Fisheries Science (ENV 460/ NRE 460)

Text and Readings

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Texts (*Required):

*1. Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management, by Michael King. Fishing News Books, 1995.

*2. Fishery Science: The Unique Contributions of Early Life Stages, ed. By Lee Fuiman and Robert Werner. Blackwell Science, 2002

3. Quantitative Fisheries Stock Assessment: Choice, Dynamics and Uncertainty, by Ray Hilborn and Carl Walters. Chapman and Hall, 1992.

4. Principals of Fisheries Science, by William Everhart and William Youngs. Cornell University Press, 1981.

5. Dynamics of Marine Fish Populations, by Brian Rothschild. Harvard University Press, 1986.

6. Fisheries Techniques, by Larry Nielsen and D.L. Johnson, eds. American Fisheries Society, 1981.

7. Fish Population Dyamics, by John Gulland. 1988.

8. Bioeconomic Modeling and Fisheries Management, by Colin Clark. Wiley and Sons, 1985.

9. Exploitation of Marine Communities. Report of the Dahlem Workship on Exploitation of Marine Communities. Berlin, April 1-6, 1984. Robert M. May, ed.Life Sciences Research Report 32. Springer Verlag.

Readings:

Required:

King, Ch. 1-2: Fisheries Resources and Fishing Gear and Methods.

Hilborn and Walters, Ch. 1, 3, 5: Fisheries, Fishers

Everhart, Eipper, and Younds, Ch. 3: Fishing Gear

Suggested:

Gulland, J.A. 1974. The Management of Marine Fisheries.

History of Fishing:

Cushing, D.H. 1989. The Provident Sea: History of Fishing.