The continuing education course on fish management at the ZHAW is aimed at people with a university degree, as well as experts from administrations, energy production, planning and ecology offices, NGOs working in fisheries, water monitoring, species protection or aquatic ecology, people from the education sector and private individuals. For those without a university degree, appropriate skills and professional experience are required. Admission to the "CAS Freshwater Fish of Europe - Ecology and Management" is decided by the course director.

The certificate course in fisheries management provides participants with in-depth knowledge and skills to professionally assess the water quality and fish fauna of still and flowing waters, to make decisions on fishing and stocking measures and to take into account aspects relevant to water protection on a case-by-case basis. At the end of the course, CAS participants will also be able to apply bioindication methods and interpret the results, as well as independently support species protection programs and watercourse measures.

The CAS in Fisheries Management consists of three modules, the first two of which can also be attended individually. Teaching takes place in lectures, excursions and practice-oriented exercises and lasts just under 18 months. Module 1 focuses on aquatic habitats and species knowledge and consists of 10 attendance days, as does module two with the topic "Management of habitats and species". In the third module, a supervised final thesis is written and one day of attendance time is invested.

Module 1 of the advanced training certificate course on fisheries management of European freshwater fish deals with the ecomorphology, ecology and biology of native fish species, the river habitat, legislation, the aquatic environment and hydrology, the lake habitat, invasive fish species, fish diseases and stock protection measures. In the second module, participants are trained in bioindication methods and the inventory of lakes and rivers, water quality assessment, threats, renaturation and principles / anthropogenic influences on lakes and rivers, fisheries, management and stocking as well as the FOEN's module level concept.

A CAS (Certificate of Advanced Studies) is a further education qualification from a Universities.

• Duration: Usually 1 semester part-time
• Title: "Certificate of Advanced Studies in (subject)"
• Recognition: International comparability via ECTS points
• ECTS points (European Credit Transfer System = international credit points)

The fisheries management certificate course "CAS Freshwater Fishes of Europe - Ecology & Management" is carried out on a part-time basis with 21 attendance days over a period of around one and a half years.