Fisheries Science(ENV 460/ NRE 460)

Lecture Schedule

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Date Lecture Readings/Hwk/Exams

Sept 3 Intro

5 Fish and Fisheries Ch. 1-2 King, Hilborn&Walters 1, 3, 5

8 History of Fishing, Fish. Sci. Gulland

10 Pop’n Dynamics: Abundance Ch. 3; King

12 Abundance and Survival Ch. 3; King

15 Age and Growth Ch. 4; Everhart and Youngs

17 Consumption and Predation Ch. 4; Hwk 1 due

19 Fishing and Natural Mortality Ch. 3; King

22 Catch Equation

24 Recruitment Theory Ch. 3 King, Ch. 4 Fuiman; Hwk 2

26 Recruitment Models Ch. 3, King;

29 Virtual Population Analysis Ch. 3, King;

Oct 1 SCAA models Hwk 3 due

3 Fecundity and Production Ch. 3 King

6 Production Models Ch. 4, King, Ch. 7; Hilborn, Walters

8 Yield Per Recruit Ch. 4; King; Hwk 4 due

10 Stock Assessment Ch. 5, King; Gulland e-reserve

13 Management Objectives Ch. 6, King; Gulland e-reserve

15 MID-TERM EXAM

17 REVIEW MID-TERM EXAM

20 Management Strategies Ch. 6, King

22 Adaptive Management Ch. 6, King; Hilborn and Walters

24 Management Regulations Ch. 6, King

27 Fisheries Economics – 1 Clarke; Bell

29 Fisheries Economics – 2 Clarke; Bell

30 Sport fisheries management e-reserve

Nov. 3 Tribal vs States fish managmt e-reserve

5 Bio-Phys. Basis for Fish. Prodn

7 Habitat and Fisheries Fuiman, Ch. 10

10 Why do Fish Stocks Vary? e-reserve, Fuiman Ch. 3-4.

12 World Fisheries Harvests FAO

14 Major Fishing Nations FAO

17 How Much Food from Sea? e-reserve

19 Aquaculture and Fisheries FAO; Literature Review due

21 Fisheries and the Trophic Cascade e-reserve

24 Life History and Fisheries Ch. 3, King

26 Case Histories -Peruvian Anchovetta e-reserve

Dec. 1 Pacific Salmon Fishery e-reserve

3 Atlantic Cod Fishery e-reserve

5 Striped Bass Fishery e-reserve

8 Great Lakes Fisheries -1 e-reserve

10 Great Lakes Fisheries –2 Fuiman, Ch. 10

12 Future of Fisheries