Fisheries (FIS)
Section Information
Fisheries science and technology focus on the sustainable use of living aquatic resources across marine, coastal, and inland waters. This field connects biology, ecology, engineering, economics, and policy to support food security, livelihoods, and healthy aquatic ecosystems in a changing climate.
Modern fisheries and aquaculture systems rely on data, monitoring, and modeling to understand fish stocks, habitats, and human activities. Tools such as stock assessment, remote sensing, bioeconomic analysis, selective gear design, and certification schemes are used to balance harvest with conservation and long-term resilience.
This section will present new research, case studies, and reviews on capture fisheries, aquaculture, fisheries management, fish health, seafood processing, habitat conservation, governance, and innovation for a sustainable and inclusive blue economy.
Scope
- Fisheries Biology and Ecology
- Life history, growth, and reproduction of fish and invertebrates
- Population dynamics, trophic interactions, and food webs
- Habitat use, migration, and connectivity
- Biodiversity, community structure, and ecosystem approaches
- Fisheries Assessment and Management
- Stock assessment methods and harvest strategies
- Ecosystem-based fisheries management
- Bycatch reduction, discards, and gear selectivity
- Monitoring, control, and surveillance of fisheries
- Aquaculture Systems and Technology
- Freshwater, brackish, and marine aquaculture systems
- Hatchery technologies, breeding, and seed production
- Feeds, feeding strategies, and nutrition
- Recirculating, integrated, and low-impact systems
- Fish Health and Welfare
- Fish diseases, parasites, and biosecurity
- Diagnostics, vaccines, and treatment strategies
- Stress, welfare indicators, and husbandry practices
- Health management in intensive and extensive systems
- Aquatic Environment and Climate Change
- Water quality, pollution, and habitat degradation
- Impacts of climate variability and change on fisheries
- Ocean acidification, hypoxia, and extreme events
- Adaptation, mitigation, and resilience strategies
- Seafood Processing, Quality, and Safety
- Postharvest handling, chilling, and storage
- Processing technologies and value-added products
- Quality assessment, freshness, and shelf-life
- Food safety, contaminants, and certification
- Socioeconomics, Policy, and Governance
- Livelihoods, value chains, and market access
- Co-management, community-based and small-scale fisheries
- Rights, tenure, and access arrangements
- Laws, regulations, and international agreements
- Emerging Tools and Technologies
- Remote sensing, eDNA, and advanced monitoring
- Modeling, decision support, and scenario analysis
- Digitalization, IoT, and automation in fisheries and aquaculture
- Innovation for circular, low-carbon, and nature-positive systems
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