NTRES 411/611

Quantitative Ecology and Management of Fisheries Resources
Spring 4 Credits

 

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Lecture: MWF 11:15 - 12:05 Fernow 212
Labs:

W 2:30-4:25

Fernow Hall 210
   
Instructor: Dr. Patrick J. Sullivan
  214 Fernow
  255-8213
  pjs31@cornell.edu
   
Office Hours: After class or by appointment.

 

Textbook:

 

 

Quinn and Deriso, 1999, Quantitative Fish Dynamics

 
Software:

 

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Lecture

Date

Day

Topic

Readings

What’s due?

1

Jan 23

M

 

 Introduction and Course Overview

Hilborn and Walters Ch. 1

 

 

2

Jan 25

W

 

 Math and Statistics Review  

3

Jan 27

F

 

 Guest Lecture Kathy Mills  

 

4

Jan 30

M

 

 Commercial, Recreational, and Artisinal Fisheries

QD Ch. 1

 

5

Feb 01

W

 

 Population Growth  

6

Feb 03

F

 Mortality  

HW1

7

Feb 06

M

 

 The Fishing Process QD Ch. 2

 

8

Feb 08

W

 

 Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE)

 

 
 

Feb 10

F

 

 Suplus Production

HW2

9

Feb 13

M

 

 Maximum Sustainable Yield

 

10

Feb 15

W

 

 Parameter Estimation

 

11 

Feb 17

F

 

 Spawner-Recruit Relationships

QD Ch. 3

HW3

11

Feb 20

M

 

 SR Estimation and Dynamics

 

12

Feb 22

W

 

 Control Rules

 

13

Feb 24

F

 

 Linear and Nonlinear Approaches

HW4

14

Feb 27

M

 

 Growth QD Ch. 4

 
 

Mar 01

W

 

Movement Modeling (Murphy)

  

 

15

Mar 03

F

 

 Size-at-age Models  

HW5

16

Mar 06

M

 

 Model Selection

 

17

Mar 08

W

 

 Variation in Growth

 

18

Mar 10

F

 

 Delay-Difference Biomass Modeling

QD Ch. 5

Midterm Due

19

Mar 13

M

 

 Deriso Model  

 

20

Mar 15

W

 

 Parameter Estimation  

 

21

Mar 17

F

 

 Midterm Review

 

22

Mar 20-24

M-F

 

 Spring Break

23

Mar 27

M

 

 Yield per Recruit

QD Ch. 6

 

24

Mar 29

W

 

Renewal Theory

 QD Ch. 7

 

25

Mar 31

F

 

 Age-structured Assessment QD Ch. 8

 HW6

26

Apr 03

M

 

 VPA

 

27

Apr 05

W

 

 CAGEAN  

 

28

Apr 07

F

 Halibut  

HW7

29

Apr 10

M

 

 Summer Flounder

30

Apr 12

W

 

 Icelandic Cod

 

 

31

Apr 14

F

 

 Size-structured Analysis

QD Ch. 9

HW8

32

Apr 17

M

 

 DeLury Method

 

33

Apr 19

W

 

 Spatiotemporal Considerations

QD Ch. 10

 

34

Apr 21

F

 

 Estimating Migration

Final Project Out

35

Apr 24

M

 

 Optimal Harvesting

QD Ch. 11

 

36

Apr 26

W

 

 Assessing Risk  

37

Apr 28

F

 Harvesting Policies