Fisheries Technologist study guide
Fisheries Technologist · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Fisheries Technologist Licensure Examination is one of the licensure examinations administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) of the Philippines for candidates who want to be registered Fisheries Technologists. The PRC is the government agency mandated to implement the regulatory laws and policies for the regulated professions, and it lists Fisheries Technologist among the professions covered by its online services. This page is an independent study resource; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the PRC or its Professional Regulatory Board. According to the PRC website, passers of the Fisheries Technologist examination from October 2010 to date must secure an online appointment when requesting a Certificate of Board Rating and Passing. Topics on this exam: Fisheries Technology (domain weights not published in source), Aquaculture (domain weights not published in source), Capture Fisheries (domain weights not published in source), and Fisheries Post-Harvest Technology and Management (domain weights not published in source). The Fisheries Technologist study guide has 4 sections and about 1,193 words.
01Fisheries Technology
Fisheries Technology tests your ability to connect fish biology with the gear, sampling tools, and identification methods used in the field. Questions typically cover taxonomy, meristic and morphometric characters, ageing structures, gear classification, and the hydrographic measurements that explain fish distribution.
355 words, about 2 min02Aquaculture
Aquaculture questions test pond and tank management as a system: water quality, stocking, feeding, and health. You should be able to calculate stocking density, survival, growth, and feed conversion, and to explain how pH shifts the toxicity of ammonia.
295 words, about 1 min03Capture Fisheries
Capture Fisheries tests stock assessment and management: how effort, catch, and mortality are converted into advice on exploitation. Expect CPUE, catch curves, mortality partitioning, MSY, selectivity, and regulation design.
267 words, about 1 min04Fisheries Post-Harvest Technology and Management
This domain covers spoilage, preservation, quality assessment, and the management systems that protect product safety from harvest to market. Questions combine biochemistry (rigor, autolysis, bacterial action) with processing calculations and HACCP principles.
276 words, about 1 min