Fisheries and their Management

Winter 2002 - Syllabus

Week	Dates	Class Topic	Weekly Reading Assignments
1	01/08 01/11 01/11	Introduction Primer on Biological Oceanography Video: Nat. Geographic - High Seas Rescues	Ch.1, Stommel 1955 (!)
2	01/15 01/18 01/18	Ecology, productivity, and habitat (1) Ecology, productivity, and habitat (2) Begin research on case histories	Ch.2, 3 Hutchings and Myers 1994
3	01/22 01/25 01/25	No class Ecology, productivity, and habitat (3) Fisheries data (make-up class)	Ch.4, 10
4	01/29 02/01 02/01	Fishers, techniques and technology Effects of fishing on populations Free class (research for presentations)	Ch.5, 6, 12, 14 Pauly et al. 2000
5	02/05 02/08 02/08	Exploited species/case histories (1) Exploited species/case histories (2) Case histories (overflow, if needed)	(review ch. 3) Gambell, 2000, Myers, Hutchings and Barrowman 1997, Idyll 1973
6	02/12 02/15 02/15	Population parameters and modeling (1) Population parameters and modeling (2) Begin research of final project(s)	Ch. 4 (review), 9 Pace 2001, Myers et al. 2001
7	02/19 02/22 02/22	Issues of By-catch Management models: single species (1) Final Project research	Ch. 13, 15, 7 Northridge and Hoffman 1999, Lien 1994
8	02/26 03/01 03/01	Management models: single species (2) Management models: multiple species Final Project research	Ch. 7, 8 Pitcher 2001
9	03/05 03/08 03/08	Uncertainty Analysis/Precautionary Strategies Aquaculture Final Project research	Ch.16 Conkling 2000, Weeks and Berkeley 2000, Hilborn et al. 2001, Schnute and Richards 2001
10	03/12 03/15 03/15	Management and conservation: Marine Policy Student project presentations Project presentations (overflow, if needed)	Ch.11, 17 Jamieson and Levings 2001 Prelli and Larsen-Becker