Northwest Center
for Sustainable Resources
Human Impacts on Marine Fisheries
A Faculty Development Institute
Presented by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources
At the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology Charleston, Oregon
August 2–7, 2009
The Institute’s purpose:
- Provide science and natural resource faculty with knowledge and strategies for adaptation of:
- Comprehensive classroom-ready natural resource curriculum modules focused on the current state of marine fisheries
- Field and laboratory activities that support education of natural resource students in marine fisheries topics
- Instructional materials based on an ecosystems approach
- Supply resources that can be used in the classroom when teaching students topics covered at the Institute
- Establish a mentoring network for use by participants in adaptation of relevant NCSR curriculum materials
Who should attend:
- Two and four-year college faculty in natural resource programs (e.g. forestry, fisheries, wildlife) or in areas that support these programs (environmental science, biology, and physical science)
- Individuals at institutions where there is an interest in developing or revising an ecosystem-based natural resource program or courses with a marine fisheries component
Planned topics:
- Marine Fisheries – Decline: Status, Causes, Impact and Proposed Solutions
- Atlantic cod – a case study of mismanagement
- Source of seafood and its relation to world-wide fish populations
- Estuary ecosystems –
- Aquaculture
- Nursery function for commercially-important species
- Conducting juvenile fish surveys
- Wetland restoration activities
- Farming shrimp – its impact on the environment
- Seminar on current fisheries research
Presenters:
- The Institute is under the direction of Wynn W. Cudmore, Ph.D., NCSR’s Principal Investigator
- Jan Hodder, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Marine Biology, University of Oregon
- Marine research scientist subject matter experts
The Setting:
The Human Impacts on Marine Fisheries Institute (OIMB) will be held at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, a University of Oregon marine biological laboratory located on the southern Oregon coast. OIMB is the perfect location for the institute providing excellent laboratories and field sites. The five-day event will include both field- and classroom-based activities.
What will be provided:
- The Institute is restricted to 12 faculty, creating a unique learning environment with ample opportunity to participate in activities
- Materials designed to facilitate adaptation will be provided to each participant
- Participants will receive:
- Lodging at OIMB
- Travel for field activities
- Meals starting with dinner on Sunday 8/2 through lunch on Friday 8/7
- A $600 stipend
- Participants/educational institutions must provide for travel to Charleston, Oregon
The Schedule:
- Participants should plan to arrive at Charleston not later than 4:00pm on August 2, 2009
- The first session will begin on Sunday, August 2 at 6:00 p.m.
- The final session will end on Friday, August 7 at 12:00 noon
For more information about the institute, contact the Center Director at Chemeketa Community College:
Phone: 503-589-7611
Fax: 503-589-7622
E-Mail: ncsradm@chemeketa.edu
Updated February 2009.
Copyright 2007 Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources, Salem, Oregon.