Principles and Applications of Fisheries-Independent Surveys

4 credits

Covers the importance of the fisheries-independent surveys as a foundation of fisheries stock assessment and ecosystem research. Covers survey designs for different objectives, types of data, and products from fisheries-independent surveys. Explores the newest developments/challenges in survey science and discusses career opportunities in the field. Prerequisite: coursework in basic statistics and statistical modeling; and background in fisheries/wildlife science, or permission of instructor. Offered: W, odd years.