A fisheries scientist is a person who studies and understands fish and other aquatic organisms, and their habitats, to help improve the way we catch, manage, and conserve them. Full definition
The study by NOAA Fisheries scientists is the first to analyze changes in fish populations sea lions prey on for clues as to what is causing the record strandings. (sciencedaily.com)
What is important about our study is that it is a different methodology than what is used by fisheries scientists for stock assessments, and therefore we serve as an independent verification,» says Kent Carpenter, a marine biologist at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and a co-author on the paper. (scientificamerican.com)
«Maybe the Red List and the general esteem in which the Red List is held by people who are not fisheries scientists... will put a little starch in them,» says Collette. (scientificamerican.com)