Overview
Description
This course offers hands-on training in fisheries science through field, laboratory, and data-analysis approaches. Students learn fish sampling techniques across aquatic habitats, proper handling to collect biological data, and fisheries analyses using R to assess growth, condition, and population dynamics. The course also examines local and global fisheries conservation and management challenges and potential solutions.
Units
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- apply standard fish sampling, handling, and preservation techniques accurately to collect high-quality fisheries data and specimens for ecological and morphological analyses.
- differentiate major fish taxa using diagnostic anatomical features and develop proficiency in constructing and using dichotomous keys to support accurate species identification.
- analyze fish form and function relationships using morphological and meristic measurements and skeletal or anatomical observations to interpret ecological and evolutionary adaptations.
- analyze and interpret ichthyological and fisheries data using appropriate quantitative methods and evaluate the reliability of resulting findings.
- communicate methodological approaches, analytical results, and scientific interpretations through well-structured reports and oral presentations tailored to disciplinary standards.
- develop a scientific manuscript or agency report using analytical methods introduced in the class.