Oncorhynchus mykiss (Rainbow trout)

FW5604: Fisheries Ecology and Management   Lecture Schedule

Approximate times are subject to change

 

Week [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

      
I. Introduction to fisheries management 		              
	A. Historical background
Week 1
 
II. A fisheries management framework
	A. Information base
	B. Goals and objectives
	C. Problem identification
	D. Actions
	E. Evaluation
    Readings
 
 

      
III. The management environment		                        
	A. Managing the commons 
	B. Management Agencies
	C. Public involvement

      
Week 2

      
IV. Planning- strategic vs operational
	A. Strategic planning - long range 
	B. Operational planning - Management
    Readings
 
 

      
V. The role of research, science and statistics 
	A. Information base and problem identification              
	B. Assessment and evaluation - hypothesis testing
	C. Adaptive management and assessment
    Readings

      
Week 3

      
VI. Ecology of fisheries environments		                   
	A. Applied limnology
	B. Energetics, feeding relations and prey selection
    Readings
 	C. Lake habitat - fisheries interactions		         
	D. Stream habitat ecology
	E. Classification schemes
    Readings

      
Week 4



Week 5

      
VII. Problem Identification and the Information Base	        
	A. Developing an information base
		1. Habitat, stream and lake surveys
		2. Routine population surveys
		3. Creel and Harvest surveys
	B. Identifying problems
    Readings

      
Week 6
 
 

      
VIII. Management Actions		                            
	A. Stocking
		1. Rationale, Criteria, Assessment,Example
    Readings
	B. Regulations 		                              
		1. Seasons	
		2. Creel and Bag limits
		3. Gear restrictions	
		4. Access and refuges	
		5. Size and sex limits	
		6. Special regulations
    Readings		                 
	C. Predator control/Rehabilitation/Reclamation	         
	D. Habitat manipulation
		1. Lakes -Aeration, spawning and water level manipulation
		2. Stream habitat improvement
	E. Information and Education
    Readings	

      
Week 8

Spring break

Week 9





Week 10


Week 11

      
IX. Management of Specific Resources		                  
	A. Cool water lakes
		1. Walleye fisheries
		2. Musky and trophy fisheries
	B. Warm water - centrarchid lakes
		1. Regulations
		2. Macrophyte manipulation
    Readings		                  
	C. Lake ecosystem manipulations
		1. Biomanipulation
		2. Shallow lakes/alternative states
    Readings
	D. Coldwater streams		                             
		1. Regulations
		2. Stream habitat improvement
	E. Warm water streams                
	F. Instream flow management
	G. Management for water quality -IBI
	H. Watersheds and landscapes
	I. Marine Fisheries issues: Atlantic Cod as a case history
    Readings

      
Week 12



Week 13







Week 14


Week 15

      
X. Management in the future
	A. Multidisciplinary management
	B. An environmental ethic
    Readings

      


      
Final exam: 

Based on Fri. class, final is scheduled for 1:30pm-3:30pm Wednesday, May 14 in 490
Hodson. This is the class-preferred time.

 
 

 

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