Hawaii Education Activities

Courses Taught

• Fisheries Science This course is about the exploitation and management of marine fisheries throughout the world with special emphasis on Hawaii and other Pacific Islands. It combines a study of the fishing techniques and methods, basic biological notions of the main exploited species and the statistics of their landings by volume and value. The concepts of fisheries population dynamics or stock assessment (growth, fishing effort, catchability, mortality, recruitment, and yield) will all be discussed. The course also examines important fisheries of the region (e.g., reef and tuna fisheries…) addressing biological, economic and social concerns and the interplay between them. Lectures will also focus on advanced topics in the ecology of marine ecosystems and the role of fishing in ecosystem function. (Alan Friedlander 2010)