The course is all about dealing with the study of environmental science, ecosystem, economics and management of fisheries and oceanography. Owing to the vast coastline of India the course is exposed to enormous career opportunities and has also made the nation a hub of this course. The trained individual can readily generate a lot of revenue for the government.  The course has its own incredible significance for the ecosystem as a significant section of it is dealt with enlightening the students with the measures to protect the aquatic lives and their importance in maintain the ecological balance. The benefits for the candidates are equipped with job opportunities with decent amount of salary in this field. And hence the course takes care of the ecosystem as well as of the individual pursuing for it.  

Eligibility:

A candidate willing to pursue for M. Sc in fisheries must be a science graduate or have a B. Tech degree. However few of the institutes restrict the graduation subject as fisheries or zoology.

Course Outlook:

It’s basically a 2 years course with regular examinations and tests.

Job Prospects:

The candidates after completing the course are welcomed as farm manager, hatchery manager, fisheries inspector or processing of stock and post harvest manager. The aquaculture technology eagerly waits for such candidates.

Best Places to pursue:

Central Institute of Fisheries Education

College of fisheries

Department of Aquatic Biology and fisheries

Cochin University of Science and Technology

Central Marine fisheries Research Institute

School of Applied sciences