Module 1 Overview
The Big Picture for the Module
- Engage in course overview & Canvas orientation
- Look at fisheries management and conservation through the lens of professional fishers
- Look at fisheries management and conservation through the lens of fishery managers and regulation enforcers
- Reflect on the complexities of fisheries management and conservation across spatiotemporal scales
Your Learning Activities
- Identify and describe the complex components of fisheries management from the different perspectives of fishers (commercial and recreational), management (fish scientists), and conservation (enforcement)
- Demonstrate the applications of the Tragedy of the Commons, Shifting Baselines, management challenges concepts to fisheries
- Demonstrate clear, concise and informative written documents, visual presentations, and videos using Panopto while conveying the complexities of fisheries management and conservation
Week 1: Jan 18-20
Big Picture for the Week
- Course Overview & Canvas Orientation
- Discuss fisheries management and conservation
Your Learning Activities
- Be familiar with the Syllabus and Module Schedule
- Be knowledgeable and practiced at using Canvas
- Complete assignments by the due date
- Engage in preparation for next week (see below)
- Contribute to shared Google doc on Important Terms & Concepts Links to an external site.
- Research the guest lecturers, Mr. James Stone (NCGASA) and Ms. Vivian Helliwell (PCFFA)
- Develop three questions for the guest lecturers
Assignments & Due Dates
Reflection On Learning (ROL_01) by January 22
Assignment 1 (A1): Guest Lecturer; 3 Questions by January 22
Preparation for Next Week
Journal Articles
- Conservation in the Anthropocene Download Conservation in the Anthropocene, Caro et al, 2012
- The ‘shifting baseline’ phenomenon: a global perspective
Download The ‘shifting baseline’ phenomenon: a global perspective. Pinnegar et al, 2008
- Pay attention to these key terms: Catch Per Unit Effort, Lessepsian migrants, Malthusian Overfishing, Marine Protected Areas, Predator Pit, Recruitment Overfishing, Virgin Biomass, Virgin Stock size
Videos
Week 2: Jan 23-27
Big Picture for the Week
Looking at Fisheries Management and Conservation through the lens of professional fishers
Your Learning Activities
- Complete assignments by due dates
- Engage in preparation for next week (see below)
- Be familiar with the syllabus and Module Schedule, and ask any clarifying questions to understand the flow and structure of the semester
- Research the guest lecturers, Dr. Sean Hayes (NOAA) and Chief David Bess (CDFW, law enforcement)
- Develop three questions for the guest lecturers
- Start Learning Panopto
Assignments & Due Dates
ROL_03 due Jan 29
A2: Guest Lecturer; 3 Questions due Jan 29
Start Learning Panopto
Preparation for Next Week
Journal Articles
Conceptualizing maritime environmental and natural resources law enforcement – The case of illegal fishing. Download Conceptualizing maritime environmental and natural resources law enforcement – The case of illegal fishing. Sander et al, 2014
Videos
Week 3: Jan 30 - Feb 3
Big Picture for the Week
Looking at fisheries management and conservation through the lens of fishery managers and regulation enforcers
Your Learning Activities
- Research the guest lecturers, Dr. Sean Hayes (NOAA) and Chief David Bess (CDFW, law enforcement)
- Develop three questions for the guest lecturers
- Complete assignments by due dates
- Engage in preparation for next week
- Be completely familiar with the syllabus and ask any clarifying questions to understand the flow and structure of the semester
- Start Learning Panopto
Assignments & Due Dates
ROL_03 due Feb 5
Preparation for Next Week
Journal Articles
Seasonal movement patterns and habitat use of sub‑adult Striped Bass Morone saxatilis in a highly managed and tidally influenced Pacific Coast Watershed Download Seasonal movement patterns and habitat use of sub‑adult Striped Bass Morone saxatilis in a highly managed and tidally influenced Pacific Coast Watershed. Le Doux‐Bloom et al, 2021
Videos
Week 4: Feb 6-10
Big Picture for the Week
Reflect on the complexities of fisheries management and conservation.
Reflect on the complexities of fisheries management and conservation using Pacific Coast Striped Bass as the Case Study
Your Learning Activities
- Research Pacific Coast Striped Bass as a practice case study to learn about the Module I:Deliverable I
- Keep Learning Panopto
- Sign up for your Deliverable I species Links to an external site.
Assignments & Due Dates
A3: Pacific Coast Striped Bass Case Study (Practice Deliverable I [Synopsis])
Introduce - Deliverable I: Fisheries Success and Deliverable I: Fisheries Failure due Feb 27
Preparation for Next Week - Moving into Module II. Management
We start Module II with a focus on fisheries management. Here's how to prepare:
Video
Articles
Read the Cooper 2006 guide to fisheries stock assessment Download Cooper 2006 guide to fisheries stock assessment (note: this article is 46 pages long!) and select a second reading that relates to the concept of fish stock assessment (includes marine inverts and marine mammals). It be smart to select species that may become your Deliverable I Module I focus.
In Closing...
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