渔业和海水养殖计划提供硕士学位，重点是渔业或海水养殖。我们的学生师生比例低，并且有机会研究具有生态和商业意义的墨西哥湾物种以及具有经济意义的养殖海洋物种的生物学。几乎所有学生都会获得大学，私人和公共机构提供的助学金，助学金或奖学金的财务支持。教员指导学生研究从渔业生态学到栖息地恢复和水生动物营养等主题。除大学设施外，学生还可以在合作伙伴机构进行研究，包括德克萨斯州AgriLife海水养殖实验室以及德克萨斯公园和野生动物部海洋发展中心鱼类孵化场。我们的学生学习在渔业和海水养殖行业的公共部门和私营部门任职所需
The Fisheries and Mariculture Program offers an M.S. degree with a choice of emphasis in either fisheries or mariculture. Our students enjoy a low student-faculty ratio and opportunities to study ecologically and commercially important Gulf of Mexico and Texas species. Students entering the program have the opportunity to receive financial support from assistantships, fellowships, or scholarships awarded by the university and by private and public agencies. Returning Peace Corps volunteers who have completed their assignment are eligible for the Paul D. Coverdell Fellowship. Faculty members supervise student research on topics such as fisheries ecology, larval physiology, habitat restoration, aquatic animal culture, diseases, and nutrition. Students may conduct their research at university facilities and in the surrounding aquatic environments, as well as nearby partner institutions, including the Texas A&M AgriLife Mariculture Research Facility, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Marine Development Center fish hatchery, and Texas State Aquarium. Our students acquire the cutting edge science and technological skills necessary for positions in public and private sectors of the fisheries and mariculture industries, as well as undertaking reserach allowing them to pursue further studies at the Ph.D level. Student research topics are as varied as FAMA faculty expertise and have included fish culture for stock enhancment, ocean acidification, algae biofuels, use of biofloc in the culture of Pacific white shrimp, disease, and relative value of estuarine habitats for finfish and crustaceans. Faculty and student researchers use an array of quantitative research tools including molecular techniques, statistical analysis and GIS, as well as traditional field sampling methods.