MB5310 - Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Marine & Tropical Biology |
Available to GDipResMeth, GCertResMeth, GDipSc and MAppSc 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, use of marine reserves as fisheries management tools and the utility of multi-species fisheries models.
| Assumed Knowledge: | Students enrolling in this subject should have an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline or have acquired equivalent knowledge through other study. They should have an excellent understanding of level 3 science and should have completed BS5001 or equivalent, and an excellent understanding of ecological principles. |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | MB3310 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 3 | |
| Census Date 21-Jan-2010 | |
| Face to face teaching 13-Feb-2010 to 21-Feb-2010 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Professor Garry Russ. |
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| Assessment: | seminar (10%); assignments (15%); take home exam (60%); field trip report (15%). |
| Restrictions: |
An enrolment quota applies to this offering. |
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.