Marine capture fisheries in India and across the globe, Brackish water fisheries/ backwaters and estuaries, Methods of catching fishes; Hook and lines, Various types of nets, Parts of important nets, Injurious/ harmful fishing, Making of nets, Construction of fishing vessels/ marine engines. Status of fisheries development in India with special reference to Kerala.

Fish genetics, Selective breeding, Hybridization, Fish spawning, maturation, and development, Induced breeding/ artificial spawning, Construction of Chinese/ jar hatcheries and other types of hatcheries, Site selection, facilities required, rules and regulations, Cryopreservation of fish gametes, Ornamental fisheries (breeding and management practices of various species of market demand), Commercial seed production of cultivable freshwater/ brackish water and marine fishes and shellfishes with more emphasis on commercially important species. Larval rearing, incubation, and nursery rearing. Live food organisms – Culture of Chlorella, diatoms, Rotifers, Cladocerans, Artemia, etc.

Fisheries Engineering (Aquaculture Engineering); Layout /Design of farms, Raceways, Hatcheries, Drawing of water supply, Cold chain-refrigeration engineering, Major equipment, power calculations, and alternative energy sources for farming and processing.