3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4015764FNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students must have followed ‘Marine Ecology’, before they can enroll for ‘Marine fisheries management'.
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Biology
Educational team
Marc Kochzius (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
13 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
13 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course covers different aspects of marine fisheries. The lecture will give an overview on:

  • global status of marine fisheries
  • industrial fisheries
  • small-scale (artisanal) fisheries
  • fishing techniques
  • socio-economics of fisheries
  • management of fisheries
  • international seafood trade
  • stock assessment
  • fisheries ecology
  • overfishing and sustainability

The practical part will focus on:

  • sampling techniques in fisheries research on board of a research vessel
  • analysis of the data collected during the excursion on the research vessel
Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Course material (lecture sides, recent scientific literature) is provided by the lecturer, Canvas
Additional info

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

This course explicitly contributes to the following competences of the curriculum of Master of Marine and Lacustrine Science and Marine Management:
General
- Learning to work in a team
- Searching for data sources
- Analysing and synthesising the learning material
- Presenting and transferring the acquired knowledge
- Reporting in various ways

Domain specific
- Gaining fundamental scientific knowledge and insight in marine sciences
- Developing laboratory skills
- Developing practical management skills
- Analytical and problem-solving thinking
- Critically evaluating and integrating multidisciplinary scientific information
- Translating scientific information into advice for sustainable marine management
- Communicating scientific findings to various kinds of audiences

After finishing this course, the student should:
1. have an overview on the world’s industrial and small scale fisheries, as well as associated environmental problems and attempts to manage these fisheries
2. have gained practical experience with models used in fisheries research and the application of molecular genetic tools (e.g. species identification)

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 70% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 30% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • oral exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 70% of the final mark.

    Note: Theoretical part: oral examination

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • practical reports with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

    Note: Practical part: reports

Additional info regarding evaluation

The mode of assessment will be based on two parts.
Theoretical part (70 %):
• Oral examination
Practical part (30%):
• Reports
The student needs to pass both parts.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biology: Ecology and Biodiversity
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: biologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)