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Fisheries studies, Mātai koiora ika

Fisheries is the study of how to breed, rear, harvest and handle fish and other edible aquatic resources.

It gives you an understanding of how to manage fisheries, commercial fisheries methods and technology, fish growth and ecology of populations, and how legislation affects commercial and recreational fisheries.

A man holds a lobster trap on the side of a boat. The boat is out at sea.

You might learn about

  • recognising, preventing and controlling aquatic farming diseases
  • harvesting and handling fish and aquatic resources
  • how to monitor and maintain water quality

Your focus could be
Tō tino arotahi,

Similar study areas in Agriculture and environment, Ngā wahi akoranga ōrite i te Ahuwhenua me te taiao

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