Kerala PSC Fisheries Extension Officer – Fisheries Department Syllabus
ഫിഷറീസ് എക്സ്റ്റൻഷൻ ഓഫീസർ – ഫിഷറീസ് വകുപ്പ് – സിലബസ്
Degree level preliminary and main exams · Category No. 045/2026
The full syllabus, organised section by section with the marks for each part: 15 sections and 64 topics. Tick topics off as you study and practise each part with the mock tests.
OMR/online objective examination for 100 marks, duration 1 hour 30 minutes, questions in English. The official syllabus has 15 parts. Questions may also come from other topics prescribed for the educational qualification of the post.
- Sections
- 15
- Topics
- 64
Exam pattern & marks · പരീക്ഷാ ഘടന
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Part 1 – Fisheries Resource Managementമത്സ്യവിഭവ പരിപാലനം
10 marks- Fisheries scenario: global, national and state scenario of marine fisheries and inland fisheries, cold water fisheries of India
- GIS and remote sensing in fisheries
- Stock assessment: biological structure of fisheries resources in space and time, indicators of dynamics in a fishery resource, principles of stock assessment, population age structure, theory of life tables, statistical models of fish stock assessment
- Mortality and yield: estimation of total fishing and natural mortality, the concept of MSY and MEY
- Over-fishing: biological symptoms of under-fishing and over-fishing, growth over-fishing and recruitment over-fishing
- Responsible fisheries: code of conduct for responsible fisheries, eumetric fishing, open access fisheries, CPUE
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Part 2 – Fishing Craft Technologyമത്സ്യബന്ധന യാന സാങ്കേതികവിദ്യ
5 marks- Fishing crafts: traditional and modern fishing crafts of India, mechanization of fishing crafts
- Boat building and maintenance
- Vessel design and equipment: stability of fishing vessel, marine engine systems, deck layout, deck fitting and fishing equipment
- Rules and regulations for fishing vessel fabrication, operation and safety, vessel monitoring systems
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Part 3 – Fishing Gear Technologyമത്സ്യബന്ധന ഉപകരണ സാങ്കേതികവിദ്യ
5 marks- Gears used in relation to fish and fishing area
- Gear materials: fishing gear materials, yarn numbering systems, mounting of webbing, accessories for fishing gear, hooks, selection of gear materials
- Maintenance of gears, preservation of netting and other accessories
- Gear design: parts of a trawl net, purse seine, gill net and tuna long lines
- Modern commercial fishing methods, fish finding equipments
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Part 4 – Navigation and Seamanshipനാവിഗേഷനും സീമാൻഷിപ്പും
5 marks- Fire fighting and lifesaving appliances
- Electronic navigation and communication aids
- International laws and agreements of the sea
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Part 5 – Fish Preservationമത്സ്യം കേടാകാതെ സൂക്ഷിക്കൽ
10 marks- Fish as food: composition and nutritional value of fish, spoilage of fish and fishery products
- Processing methods: freezing, drying and dehydration, marinated and fermented fish products, canning, freeze drying, irradiation, cryogenics
- Refrigeration: laws of thermodynamics, refrigeration cycle, heat load calculation, refrigerants
- Plant and equipment: freezers, cold storages, freezing plants, solar dryers, ice manufacturing, defrosting, thawing
- Packaging materials for different products, transportation and storage of fresh fish and frozen fish
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Part 6 – Quality Standardsഗുണനിലവാര മാനദണ്ഡങ്ങൾ
5 marks- Assessment of quality of seafood by instrumental and chemical methods
- Fish food borne human pathogens
- Quality management: concept of quality management, quality standards, fish plant sanitation and personal hygiene
- Seafood export regulations, food safety standards
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Part 7 – Aquatic Environment Managementജല പരിസ്ഥിതി പരിപാലനം
5 marks- Aquatic environments: marine, freshwater and brackish water environments, water quality parameters, limnology
- Oceanography: waves and tides, water masses, winds, clouds, ocean currents, migration of fishes
- Biodiversity: biodiversity indices, mangroves, sea grasses, aquatic flora and fauna of ecological significance
- Aquatic pollution and mitigation
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Part 8 – Farming of Food Fishes and Shell Fishesഭക്ഷ്യമത്സ്യങ്ങളുടെയും ഷെൽഫിഷുകളുടെയും കൃഷി
- Aquaculture scenario: global, national and state scenario, water as a medium of culture
- Culture systems: different systems of aquaculture for the major candidate species, integrated fish farming, sewage-fed fish culture, organic recycling and detritus food chain
- Recent trends and technologies in aquaculture
- Farm inputs and management: use of agro industrial waste and biofertilizers in aquaculture, water and soil quality management
- No separate marks are printed for this part in the official syllabus.
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Part 9 – Ecosystem Management in Aquacultureഅക്വാകൾച്ചറിലെ ആവാസവ്യവസ്ഥാ പരിപാലനം
10 marks- Climate smart aquaculture
- Seed production: breeding and hatchery management of potential finfish and shell fish, live food organisms
- Nutrition: nutritional requirements, fish feed and fish nutrition
- Engineering aspects of aquaculture farm and hatcheries
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Part 10 – Ornamental Fish Cultureഅലങ്കാര മത്സ്യകൃഷി
5 marks- Breeding and rearing of exotic and indigenous ornamental fishes, live feed
- Aquarium: fabrication, setting up and maintenance of fresh water and marine aquarium
- Trade: world trade and export potential, trade regulations in relation to ornamental fishes, green certification
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Part 11 – Aquatic Animal Health Managementജലജീവി ആരോഗ്യ പരിപാലനം
10 marks- Fish diseases: investigation, symptoms, diagnosis and therapeutic applications, emerging pathogens, non-infectious diseases
- Fish pharmacology and fish toxicology
- Health management: immune stimulants and bioremediation, probiotics, prebiotics
- Biosecurity: AMR, BMP, quarantine
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Part 12 – Fisheries Statisticsഫിഷറീസ് സ്ഥിതിവിവരശാസ്ത്രം
10 marks- Probability: random variable, Binomial, Poisson and Normal distributions and their use in fisheries
- Sampling: basic concept of sampling distribution, standard error and central limit theorem
- Tests of significance based on normal, t, chi-square and F distributions
- Correlation and regression: relation between correlation and regression, length weight relationship in fishes, applications of linear regression in fisheries
- Fishery estimates: methodology for estimation of marine fish landings in India, estimation of inland fish production in India and problems encountered
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Part 13 – Fisheries Extensionഫിഷറീസ് എക്സ്റ്റൻഷൻ
10 marks- Extension education: principles of extension education, types of education, fisheries extension methods, basic principles of teaching and learning
- Organisations: government and non-government organisations involved in fisheries extension in India, fisheries co-management
- Technology transfer: adoption and diffusion of innovations, transfer of technology process, extension programme planning and evaluation, RRA, PRA, PTD
- Rural sociology: important sociological concepts, social problems and conflicts in fisheries, social control, gender issues in fisheries
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Part 14 – Fishery Economicsഫിഷറീസ് സാമ്പത്തികശാസ്ത്രം
5 marks- Production economics: elasticity in fisheries managerial decision, farm production economics, production functions in fisheries, break even analysis of fish production system, externalities and social cost, factors of production, marginal cost and return, farm planning and budgeting
- National income: accounting, measurement and determinants of national income, contribution of fisheries to GNP and employment, balance of payments, economic growth and sustainable development
- Trade: GATT and WTO in fisheries, NTBs and Agreement on Anti-dumping, fisheries trade and environment, impact of globalization in fisheries
- Intellectual property: patenting process, Agreement on TRIPS, biopiracy, GMOs in fisheries
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Part 15 – Fisheries Administration and Legislationഫിഷറീസ് ഭരണവും നിയമനിർമ്മാണവും
5 marks- Legislation: fisheries and aquaculture legislations at Central and State level
- Administration: development and regulatory activities of Central, State and Local government in aquaculture and fisheries, functions and powers of functionaries under fisheries administration, central and state level fisheries institutions
- Management and planning: principles of organisation and management of public enterprise, fisheries development over five year plans, fisheries plans and programmes by Government
- International fisheries organisations
- Policy: schemes and incentives for promotion of entrepreneurship in fisheries sector, government policy on SMEs/SSIs, export and import policies relevant to fisheries sector
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This syllabus follows the one published by the Kerala Public Service Commission. Always confirm the latest syllabus and exam details in the official notification on keralapsc.gov.in.