Marine Fisheries Management

Catalog description

A course designed to familiarize students with practical marine fisheries management problems in today’s real world. Covers the international and local, economic, social, legal, and political, as well as biological factors that are considered in decisions directed toward achieving optimum sustainable yield from marine resources. The history of management schemes, sources of information, current status of fishing technology, management methods, legal problems and educational needs are explored. Must be taken at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi. May be taught concurrently with BIO 657. Cannot receive credit for both BIO 557 and BIO 657. Prerequisite: permission of instructor; and concurrent enrollment in BIO 558 . Corequisite: BIO 558