The term 'fisheries science' originated in the early 20th century and one of the earliest use of the term in published literature was in 1905 by James Johnstone. Excerpts on early usages include:
1. Johnstone, J. (1905). British fisheries: Their administration and their problems. A short account of the origin and growth of British sea-fishery authorities and regulations,
... By far the greater portion of the literature of fisheries science deals with the biological investigation of the natural conditions of the fishes and other animals sought by the fisherman Anyone ...
Excerpt from page 159. Other uses are in two different pages of the same book. The term was mentioned 3 times in this book.
2. Liverpool Biological Society. (1899). Proceedings and transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society (Vols. 13-14). [View on Google Books]
Perhaps one cause of this partial failure has been that the men who can afford the time to attend such meetings have not always been really representative of the fisheries science of their countries but a still more important cause of the futility ...
Excerpt from page 159.
Committee and at University College Liverpool viz The formation of a School of Fisheries Science or a curriculum of instruction in the sciences which underlie Fisheries knowledge and investigations In November ...
Excerpt from page 77.
