Rashid \| align=center \| Nigerian \| align=center \| \| align=center \| - \| Notable for his analysis of the economic aspects of fisheries
Suttkus, Royal D. \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1920 \| align=center \| 2009 \| Founder of the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection, housed at Tulane University
Utter, Fred M. \| align=center \| American \| align=center \| 1931 \| align=center \| - \| Characterised by NOAA as the founding father of fishery genetics, he has been influential in marine conservation[http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/historymakers/side_hon_mentions.html History Makers: Honorable Mentions] NOAA. Updated: 19 July 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
von Bertalanffy, Ludwig \| align=center \| Austrian \| align=center \| 1901 \| align=center \| 1972 \| In fisheries, best known for the von Bertalanffy function{{Cite journal \|last1=Katsanevakis \|first1=Stelios \|last2=Maravelias \|first2=Christos D. \|date=2008 \|title=Modelling fish growth: multi‐model inference as a better alternative to a priori using von Bertalanffy equation \|journal=Fish and Fisheries \|volume=9 \|issue=2 \|pages=178–187 \|doi=10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00279.x}}
Walters, Carl \| align=center \| American \| align=center \|1944 \| align=center \| - \| Biologist known for his work involving fisheries stock assessments, the adaptive management concept, and ecosystem modeling

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width="120" | Contributor

! Nationality

! Born

! Died

! Contribution

Baird, Spencer F.

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1823

| align=center | 1887

| Founding scientist of the United States Fish Commission.{{Cite web|title=NOAA History - Giants of History - Spencer Fullerton Baird|url=https://www.history.noaa.gov/giants/baird3.html|date=2020|website=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration}} U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries from 1871 to 1887.

Baranov, Fedor I.

| align=center | Russian

| align=center | 1886

| align=center | 1965

| Baranov has been called the grandfather of fisheries population dynamics. The Baranov catch equation of 1918 is perhaps the most used equation in fisheries modelling.{{Cite journal |last=Quinn |first=Terrance J. II |title=Ruminations on the development and future of population dynamics models in fisheries |doi=10.1111/j.1939-7445.2003.tb00119.x |journal=Natural Resource Modeling |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=341–392 |year=2003 |citeseerx=10.1.1.473.3765 |s2cid=153420994}}

Beverton, Ray

| align=center | English

| align=center | 1922

| align=center | 1985

| Fisheries biologist known for the Beverton–Holt model (with Sidney Holt), credited with being one of the founders of fisheries science{{Cite journal |last1=Cushing |first1=D. H. |last2=Edwards |first2=R.W. |date=1996 |title=Raymond John Heaphy Beverton, C. B. E. 29 August 1922-23 July 1995 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |volume=42 |pages=24–38 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1996.0003 |jstor=770195 |doi-access=free}}

Christensen, Villy

| align=center | Danish

| align=center |

| align=center | -

| Fisheries scientist and ecosystem modeller, known for his work on the development of Ecopath

Cobb, John N.

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1868

| align=center | 1930

| Founder of the first college of fisheries in the United States, the University of Washington College of Fisheries, in 1919

Cooke, Steven J.

| align=center | Canadian

| align=center | 1974

| align=center |

| Academic known for contributions to recreational fisheries science, inland fisheries and Conservation Physiology

Cushing, David

| align=center | English

| align=center | 1920

| align=center | 2008

| Fisheries biologist, who is credited with the development of the match/mismatch hypothesis

Everhart, W. Harry

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1918

| align=center | 1994

| Fisheries scientist, educator, administrator and author of several widely used fisheries texts{{Cite news |last1=Baer |first1=Richard |last2=Youngs |first2=William |last3=Oglesby |first3=Ray |date=1994 |title=Watson Harry Everhart - June 5, 1918 - October 1, 1994 |work=Cornell University Faculty Memorial Statement |url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/18689/Watson_Harry_Everhart_1994.pdf?sequence=1}}

Froese, Rainer

| align=center | German

| align=center | 1950

| align=center | -

| Known for his work on the development and coordination of FishBase

Goode, G. Brown

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1851

| align=center | 1896

| Ichthyologist who organized and administered the biological and fishery development research of the United States Fish Commission and ordered and developed the taxonomic and ichthyologic work of both the Fish Commission and the Smithsonian Institution. U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries from 1887 to 1888.[https://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/historymakers/goode/welcome.html#admin NOAA 200th Top Tens: History Makers: George Brown Goode: Eminent 19th Century Fish Scientist Accessed 13 November 2022]

Graham, Michael

| align=center | English

| align=center | 1889

| align=center | 1972

| Known for his Great Law of Fishing, that “Fisheries that are unlimited become unprofitable.”

Green, Seth

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1817

| align=center | 1888

| Pioneer in fish farming who established the first fish hatchery in the United States

Gunter, Gordon

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1909

| align=center | 1998

| Pioneer in fisheries research in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Halver, John

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1922

| align=center | 2012

| His pioneering work on the nutritional needs of fish led to modern methods of fish farming and fish feed production. He has been called the father of fish nutrition.American Fisheries Society, National Fish Culture Hall of Fame, Spearfish, S.D. 2000{{cite web |url=http://fish.washington.edu/news/newsletter/sprsum_2013/memoriam |title=SAFS Newsletter Spring-Summer 2013: In Memoriam-John e. Halver and Dayton Lee Alverson |access-date=2014-07-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002446/http://fish.washington.edu/news/newsletter/sprsum_2013/memoriam |archive-date=2014-07-15}}.

Hempel, Gotthilf

| align=center | German

| align=center | 1929

| align=center | -

| Marine biologist and oceanographer, and co-founder of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Herwig, Walther

| align=center | German

| align=center | 1838

| align=center | 1912

| Lawyer and promoter of high seas fishing and research

Chaudhuri, Hiralal

| align=center | Indian

| align=center | 1921

| align=center | 2014

| Father of induced breeding of the Carp and also the pioneer of Blue revolution.{{Cite journal |last1=Sharma |first1=Anil |last2=Mohanty |first2=Bimal |date=2015-01-25 |title=Hiralal Chaudhuri (1921-2014) - PERSONAL NEWS |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271201611 |journal=Current Science |volume=108 |pages=286–287}} Fisheries biologist with strong contributions in fisheries management.

Hilborn, Ray

| align=center | Canadian

| align=center | 1947

| align=center | -

| Fisheries biologist with strong contributions in fisheries management

Hjort, Johan

| align=center | Norwegian

| align=center | 1869

| align=center | 1948

| Known for research to determine why northern European fish populations fluctuate in abundance{{Cite journal |last1=Aksnes |first1=Dag W. |last2=Browman |first2=Howard I. |date=2014 |title=Johan Hjort's impact on fisheries science: a bibliometric analysis |url=https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/71/8/2012/2804446 |journal=ICES Journal of Marine Science |volume=71 |issue=8 |pages=2012–2016 |doi=10.1093/icesjms/fsu147 |doi-access=free}}

Hofer, Bruno

| align=center | German

| align=center | 1861

| align=center | 1916

| Fishery scientist credited with being the founder of fish pathology

Holt, Sidney

| align=center | English

| align=center | 1926

| align=center | 2019

| Fisheries biologist known for the Beverton–Holt model (with Ray Beverton), credited with being one of the founders of fisheries science

Kils, Uwe

| align=center | German

| align=center |

| align=center | -

| Marine biologist specializing in planktology. Inventor of the ecoSCOPE

Kyle, H. M.

| align=center | Scottish

| align=center | 1872

| align=center | 1951

| Ichthyologist specializing in fisheries science and one of the earliest identifiers of the concept of overfishing{{cite book |editor1=Paul J.B. Hart |editor2=John D. Reynolds |year=2008 |title=Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries: Fisheries |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |pages=78–79 |isbn=978-0470693131}}

Lackey, Robert T.

| align=center | Canadian

| align=center | 1944

| align=center | -

| Fisheries scientist and political scientist known for his work involving the role of science in policy making{{Cite news |last=Krisch |first=Joshua A. |date=2017 |title=The Science of Science Advocacy |work=The Scientist |url=https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/the-science-of-science-advocacy-31850}}

Larkin, Peter A.

| align=center | Canadian

| align=center | 1924

| align=center | 1996

| Fisheries scientist known for his critical remarks on the concept of MSY

Lee, Rosa M.

| align=center | Welsh

| align=center | 1884

| align=center | 1976

| One of the first UK women employed as a fisheries scientist. Known for "Rosa Lee's phenomenon," in which size-selective fishing mortality reduces the average size of older age classes{{Cite journal |last1=Kraak |first1=Sarah B. M. |last2=Haase |first2=Stefanie |last3=Minto |first3=Cóilín |last4=Santos |first4=Juan |date=2019 |title=The Rosa Lee phenomenon and its consequences for fisheries advice on changes in fishing mortality or gear selectivity |journal=ICES Journal of Marine Science |volume=76 |issue=7 |pages=2179–2192 |doi=10.1093/icesjms/fsz107|doi-access=free }}

Lubchenco, Jane

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1947

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| Known for both her academic research in fisheries and related fields as well as policies implemented during her time as head of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Margolis, Leo

| align=center | Canadian

| align=center | 1927

| align=center | 1997

| Parasitologist and head of the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, British Columbia

McDonald, Marshall

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1835

| align=center | 1895

| Fisheries scientist and fish culturist who invented the fish ladder and of a number of fish-hatching apparatuses. U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries from 1888 to 1895.

McKay, R. J.

| align=center | Australian

| Biologist and a specialist in translocated freshwater fishes

Murphy, Garth I.

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1922

| align=center | 2001

| Fisheries oceanographer known for his work on the dynamics of Pacific sardine and on the importance of a broad age structure as a bed-hedging strategy in variable environments.

Myers, Ransom A.

| align=center | Canadian

| align=center | 1952

| align=center | 2007

| Fisheries biologist best known for his work assessing the status of ocean fish populations{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Patricia |date=2007 |title=Biologist Ransom A. Myers, 54; Warned of Overfishing in Oceans |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032802232.html}}

Pauly, Daniel

| align=center | French / Canadian

| align=center | 1946

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| Prominent fisheries scientist, known for his work studying human impacts on global fisheries

Pitcher, Tony J.

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| align=center | -

| Known for work on the impacts of fishing, management appraisals and the shoaling behavior of fish

Rice, Michael A.

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1955

| align=center | -

| Known for work on molluscan fisheries

Ricker, Bill

| align=center | Canadian

| align=center | 1908

| align=center | 2001

| Fisheries biologist, known for the Ricker model, credited with being one of the founders of fisheries science

Ricketts, Ed

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1897

| align=center | 1948

| A colourful marine biologist and philosopher who introduced ecology to fisheries science.{{cite news |url=https://www.seaaroundus.org/newspapers/2005/MontereyCountyWeekly_october2005.pdf |title=Ed Ricketts’ death, 50 years ago last week, preceded that of Cannery Row by only a few months |date=13 October 2005|newspaper=Monterey County Weekly |author=Eric Enno Tamm }}

Roberts, Callum

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| align=center | -

| Marine conservation biologist, known for his work on the role marine reserves play in protecting marine ecosystems

Rosenthal, Harald

| align=center | German

| align=center | 1937

| align=center | -

| Hydrobiologist known for his work in fish farming and ecology

Safina, Carl

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1955

| align=center | -

| Author of several writings on marine ecology and the ocean

Sars, Georg Ossian

| align=center | Norwegian

| align=center | 1837

| align=center | 1927

| Marine biologist credited with the discovery of a number of new species and known for his analysis of cod fisheries

Schaefer, Milner Baily

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1912

| align=center | 1970

| Notable for work on the population dynamics of fisheries

Schreck, Carl

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1944

| align=center | -

| Fisheries scientist and endocrinologist known for his research on Pacific salmon

Schweder, Tore

| align=center | Norwegian

| align=center | 1943

| align=center | -

| Statistician whose work includes the assessment of marine resources

Sette, Oscar Elton

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1900

| align=center | 1972

| Pioneered the integration of fisheries biology with oceanography and meteorology to create fisheries oceanography and modern fisheries science.

Shimada, Bell M.

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1922

| align=center | 1958

| Notable for study of tuna stocks in the equatorial Pacific Ocean.

Smith, Hugh M.

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1865

| align=center | 1941

| Ichthyologist who directed the United States Fish Commission's scientific research from 1897 to 1903 and served as its deputy commissioner from 1903 to 1913. U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries from 1913 to 1922. First director general of Thailand′s Department of Fisheries.

Sumaila, Ussif Rashid

| align=center | Nigerian

| align=center |

| align=center | -

| Notable for his analysis of the economic aspects of fisheries

Suttkus, Royal D.

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1920

| align=center | 2009

| Founder of the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection, housed at Tulane University

Utter, Fred M.

| align=center | American

| align=center | 1931

| align=center | -

| Characterised by NOAA as the founding father of fishery genetics, he has been influential in marine conservation[http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/historymakers/side_hon_mentions.html History Makers: Honorable Mentions] NOAA. Updated: 19 July 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

von Bertalanffy, Ludwig

| align=center | Austrian

| align=center | 1901

| align=center | 1972

| In fisheries, best known for the von Bertalanffy function{{Cite journal |last1=Katsanevakis |first1=Stelios |last2=Maravelias |first2=Christos D. |date=2008 |title=Modelling fish growth: multi‐model inference as a better alternative to a priori using von Bertalanffy equation |journal=Fish and Fisheries |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=178–187 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00279.x}}

Walters, Carl

| align=center | American

| align=center |1944

| align=center | -

| Biologist known for his work involving fisheries stock assessments, the adaptive management concept, and ecosystem modeling

Journals

Some journals about fisheries are

[http://journal.bdfish.org/index.php/fisheries Journal of Fisheries]
[http://fishbull.noaa.gov/fcontent.htm Fishery Bulletin]
[http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1054-6006&site=1 Fisheries Oceanography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714171016/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1054-6006&site=1 |date=2008-07-14 }}
[http://journalseek.net/cgi-bin/journalseek/journalsearch.cgi?field=issn&query=0015-296X Journal of the Fisheries Research Board]
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences{{Cite web|title=Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences |url=https://cdnsciencepub.com/journal/cjfas |website=Canadian Science Publishing |language=en}}
[https://academic.oup.com/tafs Transactions of the American Fisheries Society]
[http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0969-997X&site=1 Fisheries Management and Ecology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612051918/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0969-997X&site=1 |date=2008-06-12 }}
[http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1467-2960&site=1 Fish and Fisheries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603153131/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1467-2960&site=1 |date=2008-06-03 }}
[http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0022-1112 Journal of Fish Biology] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007231222/http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0022-1112 |date=2008-10-07 }}
[http://journal.nafo.int/ Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080411015639/http://fisheries.ege.edu.tr/journal_of_fisheries.html Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences]
[https://www.openfishsciencejournal.com The Open Fish Science Journal]
[http://www.ajol.info/journal_index.php?jid=4 African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070202161322/http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/ ICES Journal of Marine Science]
[http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10641262.asp Reviews in Fisheries Science]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080803055530/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]

Professional societies

[http://wcfs.fisheries.org/ World Council of Fisheries Societies]
[http://fisheries.org/ American Fisheries Society]
[http://www.ices.dk/ The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)]
[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]

Notes

References

Hart, Paul J B and Reynolds, John D (2002) Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries, Chapter 1, [https://books.google.com/books?id=LVnWf6IEhcgC&pg=PA1 The human dimensions of fisheries science.] Blackwell Publishing. {{ISBN|0-632-06482-X}}
Megrey BA and Moksness E (eds) (2009) [https://books.google.com/books?id=WMzd2D3tSvQC Computers in Fisheries Research] second edition, Springer. {{ISBN|978-1-4020-8635-9}}. {{doi|10.1007/978-1-4020-8636-6_1}}
Pauly, D and Palomares, M L D (eds) (2002) [https://web.archive.org/web/20081217092514/http://www.seaaroundus.org/report/prodsystems.pdf#page=7 Production Systems in Fishery Management] UBC Fisheries Centre Research Reports 10(8).
Payne A, Cotter AJR, Cotter J and Potter T (2008) [https://books.google.com/books?id=u20mdaUF3zMC Advances in fisheries science: 50 years on from Beverton and Holt] John Wiley and Sons. {{ISBN|978-1-4051-7083-3}}.{{Refend}}

External links

[http://sites.google.com/a/seaahead.org/the-sea-ahead/Home The Sea Ahead... learning from the past]. A web site of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies promoting ecosystem-based fisheries science.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110701134710/http://www.marine.ie/NR/rdonlyres/A2FEBC5E-6358-4715-96D8-A6F9A3C397F3/0/What_is_fisheries_Science.pdf What is fisheries science?] (PDF)

fisheries science

Fisheries research

Notable contributors

Journals

Professional societies

See also

Notes

References

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