INTRODUCTION TO
MARINE CONSERVATION BIOLOGY:

BIOSM 277

dates:              JULY 21 - JULY 28, 2008

credit hours:    2 semester credits

total cost:        $1,884 (includes room, board and tuition)

Prerequisite: One year of college level introductory biology or equivalent.

Marine conservation biology has its roots in efforts to manage and conserve valuable fishery stocks. While there are long-term data sets of harvest and landings, the ecological context of harvest activities is relatively unknown.  Consequently, efforts at fisheries conservation are paradoxically and simultaneously data-rich and understanding-poor.  This course will challenge students to integrate principles of marine biology and ecology with case studies of successes and failures in resource harvest management, the scientific underpinnings of our understanding, and consideration of changes in marine governance that  may hold promise for progress toward sustainability.

Faculty:
Dr. Hal Weeks
Assistant Director, Shoals Marine Laboratory

Dr. Karl Flessa, University of Arizona, Department of Paleontology and Paleobiology