Course Duration
Location
Fisheries Management
Course Content:
- Intensive aquaculture
- Advanced management studies
- Data analysis
- Mariculture
- Dissertation
- Work-based learning
Assessment Method:
Coursework (practical assignments, written reports and presentations) as well as end of unit examinations.
Entry Requirements:
Successful completion of the FdSc Fisheries Management, or similar, programme.
Progression Routes:
Successful students can progress onto a related MSc or PhD programme. Alternatively the programme provides students with the necessary skills for management within the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
Resources
- Exclusive educational use of 20 waterbodies across the South East
- Dedicated science laboratories
- Brown trout river fishery
- Fully equipped hatchery
- Dedicated stock ponds
Typical Employers
Local authorities and public sector organisations such as The Environment Agency, as well as commercial fisheries, water companies, wholesalers and angling clubs.
Industry Links
Students benefit from close links with a range of organisations including: Thames 21, Shorne Wood Country Park, the Environment Agency, the Trust for Urban Ecology, Mid Kent Fisheries as well as numerous local angling societies.


