Weekly outline
26 February - 4 March
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
5 March - 11 March
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>
12 March - 18 March
Unit 3: Growth models- Chapter 1: von Bertalanffy’s growth equation
- Chapter 2: Determination of Growth parameters
19 March - 25 March
Unit 4: Mortality parameters- Chapter 1:Total Instantaneous mortality
- Chapter 2:Natural mortality
- Chapter 3:Fishing mortality
- Chapter 4:Exploitation ratio and Exploitation rate
26 March - 1 April
Unit 5: Gear selection- Chapter 1:Gillnet selection
- Chapter 2:Trawl net selectivity
2 April - 8 April
Unit 6: Surplus production models- Chapter 1:Fox and Schaefer Models
- Chapter 3:Swept area method
9 April - 15 April
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
16 April - 22 April
Unit 8: Ecosystem and computer based software modelsChapter 1:Ecopath
- Chapter 2: Monte carlo simulation model
23 April - 29 April
Unit 9: Stock recruitment relationship- Chapter 1:Models used for stock recruits and parent stock
30 April - 6 May
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