MB5310 - Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management
[Offered in odd-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
Available to GDipResMeth, GCertResMeth, GDipSc, MAppSc, MSc students.
A two week intensive subject on recent advances in fisheries biology, assessment and management. Emphasis will be on tropical marine fisheries. Major themes will be age determination of tropical fish, age-based stock assessment, coral reef fisheries, the use of marine reserves as fisheries management tools and the utility of multi-species fisheries models.
| Prerequisites: | 36 units of level 1 and 2 subjects inc 6 units of biolgy (inc MB1110) CH1001 MA1000 PH1005; MA1003 strongly recommended |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | MB3310 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 3 | |
| Census Date 26-Jan-2007 | |
| Face to face teaching 12-Feb-2007 to 23-Feb-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Professor Garry Russ. |
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| Assessment: | presentations (25%); assignments (15%); take home exam; (60%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.