MSCI 401F - Fundamentals of Marine Fisheries Science

Spring, even years (3) Graves Prerequisite(s): MSCI 330 or BIOL 230 or GEOL 330, and BIOL 220

This lecture course will introduce the principles and techniques of fishery science. Lecture topics will include the theory and impacts of fishing, description and status of international, North American and regional fisheries, fisheries oceanography, recruitment processes, single-species and ecosystem-based approaches fisheries management, and the goals and problems of sustaining an open-access common pool resource.

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