FISH 323
Conservation and Management of Aquatic Resources

Ray Hilborn email: rayh@u.washington.edu office: 352B
Charlotte Boyd (TA) email: boydchar@u.washington.edu office:






Lecture schedule - see Lecture page for powerpoints

Date

Day

Topic

30-Sep

Wed

Intro to Aquatic Conservation and Management

2-Oct

Fri

Endangered species classification

5-Oct

Mon

The objectives of aquatic resource management

7-Oct

Wed

The Scientific Paper: Do's and don'ts of figures and graphs

9-Oct

Fri

Introduction to fisheries management (history and elements)

12-Oct

Mon

State of the worlds fisheries

14-Oct

Wed

Pacific Halibut Fishery

16-Oct

Fri

The history of the conservation movement

19-Oct

Mon

Surplus production and population dynamics

21-Oct

Wed

One Interpretation of the Fisheries Crisis - Ray Hilborn

23-Oct

Fri

Paper I review

26-Oct

Mon

Northern cod

28-Oct

Wed

The history of whaling

30-Oct

Fri

Mid Term I

2-Nov

Mon

New Zealand Lobster

4-Nov

Wed

The Great Lakes

6-Nov

Fri

Chilean artisanal fisheries

9-Nov

Mon

Southern bluefin tuna

11-Nov

Wed

Veterans Day

13-Nov

Fri

Governance

16-Nov

Mon

Data Collection

18-Nov

Wed

Another Interpretation - Boris Worm

20-Nov

Fri

By-Catch

23-Nov

Mon

Ecosystem impacts of fishing

25-Nov

Wed

Ecosystem management

27-Nov

Fri

Thanksgiving

30-Nov

Mon

2-Dec

Wed

Marine Protected Areas

4-Dec

Fri

7-Dec

Mon

International fisheries management

9-Dec

Wed

Monitoring Compliance and Surveillance

11-Dec

Fri

Essentials for good fisheries management


Lab schedule - see Lab page for handouts

Lab Sessions

Topic

5-Oct

6-Oct

Introduction to Excel, albatross analysis

12-Oct

13-Oct

Population dynamics and paper preparation skills

19-Oct

20-Oct

More population dynamics and excel

26-Oct

27-Oct

Discussion of papers on state of worlds fisheries, study session

2-Nov

3-Nov

Book review

9-Nov

10-Nov

N. Atlantic cod surplus production and more excel skills

16-Nov

17-Nov

Lab for 2nd paper, fitting growth curves

23-Nov

24-Nov

More excel skills

30-Nov

1-Dec

Book review

7-Dec

8-Dec

Discuss MPA papers Study Session