2006 General Lecture Outline
A. Introductory Concepts
Definition of a fishery
Scope of fisheries biology
Historical development and current status
B. Biological Basis of Fishery Management
Concept of unit stock
Review of basic population dynamics
Concept of yield
Migrations as related to fisheries
Recruitment: importance, patterns, processes
Theoretical stock-recruitment relationships
Age and growth
C. Empirical Techniques
Population estimation
Fishing mortality estimation
Natural mortality estimation
Virtual population analysis
Yield models
Equivalent adult analysis
Quantitative Identification of Essential Fish Habitat
D. Management -- Theory and Reality
Bycatch and Discards
Mobile Gear/Benthic Communities
Conflicting interests
Council systems
ITQ's, Marine Protected Areas, and other options
E. Stock Enhancement & Finfish Aquaculture: Solutions for the Future?
Problem Sets
At approximately weekly intervals, you will receive problem sets to complete by the following week. These will consist of various types of fisheries data that you will be responsible for analyzing, interpreting and writing up. These exercises will be designed to further develop your quantitative abilities, and will constitute 60% of your grade.
Examination
There will be a single, 24 hour, take-home final examination, consisting of a number of problems. It will constitute 40% of your grade.