BIO 398 - Fisheries Management

Offered as a part of the Marine Studies Consortium, Special Topics: Fisheries Management examines general concepts in the field of marine fisheries biology, specifically the distribution, reproduction, survival, and historical variation of the principal commercial and recreational marine fisheries and is geared towards students interested in marine science, fish ecology, and fisheries biology, policy, and management. This course is intended to provide students with a broad understanding of fisheries science, policy, and management by focusing on four main components:

Fishes: the diversity and distribution of fished species, the basics of fish ecology (i.e., how they eat, grow, reproduce), and the factors that control variations in fish abundance and fisheries production;
Fisheries: history of fisheries, the gears and techniques used in commercial and recreational

Fisheries harvest, and the social and economic dimensions of fishing;

Fisheries assessment: aspects of the behavior and life history of fishes that make them

vulnerable or resilient to fishing; data, methods, technologies used to monitor and assess fish stocks and fisheries; and how life history characteristics can be used in management decisions;

Fisheries management: the social/economic/legal/ecological effects of fishing and the strategies used to manage and enhance sustainable fisheries in the face of growing human populations and climate change.

Prerequisites
At least one 200-level course in Biology

Credits 1