Course Description
Interaction of oceanographic processes with the life histories and productivity of marine fisheries species, and the human interactions with major marine fisheries.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be required to write a 10-15 page term paper on a current problem in marine fisheries, which will integrate the subdisciplines of marine fisheries, and present the material to the class.
Athena Title
MAR FISHERIES BIOL
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in FORS 4380/6380-4380L/6380L
Prerequisite
BIOL 1108-1108L and permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
A survey course for upper division undergraduates and graduate students that links the interaction of life histories, oceanograhic process, fisheries prductivity and humans in management of major US and world seafood production. Graduate students will be required to write a 15 page term paper and present it to the class.
Topical Outline
Introduction to Fishery Management Whose catching the fish and where? Fishery Management Concepts Fishery Management Structure Reproductive Strategies and Management Fishery Parameters Fish Population Dynamics Human Dimensions of Management Shellfish Life Histories and Management Shrimp Management Bycatch/Conservation Engineering: TED/BRD Blue Crab Management Molluscan Life Histories and Management Molluscan Reproduction Molluscan Fishery Management Molluscan Aquaculture and Management Finfish Life History and Management Recreational Fisheries Anadromous Fisheries Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Tuna and Billfish Shark Fisheries Fish and Shellfish Health Fish Parasites and Diseases Molluscan Diseases, Parasites and Predators Mollusks, Water Quality and Human Health Habitat Management Function of Estuarine Habitats Water Quality/GIS/Computer Modeling Essential Fish Habitat Conclusion Integration of Management Professional and Environmental Ethics