Graduate Courses Winter 2019
Two new graduate courses to be offered Winter 2019, Adaptations to the Marine Environment and Fisheries Resource Management
OCSC 7200: Adaptations to the Marine Environment Overview: Ocean systems are being altered by human activities and climate change, at the same time as technological advances are increasing our ability to explore the oceans to greater depths and generate data from genomes to entire food webs. This course will provide an overview of the adaptations and responses displayed by marine organisms to various environmental drivers across different levels of biological organization (from genomes to ecosystems). Instructor Dr. Amanda Bates abates@mun.ca
OCSC 7400 Fisheries Resource Management: This Graduate Studies course takes a global view of marine fisheries resource management, with a focus on the failure of governments to prevent the collapse of many major commercial fisheries. The objectives, principles and quantitative theory of fisheries management are reviewed. The course has a special focus on how fishery managers could adjust to the risks associated with climate change. Instructor Dr. Joe Wroblewski jwroblew@mun.ca