Topic outline
Topic 1
Unit 1:Introduction to fish population dynamics and stock assessment- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Concept of population and unit stock
- Chapter 3: Characteristics of mixed stock
- Chapter 4: Principles of stock assessment
- Chapter 5: Data requirement of stock assessment
- Chapter 6: Biological structure of fisheries resource in space and time
- Chapter 7: Indicators of dynamics in fishery resource
- Chapter 8: Sampling Techniques
Topic 2
Unit 2: Age determination and age structure analysis- Chapter 1: Population age structure
- Chapter 2: Theory of life tables
- Chapter 3: Age Determination – Integrated method /font>
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Unit 3: Growth models- Chapter 1: von Bertalanffy’s growth equation
- Chapter 2: Determination of Growth parameters
Topic 4
Unit 4: Mortality parameters- Chapter 1:Total Instantaneous mortality
- Chapter 2:Natural mortality
- Chapter 3:Fishing mortality
- Chapter 4:Exploitation ratio and Exploitation rate
Topic 5
Unit 5: Gear selection- Chapter 1:Gillnet selection
- Chapter 2:Trawl net selectivity
Topic 6
Unit 6: Surplus production models- Chapter 1:Fox and Schaefer Models
- Chapter 3:Swept area method
Topic 7
Unit 7: Analytical Models- Chapter 1:Beverton and Holt’s yield per recruit model
- Chapter 2:Beverton and Holt’s relative yield per recruit model
- Chapter 3:Biomass per recruit model
Chapter 4:Yield curves
Topic 8
Unit 8: Ecosystem and computer based software modelsChapter 1:Ecopath
- Chapter 2: Monte carlo simulation model
Topic 9
Unit 9: Stock recruitment relationship- Chapter 1:Models used for stock recruits and parent stock
Topic 10
Unit 10: Fisheries Management- Chapter 1: Overfishing
- Chapter 2: CPUE
- Chapter 3: Open access fishery
Chapter 4: Fisheries Regulations
Chapter 5:Implementation of the New Law of the Sea
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Practical
P1. Age Determination using length frequency methodTopic 12
P2. Estimation of mean length and growth rateTopic 13
P3. Gulland and Holt EquationTopic 14
P4. Estimation of growth parameters by Chapman and Ford – WalfordTopic 15
P5. Estimation of growth parameters by Bagenel’s least square methodTopic 16
P6. Estimation of ‘Z’ using Beaverton and Holt equation based on length dataTopic 17
P7: Ricker’s catch curveTopic 18
P8:Powell and Wetherall methodTopic 19
P9: Natural mortalityTopic 20
P10:Fishing effort
Topic 22
P12:Estimation of yield / recruit by analytical modelTopic 23
P13. Yield isopleth diagramTopic 24
P14: Sampling FishTopic 27
Question Bank
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