Mr. Suman Barua is a PhD Research Fellow at School of Fisheries in Ocean University of China and Assistant Director in Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh. He has completed BSc (Hons) in Fisheries and MS in Fisheries Biology and Genetics from Bangladesh Agricultural University. He is now enrolled in a Doctoral Course in the School of Fisheries under Ocean University of China. He has expertise in marine fisheries management, fish population dynamics and and stock assessment using various statistical modeling and packages. He is skilled in the analysis of fisheries' catch–effort data, length–frequency data, and estimations of biological reference points for elucidating different harvest strategies as management recommendations. He also expert in population genetics and fishery systematics. He served as 'Statistical Officer' for 5 years and 'Assistant Director' for 6 years in Marine Fisheries Office, Chattogram and acquired hands-on knowledge on marine fisheries management through application of marine fisheries act and regulations on industrial fishing sector and artisanal mechanized fishing sectors. He has 130 days of sea experiences specifically 14 days in NAVY ship, 10 days in Coastguard ship, 5 days in Industrial fishing vessel, 84 days in Bangladesh research vessel 'RV Meen Sandhani' and 17 days in Norwegian research vessel 'Dr. Fridtjof Nansen'. He has actively taken part in the fine tuning marine fisheries management of Bangladesh.