History of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences

The following tables list courses and instructors offered through the Aquatic & Fishery Sciences academic program from the 1920 through 1980s. You may view contemporary curricula by going to the following link:

http://www.washington.edu/students/crscat/fish.html

Course #	Course Title	Instructors

1,2	History of Fisheries	Cobb
6	Pacific Fisheries	Cobb
50	Elements of Fisheries	Jarvis
53,54	Ichthyology	Schultz
60	Aquatic Animals other than Fish	Schultz
65	Fishing Vessels and Boats	Parks
101-103	Fish culture	Crawford
104,105	Fishery Methods	Cobb
110	Fresh and Frozen Fishery Products	Jarvis
111	Curing of Fishery Products	Jarvis
112	Oyster and Clam Culture	-------
115	The Economic Fishery Resources of North America	Cobb
120	Fundamentals of Canning	Parks
121	Canning Machinery and Cannery Management	Parks
122	Canning of Fishery Products	Parks
140	Aquarium Management	Crawford
145	Food Laws	Parks
147	Preparation of Secondary Products	Jarvis
150-152	Problems in Fish or Shellfish Culture and Fisheries Technology	Cobb and staff
154	Diseases of Fish	Guberlet
175	Exploration of the Sea and its Relation to Economic Food Fishes	Schultz
190	Fishways and Fishtraps	Cobb and staff
195-197	Seminar	Staff

Course #	Title	Instructors

1930-1931
101,102	Ichthyology	Schultz
107	Aquatic animals other than fish	Schultz
111,112,113	Aquarium management	------
115	Economic fishery resources	------
120	Exploration of the sea in its relation to fishes	------
131,132,133	Fish culture	------
154	Diseases of fish	Guberlet
157	Methods in ichthyology	Schultz
165, 166,167	Elementary problems in fisheries	Staff
175	Advanced ichthyology	Schultz
190	History of Fisheries	------
195,196,197	Seminar	Staff
201,202,203	Research problems	Staff
1931-1932
101,102,103	Systematic ichthyology	Schultz
105,106,107	Commercial aquatic invertebrates	-----
125,126,127	Early life history of fishes	-----
154	Diseases of fish	Guberlet
157,158	Later life history of fishes	Schultz
159	Conservation	Thompson
165,166,167	Elementary problems	Thompson, Schultz
195,196,197	Seminar	Staff
201,202,203	Research	Thompson
205,206,207	Graduate seminar	Thompson

Course #	Title	Instructors

101	Comparative anatomy of fishes	Schultz, Donaldson
102	The classification and identification of the soft-rayed fishes	Schultz, Donaldson
103	The classification and identification of the spiny-rayed fishes	Schultz, Donaldson
105,106,107	Commercial aquatic invertebrates	Lynch
125a	The spawning habits of game and other fishes	Schultz
126a	Early life history of fishes	Schultz
127a	The marine pelagic eggs and larvae of fishes	Schultz
151	Natural fish foods and water supplies	Lynch, Donaldson
152	Propagation of freshwater fishes. Methods of hatcing and rearing	Lynch, Donaldson
153	Hatchery biology	Lynch, Donaldson
154	Diseases of fish	Guberlet
157b	The age and growth of game and food fishes	Schultz
158b	The migrations of game and food fishes	Schultz
159	Conservation	Thompson
165,166,167	Elementary problems	Staff
195,196,197	Seminar	Thompson
201,202,203	Research	Staff
205,206,207	Graduate seminar	Thompson

Course #	Title	Professor

101	Comparative anatomy and physiology of fishes	Welander
102	Phylogeny of fishes	Welander
103	Identification of fishes	Welander
105	Economically important molluscs	Lynch
106	Economically important crustacea	Lynch
107	Aquatic invertebrates of marine economic importance	Lynch
108,109,110	General survey of fisheries work	Chapman
125	Migrations and races of fishes	DeLacy
126	Early life history of marine fishes	DeLacy
127	Ecology of marine fishes	DeLacy
151	Propagation of salmonid fishes	Donaldson
152	Nutrition of fishes	Donaldson
153	Freshwater fisheries management: biological	Donaldson
154	Communicable diseases of fishes	Lynch
156	Age and growth of fishes	Staff
157	Population enumeration	Staff
158	Population dynamics	Staff
180	Introduction to commercial fishing industry	Staff
182	World fisheries	Chapman
183	Commercial fisheries management	Chapman
184	Canning and curing of fish	Staff
185	Refrigeration of fish	Staff
186	Preparation of fish by-products	Staff
190	Elementary research	Staff
195	Introduction to fisheries literature	Chapman
Graduate students only
201	On-the-job training	Staff
205	Graduate seminar	Staff
304	Research	Staff
Also listed, but not offered
160	Freshwater fisheries management: hydraulic
161	Freshwater fisheries management: water uses

Table 5. Course offerings in the School of Fisheries in 1983 (from Stickney 1989).	Course #	Title

	Fisheries Courses
	FISH 101	Introduction to fisheries science
	FISH 311	Functional anatomy of fish and shellfish
	FISH 314	Methods and instruments for fishery investigations
	FISH 340	Applications of digital computers to biological problems
	FISH 352	Fundamentals of fisheries biochemistry
	FISH 367	Recreational fisheries
	FISH 379	Fisheries of the world
	FISH 395	Literature search in fisheries and food science
	FISH 401	Ichthyology
	FISH 405	Economically important mollusca
	FISH 406	Economically important crustacea
	FISH 407	Shellfish hatchery management techniques
	FISH 408	Physiological ecology of shellfish
	FISH 415	Principles of fish physiology
	FISH 416	Fish physiology laboratory
	FISH 425	Life history of marine fishes
	FISH 430	Biological problems in water pollution
	FISH 431	Laboratory for biological problems in water pollution
	FISH 434	Ecological effects of waste water
	FISH 435	Physiological effects of water pollution
	FISH 444	Fisheries genetics
	FISH 450	Salmonid behavior and life history
	FISH 451	Reproduction of salmonid fishes
	FISH 452	Fish nutrition
	FISH 453	Salmonid culture and enhancement
	FISH 454	Communicable diseases of fishes
	FISH 455	Communicable diseases of fishes laboratory
	FISH 456	Aquatic entomology
	FISH 457	Management of exploited animal populations I
	FISH 458	Management of exploited animal populations II
	FISH 459	Aquatic food chains
	FISH 460	Water management and hydrology
	FISH 461	Culture and reproduction of temperate and warm water fishes
	FISH 462	Feeds and diet formulation
	FISH 463	Principles of resource assessment
	FISH 465	Marine fish biology
	FISH 467	Fisheries management
	FISH 472	Aquatic radioecology I
	FISH 473	Aquatic radioecology II
	FISH 475	Marine mammalogy
	FISH 476	Laboratory for marine mammalogy
	FISH 477	Applied chemical techniques in the aquatic environment
	FISH 478	Applied chemical techniques in the aquatic environment laboratory
	FISH 499	Undergraduate research
	Food Science
	FD SC 350	Food components
	FD SC 378	Principles of fishing gear and vessel development
	FD SC 380	Principles of fisheries technology
	FD SC 381	Environment, food, and technology
	FD SC 385	Food engineering I
	FD SC 395	Food engineering I laboratory
	FD SC 481	Introduction to food technology
	FD SC 482	Food chemistry
	FD SC 483	Food analysis
	FD SC 484	Food microbiology
	FD SC 485	Food engineering II
	FD SC 486	Deteriorative processes in foods
	FD SC 491	Introduction to food technology laboratory
	FD SC 492	Food chemistry laboratory
	FD SC 493	Food analysis laboratory
	FD SC 494	Food microbiology
	FD SC 495	Food engineering II laboratory
	FD SC 496	Deteriorative processes in foods laboratory
	FD SC 498	Undergraduate thesis
	Quantitative Science
	Q SCI 290	Introduction to mathematics for biologists
	Q SCI 291	Analysis for biologists
	Q SCI 292	Analysis for biologists
	Q SCI 340	Application of digital computers for biological problems
	Q SCI 366	Quantitative methods in forest resource management
	Q SCI 376	Operations research in resource utilization
	Q SCI 381	Introduction to probability and statistics
	Q SCI 382	Statistical inference in applied research
	Q SCI 383	Statistical inference in applied research
	Q SCI 391	Introduction to matrices and their applications
	Q SCI 392	Techniques of applied mathematics in biology I
	Q SCI 393	Techniques of applied mathematics in biology II
	Q SCI 450	Linear ecological methods
	Q SCI 451	Ecosystem dynamics
	Q SCI 452	Ecosystem dynamics
	Q SCI 456	Mathematical models in population biology
	Q SCI 457	Management of exploited animal populations I
	Q SCI 458	Management of exploited animal populations II
	Q SCI 480	Sampling theory for biologists
	Q SCI 486	Experimental design
	Q SCI 499	Undergraduate research
	Courses for Graduates Only
	FISH 501	On-the-job training
	FISH 503	Advanced ichthyology
	FISH 504	Invertebrate pathology
	FISH 505	Research techniques in shellfish biology
	FISH 507	Special problems in fisheries
	FISH 515	Topics in fish physiology
	FISH 516	Fish physiology laboratory
	FISH 520	Graduate seminar
	FISH 522	Graduate seminar in fisheries
	FISH 525	Ecology of marine fishes
	FISH 527	Aquatic microcosms
	FISH 535	Metabolic effects of chemical pollutants
	FISH 544	Genetics in fish management and production
	FISH 545	Selection and breeding in aquaculture
	FISH 556	Introduction to quantitative population dynamics
	FISH 557	Theoretical models of exploited animal populations
	FISH 558	Estimation of population parameters
	FISH 560	Methods of acoustic stock assessment
	FISH 575	Principles of ecology as applied to fishes
	FISH 600	Independent study or research
	FISH 700	Master’s thesis
	FISH 800	Doctoral dissertation
	FD SC 521	Graduate seminar in food science
	FD SC 522	Advanced food chemistry
	FD SC 524	Microorganisms in foods
	FD SC 525	Advanced unit operations in food processing
	FD SC 526	Advanced unit operations in food processing laboratory
	FD SC 534	Microorganisms in foods laboratory
	FD SC 600	Independent study or research
	FD SC 700	Master’s thesis
	Q SCI 502	Statistical consulting in the life sciences
	Q SCI 576	Multi-objective programming

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