Contents: 1. Historical Perspectives 2. Fish and Water in Today"s World 3. Fisheries Management 4. The Role of Administrators 5. The Role of Hatcheries in Fisheries Management 6. Conservation of Threatened and Endangered Species 7. Field Procedures and Preliminary Laboratory Techniques 8. Toxicants and Anesthetics 9. Nets and Other Fishing Gear 10. Electricity in Fisheries 11. Age Determination, Rate of Growth, and Length-Weight Relationships 12. Food Habits 13. Capture (Creel) Survey Methods 14. Ecology of Fishes 15. Investigative Steps and Writing of a Fish Life History