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Course Name : Fish Population dynamics and Stock Assessment
Code(Credit) : FSRM3108(2-1-0)
Course Objectives
- Population dynamics is a branch of life science which is concerned with the short and long-term changes in the size and age composition of populations, and the biological and environmental processes influencing those changes. It deals with the way populations are affected by birth and death rates, and by immigration and emigration, and studies topics such as ageing populations or population decline.
- Stock assessment is an important tool in fisheries management. In particular, to ensure contained, healthy, fish stocks, measurements of the Spawning Stock Biomass (the stock population capable of reproducing) allows sensible conservation strategies to be developed and maintained through the application of sustainable fishing quotas.
Learning Outcomes
- The student will have idea about Biological distribution of the catches by species, by length, by ages, etc.
- Estimation of age and growth in tropical fishes
- Fishing effort or CPUE
- Softwares used in fish stock assessment
- Mortality parameters
- Growth parameters
- Recruitment parameters
Course Syllabus
Theory
The concept of population and unit stock. Biological structure of fisheries resource in space and time. Indicators of dynamics in a fishery resource. Characteristics of unit and mixed stock. Data requirements for stock assessment. Segregation of stocks. Principles of stock assessment. Population age structure. Theory of life tables. Von Bertalanffy growth parameters. Graphical models. Monte Cario simulation model and ECOPATH model. Estimation of total fishing and natural mortality. The concept of yield, yield in number and yield in weight, yield per recruit, yield curve. Yield models. The concept of Maximum Sustainable Yield and Maximum Economic Yield. Biological symptoms of under-fishing and over-fishing. Growth over-fishing and recruitment over-fishing. Eumetric fishing. Open access fisheries. Fisheries regulations. CPUE. Trawl selection and gillnet selection. Analytical models of fish stocks.
Practicals
Study of length – weight relationship, segregation of stock using direct methods. Study of analytical models: Beverton and Holt model. VBGF, Pauly’s integrated methods, graphical models. Estimation of Z, F and M. estimation of net selectivity coefficient. Fitting of surplus production model: Schaeffer model, Fox model. Study of yield isopleth diagrams. Micro-computer packages ELEFAN, FISAT.
Prescribed Book
1. Gulland, J.A. 1989. Fish Stock Assessment. John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York.
Reference Books
1. Hilborn, R. and Walters, J.W. 1992. Quantitative Fisheries Stock Assessment. Chapman & Hall Press, London.
2. Kuderskii, L.A. 1995. Population Dynamics of Commercial fish in Inland Reservoirs. Oxonian Press Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
3. Sakgawa, T.G. (Ed.) 1995. Assessment Methodologies and Management. Oxford & IBH Publishing Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
Session Plan
Session 1
Theory 1. Introduction to fish population dynamics and stock assessment- Introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_KK0P7tNA
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Session 2
Theory 2. Concept of population and unit stock
Session 3
Practice 1. Age Determination using length frequency method and Estimation of mean length and growth rate
Session 6
Practice 2. Gulland and Holt Equation and Estimation of growth parameters by Chapman and Ford – Walford
Session 7
Theory 5. Data requirement of stock assessment
Session 8
Theory 6. Biological structure of fisheries resource in space and time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIsA8xQ7WbQ
6. Biological structure of fisheries resource in space and time
Session 9
Practice 3. Estimation of growth parameters by Bagenel’s least square method and Estimation of ‘Z’ using Beaverton and Holt equation based on length data
Session 10
Theory 7. Indicators of dynamics in fishery resource
Session 11
Session 12
Practice 4. Ricker’s catch curve and Powell and Wetherall method
Session 13
Theory 9. Population Age Structure and Theory of life tables
Session 14
Theory 10. Age Determination – Integrated Method
Session 15
Practice 5. Natural mortality and Fishing effort
Session 16
Theory 11. Growth models: von Bertalanffy’s growth equation
Session 17
Theory 12. Determination of Growth parameters
Session 18
Practice 6. Schaefer’s and Fox model and Estimation of yield / recruit by analytical model
Session 20
Theory 14. Exploitation rate and exploitation ratio
Session 21
Practice 7. Yield isopleth diagram and Fish sampling
Session 24
Practice 8. Swept area method and Computer Packages for Stock Assessment Studies
Session 26
18. Ecosystem and computer based software models- Ecopath and Monte carlo simulation model
Session 27
Theory 19. Stock recruitment relationship- Models used for stock recruits and parent stock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVDs2hmeaAk
19. Stock recruitment relationship- Models used for stock recruits and parent stock
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Case Studies
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School of Fisheries Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM) Paralakhemundi- 761211 Odisha, INDIA Cleared ICAR – ASRB NET in FISHERIES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT B.F.Sc. (Fisheries Science)- 2013, College of Fisheries, Mangaluru, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (Bidar), Karnataka, India M.F.Sc. in Department of […]