DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Fisheries and aquatic sciences careers scope in Pakistan opportunities jobs salary requirements guidelines for administration, courses and start future with water resources biology. Fisheries are social, biological and geographical objects involved in producing fish for human consumption. They are usually united of factors a common geographical area, catch techniques and targets species, and fisheries are the study of factors affecting catch and stock sustainability. Today, fishing remains the largest extractive use of wildlife in the world. About 94% of all freshwater fisheries occur in developing countries. They provide food and a livelihood for millions of the world’s poorest people, and also contribute to the overall economic wellbeing by means of export commodity trade, tourism and recreation.

Fish is an important subsistence food source in an area where grocery stores are filled with highly processed and expensive food that is flown in from the south, and fishing is a culturally and spiritually important connection to a traditional way of life.

OBJECTIVES

To produce well qualified human resources for fisheries sectors.
To carry on the research for enhance Fishery production and produce quality aquatic protein.
To investigate the ecology of aquatic organisms in the context of the physical, chemical, and geological characteristics of the fresh water environment in which they live.
To train the aquaculture and fish hatchery support workers.
To conduct awareness seminars and conferences for increasing knowledge and importance of fisheries for human welfare and country development.
Conduct activities to improve fish stocks, hatching, fish growth, and to prevent disease.
To train progressive fish farmers to promote fish farming to enhance food security and uplifting the socioeconomic conditions of small farmers.