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Unit of Study BIO00233 - Fisheries Management (2018)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    48 credit points in any SCU units.

  • Anti-requisites

    BIO00208 (V2) Fisheries Science and Management

  • Enrolment information

    There will be a 3 day compulsory residential workshop for Online students that will be held at the National Marine Science Centre (Coffs Harbour). Please refer to http://scu.edu.au/timetables for further information on timetables.

Unit description

Examines a range of issues related to the management of fisheries, commercial and non-commercial. It explores the role of scientific, economic and socio-cultural information in management decisions, as well as management approaches and issues relating to resources rights, compliance and co-management. Extensive use will be made of case history examples to examine the methods, application and outcomes of the various fishery assessment, management and regulation methods adopted in Australia and overseas.

Unit content

Topic 1: Introduction and commercial fisheries
Topic 2: Recreational and indigenous fisheries
Topic 3: Fishing gear and selectivity
Topic 4: Fisheries management
Topic 5: Fisheries management measures
Topic 6: Information for fisheries management
Topic 7: Fishing rights and ITQs
Topic 8: Fisheries legislation
Topic 9: Compliance, illegal fishing and MCS
Topic 10: Fisheries governance

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 1 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 describe and explain trends in fisheries statistics at a global, regional and Australian level
2 define and use newly acquired terms and concepts related to fisheries and fisheries management
3 explain and compare the various approaches, techniques and measures employed to manage fish stocks in a sustainable manner, and use Australian examples
4 discuss and justify the use of various types of knowledge and sources of information employed in the decision-making processes of fisheries management
5 analyse and evaluate the appropriateness of fisheries management systems including policies, legislation, strategies, plans of management, international agreements
6 prepare and communicate information on fisheries and their management for a range of settings.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. describe and explain trends in fisheries statistics at a global, regional and Australian level
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  2. define and use newly acquired terms and concepts related to fisheries and fisheries management
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  3. explain and compare the various approaches, techniques and measures employed to manage fish stocks in a sustainable manner, and use Australian examples
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  4. discuss and justify the use of various types of knowledge and sources of information employed in the decision-making processes of fisheries management
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  5. analyse and evaluate the appropriateness of fisheries management systems including policies, legislation, strategies, plans of management, international agreements
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  6. prepare and communicate information on fisheries and their management for a range of settings.
    • GA6:
    • GA7:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.