spring 2012 SOK-3555 Fisheries economics - 10 ECTS

Type of course

This subject is obligatory in the Master's programme in International Fisheries Management. The course can also be taken as a singular course. Please contact Ane Marie Hektoen for more information.


Admission requirements

The course is primarily directed towards students with a basic knowledge about fisheries, population dynamics and economics. Additionally, for students that are interested in the interplay between different disciplines and how fishers behaviour may be explained within the context of biological and economic dynamic processes.


Course overlap

If you pass the examination in this course, you will get an reduction in credits (as stated below), if you previously have passed the following courses:

SOK-3558 Fisheries Economics and Management 8 stp
SOK-2037 Intermediate Natural Resource Economics 7 stp

Course content

The interplay between vessels/fishermen and fish stocks is studied for the case of an open access fishery and for different management regimes. Bioeconomic theory is used in the analysis of selected fisheries, both nationally controlled and those in which two or more countries are involved. Practical issues related to the use of available data for establishing bioeconomic reference points are addressed.


Objectives of the course

After succsessfully completed the course students shold:

  • have a good theoretical background in bioeconomic principles which could be used in practical management tasks
  • be able to integrate biological knowledge related to population dynamics with economic reasoning
  • have knowledge to investigate the interplay between vessels/fishermen and fish stocks in open access fisheries and under varying management regimes
  • competence to present how bioeconomic theory is used in the analysis of selected fisheries, both nationally controlled and those in which two or more countries are involved
  • address practical issues related to the use of available data for establishing bioeconomic reference points


Language of instruction and examination

English

Teaching methods

Lectures, seminars and computer lab


Assessment

Exam: Written exam, 6 hours.
Grad scale: A-F.
Participation in the written examination is conditional upon students having achieved pass grades for the laboratory report.
A re-sit exam will be arranged for the written exam in the next semester.

Course work requirements:
Computer lab approved.


Recommended reading/syllabus

The reeding list will be announced at Fronter.

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  • ECTS: 10
  • Course code: SOK-3555