MB5310 - Marine Reserves as Fisheries Management Tools

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	School of Marine & Tropical Biology

Available to Graduate Diploma of Research Methods, Graduate Certificate of Research Methods, Graduate Diploma of Science, Master of Applied Science, Graduate Certificate of Development Practice, Graduate Diploma of Development Practice, Master of Science, Master of Development Practice and Master of Science.

An 8-day intensive subject on recent advances in the use of no-take marine reserves as fisheries management tools. Emphasis will be on tropical marine fisheries. Major themes will be the status of world marine fisheries and the need for new approaches to management like no-take marine reserves, the long-term impacts of fishing on marine ecosystems, the need for appropriate baselines, and thus the need for no-take marine reserves protected effectively in the long-term, and the advantages and disadvantages of no-take marine reserves as fisheries management and conservation tools.

Learning Outcomes

• To understand the status of marine fisheries and some basic effects of fisheries, emphasizing those aspects most appropriate for understanding the biology and management of tropical fisheries;
• To examine historical impacts of fishing. Will appreciate that if one is ignorant of history, one has no chance of interpreting the present accurately, and a very flawed view of future recovery;
• Be introduced to recent developments in the methods of managing tropical fisheries, particularly no-take marine reserves as fisheries management tools;
• To develop skills in researching, presenting and evaluating information published on fisheries and marine reserves. Develop skills in research report writing skills and seminar presentation;
• To develop skills in field sampling on coral reefs. This sampling will be relevant to both fisheries and marine reserve research.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively.

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 BZ5001 or equivalent, and have an excellent understanding of ecological principles.
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	MB3310

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 3
Census Date 07-Feb-2013
Face to face teaching 15-Feb-2013 to 22-Feb-2013
Coord/Lect:	Professor Garry Russ.
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 12 hours practicals 4 hours workshops/Seminars 4 days fieldwork
Assessment:	seminar (25%); assignments (20%); take home exam (35%); field trip report (20%).
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.