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Population
Dynamics and Stock Assessment Syllabus
May 29
9:00
Welcome Dean of the College of Science and Technology
Introduction of Course Participants
9:30
Purpose of this Course Mike(ASMFC Introduction to Fish Stock
Assessment I)
What is Stock Assessment?
10:30
Break
11:00
Overview of Global and National Fisheries(ASMFC Introduction
to Fish Stock Assessment I)
Status of World Fisheries
Status of National Fisheries
Fisheries Management
12:00
Lunch
1:30
Highlight Lecture:Marine Protected Areas
2:30
Questions
3:00 Break
3:30 Questions
and Problem Solving
May 30
9:00 Ecological
Theory and Harvesting Theory Mike
Why Develop Population Models?
Exponential Population Growth
Logistic Population Growth
10:00 Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Ecological and Harvesting Theory Continued
12:00
Lunch
1:30 Single
Species Models
The Concept of Biological Production
Recruitment, Growth, Natural Mortality, Fishing Mortality
Types of harvesting Models
2:30 Questions and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
May 31
9:00 Using
Mathematical Models in Management Mike
Getting the Data
Applying the Models - Finding the Right Tool for the Job
10:00 Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
More on Applied Management Models
12:00
Lunch
1:30 Ecosystem
Considerations in Management
2:30 Questions
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 3
9:00 Review
of Calculus Dvora (ASMFC Mathematics and Biostatistics Review)
10:00
Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Population Modeling Using Difference Equations
12:00
Lunch
1:30 Lecture/Discussion/Highlight
Lecture
2:30 Questions
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 4
9:00 Population
Modeling Using Differential Equations Dvora (ASMFC)
10:00
Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
More Differential Equation Models
12:00
Lunch
1:30 Lecture/Discussion/Highlight
Lecture
2:30 Questions
and Discussion
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 5
9:00 Review
of Statistics Dvora (ASMFC Mathematics and Biostatistics Review)
Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
10:00
Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Review of Statistics
Statistical Estimation Theory
12:00
Lunch
1:30 Lecture/Discussion
Highlight Lecture
2:30 Questions
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 6
9:00 Estimating
Abundance - Fishery - Dependent Methods Ralf/Paulinus
(ASMFC Introduction to Fish Stock Assessment I:4-12; ASMFC
Sampling Review IX:12-15)
Fishing Gear Characteristics
10:00
Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Catch-Per-Unit Effort
12:00
Lunch
1:30 Tagging
Experiments(ASMFC Estimation of Mortality)
2:30 Questions
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 7
9:00 Estimating
Abundance - Fishery-Independent Methods Scott
(ASMFC Introduction to Fish Stock Assessment 1:4-12; ASMFC
Sampling Review IX:12-15)
Review of Sampling Theory
Survey Design and Analysis
Random Design
Systematic Designs
10:00 Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Biological Sampling
Sampling Designs - Multistage Sampling
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Working
with Fishery-Independent Survey Data
Trends in Abundance
Distribution Patterns
2:30 Questions and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 10
9:00 Estimating
Mortality Pamela (ASMFC Estimation of Mortality IV)
Exponential Decay Model
Catch Curve Analysis
10:00 Question and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Mark Recapture Experiments (ASMFC Estimation of Mortality
IV)
Estimating Natural Mortality
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Highlight
Lecture:Introduction to Biological Reference Points
2:30 Questions
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 11
9:00 Production
Models Pamela (ASMFC Production Models VII, Biomass Dynamic
Models XI)
Surplus Production Models
10:00 Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Methods of Estimation
Biological Reference Points
Maximum Sustainable Yield
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Highlight
Lecture - Overfishing Extinction
2:30 Questions
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 12
9:00 Gear
Selectivity Ralf/Paulinus (ASMFC Estimation of Mortality V)
Models of Gear Selectivity
10:00 Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Estimation of Size-Selection Curves
12:00
Lunch
1:30 Implications
of Mortality Patterns
2:30 Questions
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 13
9:00 Individual
Growth Ralf/Paulinus (ASMFC Growth III)
Models of Growth
The von Bertalanffy Growth Model
10:00 Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Estimation of Growth Parameters
Gulland-Holt Method
Ford-Walford Method
Nonlinear Models
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Other
Growth Models
Growth in Weight
Gompertz Function
2:30 Questions and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 14
9:00 Methods
of Age Determination (Ambrose)
Scale, Otholith and Spine Structure
10:00 Questions and Demonstration of Materials
10:30
Break
11:00
Determining Growth Increments
Examples of Daily and Annual Growth Patterns
Size Composition Analysis
12:00
Lunch
1:30 Lecture/Discussion/Highlight
Lecture
2:30 Questions
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 17
9:00 Stock
and Recruitment Chris (ASMFC Stock and Recruitment VIII)
Biological Processes
Survival of Early Life Stages
Reproductive Processes
Maturity
Fecundity
10:00 Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Models of Stock and Recruitment
Beverton-Holt
Ricker
Shepherd
Estimating Parameters of S-R Models
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Lecture/Discussion/Highlight
Lecture
2:30 Questions
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 18
9:00 Recruitment
Variability Chris (ASMFC Stock and Recruitment VIII)
Causes of Recruitment Variability
Variation in Growth and Survival Rates
Environmental Influences
10:00 Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Models of Stock and Recruitment with Environmental Terms
Implications of Recruitment Variability for Management Coping
with Uncertainty
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Lecture/Discussion/Highlight
Lecture
2:30 Question
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 19
9:00 Sequential
Population Analysis Paul(ASMFC Estimation of Mortality X)
Governing Equations for the Age-Based Model
10:00 Question and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Solving the Equations
Length-Based Approaches
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Lecture/Discussion/Highlight
Lecture
2:30 Questions
and Problem Solving
3:30 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 20
9:00 Yield
and Spawning Biomass Per Recruit Paul (ASMFC Development and
Application of Yield Per
Recruit and Spawning Stock Per Recruit Models VI)
Basic Concepts
Beverton-Holt Model
10:00 Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Thompson-Bel Model
Biological Reference Points
F01 and Fmax Limits to Exploitation
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Lecture/Discussion/Highlight
Lecture
2:30 Question
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 24
9:00 Full
Age-Structured Models Jon
Combining Stock Recruitment, Yield-Per-Recruitment, and Spawning
Biomass-Per-Recruitment Models
10:00 Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
More on Combined Models
Biological Reference Points from Full Age-Structured Models
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Highlight
Lecture and Discussion - Can we sustain our marine fisheries?
An ecological history of the New England groundfish fishery
2:30 Question and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 25
9:00 Full
Age-Structured Models Jon
Delay-Difference Models
Projection Methods
10:00 Questions and Problem Solving
10:30
Break
11:00
Matrix Projection Models: The Leslie Matrix
12:00 Lunch
1:30 Highlight
Lecture and Discussion - Ecosystem-based fishery management:What
is it and how can we do it?
2:30 Question
and Problem Solving
3:00 Break
3:30 Student
Assignment Period
June 26
Student
Project: Overview and Assignment Mike
Prepare Stock Assessment and Management Report of Assigned
Species
Guide to Project Design
Questions and Answers
Start Project
June 27
Student
Project Continued Mike
Stock Assessment and Management Report
June 28
Student
Oral Reports Mike
Stock Assessment and Management Report
Course Conclusion
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