The United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme offers a series of 4-5 lectures given by a guest lecturer during each 6 month training course. The guest lecturers are world renowned in their fields and their lectures reflect global issues in fisheries. Some published lectures are available upon request.
These are some of the guest lecturers the UNU-FTP has hosted in the past.
| Name | Year | Organization | Field of specialty |
| Dr. Gunnar Knapp | 2013 | University of Alaska | Fisheries Economics |
| Dr. Kai Lorenzen | 2012 | University of Florida | Culture-based Fisheries |
| Dr. Trond Björndal | 2011 | University of Portsmouth | Marine Resource Economics |
| Dr. W. Steven Otwell | 2010 | University of Florida, Gainsville |
Quality Management in fisheries. |
| Celebrating UNU-FTP 10 years: Jóhann Sigurjónsson Einar Guðfinnsson Tumi Tómasson Ólafur Ástthorsson Sen de Silva Steven Otwell Kai Lorenzen John Kurien Audun Lem |
2008 | UNU-FTP | UNU-FTP Environment and Fisheries Aquaculture Quality management in industry Stock assessment and aquaculture Fish markets and marketing Community based fisheries management |
| Dr. Sena S. De Silva | 2007 | Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA) |
Aquaculture |
| Dr. James L. Anderson | 2007 | University of Rhode Island, USA |
Economics and marketing |
| Dr. Tony J. Pitcher | 2006 | University of British Columbia-Fisheries Centre |
Fisheries Ecosystem Restoration Research: |
| Dr. Grimur Valdimarsson | 2004 | FAO | Quality management in the fisheries |
| Dr. Hans Henrik Huss | 2004 | FAO/DANIDA | Quality and Safety Control in Fish Processing |
| Dr. Felicia Kow | 2003 | Australian Maritime College | Quality Management in Fisheries |
| Dr. Daniel Pauly | 2002 | University of British Columbia; Fisheries Center | World fisheries in relation to Ecosystem based management and modeling with ECOPATH with ECOSIM |
| Dr. Kenneth Sherman | 2002 | University of Rhode Island | Marine Ecology, Large Marine Ecosystems (web page) |
| Dr. Porfirion M. Alino | 2001 | Marine Science Inst. of the University of the Philippines | |
| Dr. Jeppe Kolding | 2000 | University of Bergen | Fisheries Stock Assessment |
| Dr. Ross Shotton | 1999 | FAO, Rome | International Fisheries Management (lectures) |
| Dr. Robert G. Ackman | 1998 | Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology, Dalhousie University | Organic Chemistry, Fats and Oils of Marine Biota |
