Fisheries are based on stocks of wild animals living in their natural environment stock is a sub-set of one species having the same growth and mortality parameters, and inhabiting a particular geographic area and has little connection with adjacent groups. The fish stocks are affected by man's activities and the success of the fisheries depends critically on the state of the fish stocks. Decision-makers need scientific advice about the state of the fish stocks. The science of stock assessment is concerned with provision of this advice