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A Professional Education for Fishery Scientists
Author(s) -
Royce William F.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
fisheries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1548-8446
pISSN - 0363-2415
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8446(1984)009<0012:apeffs>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - fishery , business , public relations , political science , biology
Employment of fishery scientists has been expanding rapidly into more diverse activities but with only a small proportion in basic research outside universities. The predominant occupation is now in organizations with responsibilities for design and implementation of solutions to the fishery problems as people perceive them. It is argued that our professionalism must be strengthened if fishery scientists are to fulfill the public expectations.