Fisheries Biology (BIO 458) - Fall 2011
Library guide for research papers
Useful websites for your research paper:
North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries
(keep in mind that each state's Dept of Natural Resources will have a website related to marine fisheries management)
Regional Fishery Management Councils
(this page provides links to the 8 regional fishery management councils, which include New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Pacific, North Pacific, and Western Pacific; it also has a link to all three of the interstate marine fisheries commissions)
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
(there are also commissions for the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific States)
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Some suggested species for your research papers:
Alaskan king crab Cobia Red drum Spiny dogfish
Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon Dolphin (Mahi mahi) Red porgy Spot
Atlantic cod Eastern oyster Red snapper Spotted sea trout
Atlantic croaker Groupers (Gag, Red, and Snowy) River herring Striped bass
Atlantic menhaden King mackerel Rockfishes (California) Striped mullet
Black sea bass New Zealand rock lobster Shrimp Summer flounder
Blue crab Orange roughy Sockeye salmon Walleye pollock
Bluefin tuna Pacific halibut Southern bluefin tuna Yellowfin tuna
Bluefish Patagonian toothfish Southern flounder
Coastal sharks Peruvian anchovy Spanish mackerel
Assigned Readings from the primary literature
Pauly et al. 2002 - read and summarize for Sep 20
Assigned Exercises
Calculating fishery parameters (F, A, S, Z, etc.)
Lecture outlines
Lecture 1 outline - Introduction to fisheries biology
Lecture 2 outline - Fishing methods and gear
Lecture 3 outline - Fishery resources
Lecture 4 outline - Production processes
Lecture 5 outline - Life history variation
Lecture 6 outline - Age and growth
Lecture 8 outline - Reproduction
Lecture 9 outline - Estimating abundance
Lecture 10 outline - Stock-recruit relationships
Lecture 11 outline - Surplus production models
Lecture 12 outline - Dynamic pool models
Lecture 13 outline - Cohort models
Lecture 14 outline -Fishery management
Klibansky handouts on fish reproductive biology
Klibansky handouts on fish life histories