Over the next four decades, the field grew manifold and evolved as a professional discipline consisting of Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral programmes in various branches of Fisheries Science.
The postgraduate curricula and syllabi are periodically revised by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for a common syllabus.
[2] The postgraduate degree Master of Fisheries Science is a two-year course offered in various disciplines.
Candidates possessing a Bachelor of Fisheries Science degree from SAU are eligible for admission through a common entrance test conducted by various universities.
Apart from Central Fisheries Institutes listed previously, one can get a job in central agencies; for example, as Technical Officers and Assistant Directors in Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), Export Inspection Agency (EIA), Coastal Aquaculture Authority of India (CAA), Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and as Technical Officers and Scientists in Fisheries Survey of India (FSI), National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, etc.
Candidates with bachelor's degrees can apply for the post of Instructor, Research Assistant, Biochemist, Biologist, Technicians, etc.
Candidates with postgraduate degrees can apply for the post of Assistant Professor in the faculty of Fisheries.
There are about 236 EU-approved processing plants and 33 exclusive cold storage facility (storing fish & fishery products only) are available.
Several fisheries graduates are doing business in foreign countries in field of aquaculture, fish processing export and import.