fisheries science

...This is why fisheries and fisheries are sometimes used synonymously. Fisheries science or fishery sciences are often used to refer to fisheries science in English, but since fishery does not include aquaculture or processing, the English term fishery science is different from the Japanese term fisheries science, which is broader. When fishing technology was not very advanced, fishery resources were considered an infinite resource that could not be exploited, and their management was not an issue. However, as fishing technology advanced, overfishing began to occur, and the importance of resource management was recognized, and fisheries resource science came to occupy an important position.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "fisheries science" is listed below.

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…ときに，漁業と水産とが同義語的に用いられるのはこのためである。水産学をさす英語としてよくfisheries scienceあるいはfishery sciencesが用いられるが，fisheryには養殖aquaculture，製造processingを含まないので，英語でいうfishery sciencesと日本でいう水産学とは内容に相違があり，水産学のほうが広い。　漁労の技術があまり進まない間は水産資源はとりつくすことがない無限の資源とみなされ，その管理などは問題とならなかったが，とる技術が進むにつれ，乱獲が起きるようになって資源管理の重要性が認識され，水産資源学が重要な位置を占めるようになった。…

※「fisheries science」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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