Marine Fisheries - Management and Proposed Solutions

This instructional guide is designed to provide instructors with lecture support on the topic of marine fisheries with an emphasis on those species that are commercially harvested in the United States. Proposed and implemented management activities that are designed to manage fisheries stocks in a sustainable manner are discussed with an emphasis on those that take an ecosystems approach to fisheries management.

A general lecture outline and a more detailed PowerPoint presentation with instructor notes are provided. Print, video and web-based resources that cover the topic are summarized and cited.  Instructors who wish to obtain greater detail on any of the topics discussed in this module are encouraged to seek out these additional resources or those cited in the Comprehensive Resources for NCSR Marine Fisheries Series. 

Module Objectives

Lecture Outline

Sample PowerPoint Slide with instructor notes

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Curriculum produced by NCSR. Funding Provided by the National Science Foundation