- Knowledge of how fishing can affect the fishing resources and the environments
- Knowledge of the main fishing methods/fishing tools used globally
- Be able to describe how fishing gear such as gillnets, longlines, trawls and purse seines are constructed
- Have a basic knowledge of the behaviour of fish to gear such as gillnets, longlines and trawls, and how behavioural and environmental factors can affect catching results
- Knowledge of the gear parameters that affect the efficiency as well as the species- and size-selectivity of gear such as gillnets, longlines and trawls
- Understand the methods for quantifying mesh selection in gillnets and trawls