Biology (BIOL) Courses>Fisheries Ecology and Management

BIOL461 - Fisheries Ecology and Management

Description

An examination of the basic principles of fisheries ecology and population dynamics and how these are used as the basis for stock assessment and fisheries management. Topics include: current issues in BC, Canadian and global fisheries; growth, mortality, reproduction and recruitment; stock-recruitment and age-structured fisheries models; fisheries management tactics and strategies.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-0-1

Pre- or corequisites

  • Complete 1 of the following
    • Completed or concurrently enrolled in 1 of:
      • BIOL330 - Study Design and Data Analysis (1.5)
      • BIOL370 - Conservation Biology (1.5)
      • ES320 - Conservation Biology (1.5)
      • ES344 - Study Design and Data Analysis (1.5)
    • or permission of the department.

Recommendations

  • BIOL 335 recommended prior to BIOL 461.

Course offered by

Department of Biology

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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