Fishery Science and Aquaculture: Humboldt University Berlin

About the programme

The aim of the Master’s program as a second professional qualification in the field of Fishery Science and Aquaculture is to prepare the student for the profession or to lay the basis for a doctorate.

On successful completion of the pro-gram, the students are capable of making a relevant contribution to guaranteeing nutri-tion and the protection of natural resources. They are able to combine their special knowledge of fishery science and aquacul-ture with their knowledge of livestock sci-ence and other related branches from an interdisciplinary point of view.

Coursedetails

Basic courses (modules) are offered in three main groups:

• Limnology and Ichthyology; Fishery Management; Fish Breeding and Fish Pathology.

Limnology and Ichthyology:

• Ecology of Fishes, Applied Limnology (Limnology II), Systematics and Evolution of Fishes, Physiology of Fish Reproduction

Fishery Management:

• Fishery Engineering and Fishing Gear, Management of Fish Communities

Fish Breeding and Fish Pathology

• Methods of Fisheries Science, Aquaculture of Cyprinids, Fish Pathology I, Fish Physiology and Nutrition, Special and Tropical Aquaculture

Summary of the advanced courses:

• Microbiology
• Bioenergetics of Fishes
• Ecology and Systematics of Plankton and Benthos
• Phycology
• Tropical Freshwater Fish Communities
• Water Chemistry
• Fish Behaviour and Evolution
• Fish as Product
• Processing, and Marketing of Fish
• European, World Sea and Inland Fisheries - Aims, Efficiency, Conflicts and Legal Regulation
• Protection of Endangered Species
• Recreational Fisheries (Angling)
• Ornamental Fish Product Science
• Fish and Fisheries Sampling Techniques
• Aquaculture of Additional Species
• Aquaculture of Salmonids
• Reproduction of Ornamental Fish
• Fish Pathology II
• Genetics of Fishes
• Environmental Stress of Fishes