Fishery Resource Management. Room 210 Fernow Hall. Intended for senior undergraduates and graduate students with professional interests in fishery science although other interested students are welcome to attend. Topics discussed include goal and objective setting, legal considerations, regulations, environmental management, population control, stocking, lake management, trout management, Great Lakes management, and Pacific halibut management. Participation in NR601 - Seminar Series in Fishery Biology strongly encouraged.
Course requires considerable work outside of class to be prepared for class meetings.
To understand and recognize that ecological, economic, political, and sociocultural forces shape the management process. To critically review one fishery and its management. Inland Fisheries Management in North America. American Fisheries Society. Fisher, R., and W. Ury.