The influences of physical and biological processes at various temporal and spatial scales on survival, growth, abundance, transport, and distribution of marine fishes and invertebrates are studied. Emphasis is on species of commercial or recreational importance. Lec 2, Rec 1. Deals with the basic conceptual and analytical approaches used in management. SMS 552 Ecological Approaches to Fisheries Management Addresses the theory and practical problems of managing wild renewable resources.
Theory is drawn from the fields of economics, ecology, population dynamics and anthropology.
Emphasizes the State's decentralized governance approach to fisheries management. SMS 553 Institutions and Marine Fisheries Management Focuses on the various social science theories concerning social change and the generation of institutions including action theory, the theory of common property resources, rational choice theory, and topics from political economy. Analysis of cases where groups have been willing to erect rules to constrain their exploitive activities and the conditions under which over-exploitation takes place. Studies centralized and decentralized management systems around the world and compares open access fisheries, local level management and co-management regimes. Fisheries Management Problems of the Northwest Atlantic Past and current fisheries management problems in New England and the Maritime Provinces from a social science perspective.