BIOL 4452 - Marine Fisheries Management

Four credit hours.

Practical marine fishery management problems. Trends in human population numbers, aggregations, and life styles with associated environmental impacts and resource allocation implications, which pose complex problems for fishery management scientists and administrators. International and local legal, political, social, and economic factors, as well as biological potential, must be considered in making rational decisions toward achieving optimum yield from marine fishery resources. The history of management scheme successes and failures, sources of information, and the current status of fishing technology, mariculture, management methods, legal problems, and educational needs will be explored.

Prerequisites: 16 hours of biological science or consent of instructor.