ESCI 421: Fisheries Management Laboratory
Spring Quarter
Instructor: Leo Bodentseiner
Office: ES442 Phone: 650-7375 email: leobode@cc.wwu.edu
Office hours: MF 11:00-12:20 (sign-up near door) and by appointment
Teaching Assistant: Chris Moore email: @hotmail.com
Grades
1. Lab reports35%
2. Lab practical40%
3. Class participation25%
Grading: A 92+; A- 90+; B+ 88+; B 82+; B- 80+; C+ 78+; C 72+; C- 70+; D+ 68+; D 62+; D- 60+; F <60
Reading materials will be made available from a variety of sources

Week

Topics
I Introduction; bottom trawling
II Field: population estimation
III Field: fyke netting and seining
IV Field: population estimation
V Lab: individual and population assessment
VI Field and lab: population estimation
VII Field and lab: age and growth
VIII Field: snorkel surveying
IX Field: long lines
X Lab practical
Objectives
  1. to familiarize you with field techniques used to capture fish for management purposes;
  2. to teach you how to collect relevant information from fish and interpret that information;
  3. to familiarize you with the common sportfishes of Washington;
Expectations
  1. sight identification of 38 species of adult common sport fishes;
  2. identification, description, and application of sampling gear;
  3. collection of information from fish samples for interpretation;
  4. data interpretation techniques;
  5. three lab reports: population estimation; population assessment; and age and growth;
  6. participation in discussion of weekly reading assignments;
  7. enthusiastic participation in field and laboratory exercises;
Fish Identification