全书共分为六章，基本涵盖海洋渔业发展历史、渔具渔法、渔业类型、渔业资源和渔场、渔业政策与管理和助渔仪器等海洋渔业科学与技术所涉及的全部领域。本书资料主要来源于国际组织文献资料以及在英文刊物、英语国家相关专业网站上公开发表的英文文章和段落。经过精心筛选、核对、校订，并详细标注资料来源，本书可作为主要面向本科生和研究生开展海洋渔业专业英语课程教学或海洋渔业导论双语教学使用，亦可作为海洋渔业从业者以及对相关领域感兴趣的普通读者的专业知识科普和语言学习读物。
PART I OCEAN AND FISHERIES
Section One Ocean and Marine Life
1.1 Ocean
1.2 Life in the Sea
Section Two Fishery Development
1.3 Development of Fisheries
1.4 History of Fisheries
Section Three Reading Materials
1.5 Five Oceans of the World
PART Ⅱ FISHING GEARS AND FISHING METHODS
Section One Categories of Fishing Gears
2.1 Conditions for Fishing Gear Designing
2.2 Classification of Fishing Gears
2.3 Fishing Gears and Fishing Methods
2.4 Fishing Nets and Equipments
Section Two Reading Materials
2.5 Development of the Dragged Gears
2.6 Fish Reactions to Common Towed Gears and Some Conclusions
2.7 Are Fish Aggregating Devices just a FAD？
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