Introduction, Fisheries and Food security, Development of Fisheries , Importance and superiority of fish protein, Fisheries of Saudi Arabia, Present and Future.

—Recent advances in aquatic animal characteristics, phylogeny, adaptations, zoogeography and reproductive strategies.

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Species Diversity, Community structure and diversity, Predators and  predation, Aquatic community regulation, Habitat types, Feeding mechanisms, factors controlling diversity, Freshwater wetlands, Mangrove mangles, Inorganic and Organic pollutants, Biological and Physical pollutants.2+0