Fisheries Management and Technology
- Spring 2027
- Instructor: Dr. James Kennedy
About the course
The course covers topics associated with marine fisheries, including population assessments, fish-habitat associations, life-history, population dynamics and management, and introduces the main principles, approaches and issues associated with fishing activities. The course provides an understanding of the benchmarks and reference points used to evaluate stock status, the types of data used in biological assessment, and the theory and practice behind the collection of those data. Models for growth, mortality and population size are explored and discussed, as well as concepts related to the political structures and processes behind fisheries management and governance. Finally, the course reviews the present stage of technology used in the marine environment with special emphasis on the potentials, limitations, environmental impacts, and future development of fisheries technology.
Instructor
is a fisheries biologist at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI), based in Ísafjörður.
Learning outcome
On completion of the course a student:
- can analyse fishery data to estimate growth and mortality rates and generate population size estimates.
- can assess a habitat as it relates to managing healthy fisheries.
- can apply knowledge of species-specific life history and behaviour to effectively manage fisheries.
- can recognize the specific role that habitat plays in framing life history and the potential factors that affect fish habitat.
- has gained an understanding of management policies and decision-making bodies around the world.
- Has gained an understanding of how technological advances in the fishing industry can lead to overfishing as well as other environmental impacts.
- can collect and evaluate scientific data and articles related to fishery biology and fishing activities.
Prerequisites: No prerequisites registered for the course
Course assessment: Assignments