Fisheries Biology
(1) General
| School: | Of the Environment | ||
| Academic Unit: | Department of Marine Sciences | ||
| Level of studies: | Undergraduate | ||
| Course Code: | 191ΘΠ4Υ | Semester: | F |
| Course Title: | Fisheries Biology | ||
| Independent Teaching Activities | Weekly Teaching Hours | Credits | |
| Total credits | 5 | ||
| Course Type: | special background | ||
| Prerequisite Courses: | None | ||
| Language of Instruction and Examinations: | |||
| Is the course offered to Erasmus students: | Yes | ||
| Course Website (Url): | https://www.mar.aegean.gr/index.php?lang=en&lesson=1062&pg=3.1.1 | ||
(2) Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
The main objective of the course is for the student to gain introductory knowledge on the subject of Fisheries Biology in order to recognize and use the terminology of this science, to understand basic concepts of life cycle of the organisms and to be able to combine this knowledge and to interpret the changes in the stock when it is in fisheries exploitation (learning outcomes correspond to 3-5 levels, depending on the background and interests of the student, see European Qualifications Framework Eqf). Basic concepts, such as the cohort of production per cohort and annual production or harvest and of the mathematical expression in simple models of biomass or production time, it is necessary for the student to become acquainted with the concept of prediction and to be able later to attend the courses of fisheries management.
The teaching of the theory is compatible with the relevant curricula of American and European universities and where the Greek literature it used examples from surveys carried out in stocks of the Greek seas. At the same time, the student acquires an introductory knowledge of scientific methods used in the assessment of fish stocks and special emphasis is placed on the use of hydroakoystics technology for biomass estimation or the study of behavior of biological resources.
General Competences
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
Adaptation to new situations
Autonomous or teamwork with presentation
(3) Syllabus
The course introduces students to a multi-scientific module, which combines knowledge of Ichthyology, Population Dynamics, Ecology and Ethology, aiming to gain the ability to anticipate the fishing and environmental effects on stock. For the monitoring of the course taken for granted basics Ichthyology and statistics. Basic concepts, such as the cohort of production per cohort and annual production or harvest and of the mathematical expression in simple models of biomass or production time, it is necessary for the student to become acquainted with the concept of prediction and to be able later to attend the course of fisheries management.
Lectures:
Introduction: Fish and fisheries production. Population and fishing stock. Developing people and age estimation. Reproduction and recruitment. Natural and fishing mortality. Standards development and reproduction. Production and fisheries harvest. Cohort and cohort harvest. Biomass models. Harvest models cohort. Fisheries assessment situation. Underwater Acoustics estimate abundance. Abundance estimation errors. Environment and fisheries stock.
(4) Teaching and Learning Methods - Evaluation
| Delivery: | Face-to-face | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Student Performance Evaluation: | Language of evaluation: Greek.In case of ERASMUS students: English Method of evaluation: Written exam with multiple-choice questions 60% Independent writing assignment with presentation 40% The students can see the corrected exams and request clarifications on the grading. |
(5) Attached Bibliography
Suggested bibliography:
"Fisheries biology", (teaching notes, 16 presentations in pdf files)
M. King, 2007: Fisheries biology, assessment and management, 2nd edition, August 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
J.F. Caddy and R. Mahon, 1998 Reference Points for Fisheries Management FAO, [347].
A. B. Cooper, 2008 A Guide to Fisheries Stock Assessment.
Related academic journals:
Fisheries, http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ufsh20
Fisheries Research, https://www.journals.elsevier.co
FishandFisheries, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-2979
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/journal/cjfas