On Tuesday, 14 January 2025, students of the third year in the Fisheries Department discussed the fisheries system curriculum and field training during the first semester of the 2024/2025 academic year.
The presentation began with the students discussing various training activities, which ranged from attending a workshop entitled "Sustainable Management of Egyptian Lakes - Lake Qarun" at the Academy of Scientific Research to attending a scientific conference entitled "Future Visions for Environmental Sustainability" at the Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University. The students also made several field visits, including a visit to the Fishermen's Association in Suez, visits to the Ashtom El-Gamil Reserve, the Radwan Fish Cooling and Freezing Factory, and the commercial fish market in Port Said Governorate, in addition to practical training at the Fisheries Department laboratories at the Faculty of Fish Resources in Suez.
As part of the fisheries system course, the students conducted a comparative study of For the fishing ports of the Gulf of Suez "Al-Salkhana Port and Al-Atka Port" in the city of Suez to develop and improve their efficiency and achieving sustainable fishing operations, in addition to collecting samples representative of the biodiversity of the fish of the Gulf of Suez and identifying and preserving them using scientific methods at the Scientific Fish Museum of the Fisheries Department.
The discussion committee consisted of: Prof. Dr. Gilan Mufid, Head of the Fisheries Department; Prof. Dr. Mohamed Saber Al-Sabbagh, Vice Dean for Environmental Affairs; Prof. Dr. Hisham Fawzi – Head of the Fish Processing Department, and members of the teaching and support staff of the Fisheries Department (Dr. Asar Al-Sharbini – Dr. Ahmed Samir – Assistant Lecturer. Alaa Harbi – Assistant Lecturer. Tasnim Essam – Teaching Assistant. Fatima Anwar).