Fisheries Management and Conservation supports the management of marine resources by providing society with quantitative knowledge and modeling of the natural and anthropogenic processes that regulate the dynamics and functioning of fishery ecosystems and by providing predictions on the future behavior of such systems. The Fisheries Management and Conservation track is a unique, academic program that allows students to develop the professional skills required to be a fishery scientist with curriculum options in various relevant areas of interest, such as fishery management, fishery surveys, and quantitative fisheries. Respectively, students will learn about the processes influencing fisheries management and the development of fisheries policy alternatives, develop knowledge about the statistical design and implementation of fishery surveys and monitoring programs, and apply advanced statistical and mathematical modeling tools in support of fishery stock assessments. Graduates with these skills find employment in government agencies, such as the National Marine Fisheries Service, state agencies, Fishery Councils, Non-Governmental Organizations, and regional NOAA laboratories.
The MPS in Fisheries Management allows students to develop the professional skills required to be a fisheries scientist with curriculum options in various relevant areas of interest, such as fisheries management, fisheries surveys, and quantitative fisheries.
Dr. Elizabeth Babcock
Fisheries Management and Conservation
Dr. David Die
Fisheries Management and Conservation
Fall
Credit Hours
MES 713
Marine Population Dynamics
3
MES 660
& MES 661Introduction to Marine GIS + Intro to Marine GIS Lab (Can be taken Fall or Spring)
3
MES 625
Fisheries Socioeconomics & Management (or ELECTIVE)
3
RSM 612 or MES 624
Statistics for Marine Scientists or Data Analysis for Environmental Policy
3
Credit Hours
13-14
Spring
Credit Hours
MBE 621 or MES 662
Field Techniques & Instrumentation in Tropical Marine Ecology or Intermediate Spatial Analysis.
3
MES 710
International Ocean Law & Governance (or ELECTIVE)
3
MES 646
Marine Population Biology Processes & Modeling
3
MES 677
Fisheries Ecosystems: Management & Conservation of Marine Ecosystems
3
Credit Hours
12
Summer
Credit Hours
MES 805
MPS Internship
6
Credit Hours
6
Total Credit Hours
31-32
Students may take any elective on the RSMAS campus with the consent of their faculty advisor. Below are a few examples of courses past students in this program used as electives.
For more details, visit the UM Bulletin
Code
Title
Credit Hours
BIL 623
Advanced Biology of Marine Invertebrates
4
MES 623
Applied Environmental Economics
3
MBE 716
Bayesian Statistics For Marine Scientists
3
MBE 787
Biology and Systematics of Fishes
3
MES 720
Coastal Law and Policy
3
MES 618
Coastal Zone Management
3
MAS 647
Computer Simulation Systems
3
MBE 676
Diseases of Marine Organisms
3
MES 602
Economics of Natural Resources
3
MES 620
Environmental Law
3
MBE 678
Evolutionary Genetics
3
POL 631
Global Environment Politics
3
MES 710
International Ocean Law And Governance
3
RSM 621
Object-Oriented Programming And Agent-Based Modelling
3
MES 616
Ocean Policy and Development and Analysis
3
MES 601
Political Ecology of Marine Management
3
MBE 635
Practical Computing for Biologists
3
RSM 600
Research Diving Techniques
3
RSM 710
The Physical Environment of Marine Organisms
3
MBE 615
Tropical Marine Ecology
3
RSM 667
Motorboat Operator Certificate Course (MOCC), or Advanced MOCC
1-2
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