Dec 12, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

BI 441 - Fisheries Management


Offered Fall: Yes Offered Winter: No Offered Summer: No Offered Other: No
4 Credits
Hours (Lecture - Discussion - Lab): 3-0-3
Prerequisites: BI 210  and DATA 109  or MA 111 , junior standing or instructor’s permission.

Concepts, applications and techniques for managing fisheries resources. Topics include basic fish anatomy and life-history characteristics, fishing technology, population dynamics, fisheries modeling, hatcheries and conservation issues. Emphasis is placed on the human-fishery resource interaction. Students read from primary literature and conduct fisheries-related research.

Notes: Field work may be required. Contact instructor for more information.