《漁業科學》被公認為是該領域的領先期刊，因在與漁業科學相關的廣泛學科領域發表基礎和應用研究論文而受到國際尊重。在漁業、生物學、水產養殖、環境、化學與生物化學、食品科學與技術等重要領域發表高質量論文的傳統由來已久。每卷包括約120篇同行評議的文章。《水產科學》是日本水產科學學會的官方期刊。

Recognized as a leading journal in its field, Fisheries Science is internationally respected for its publication of basic and applied research articles in a broad range of subject areas relevant to fisheries science. It has a long tradition of publishing quality papers in such important topics as Fisheries, Biology, Aquaculture, Environment, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Food Science and Technology. Each volume includes about 120 peer-reviewed articles. Fisheries Science is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science.