What is Included?
Course Overview
How can managers design effective fisheries management when fishery data are limited? In this set of eleven chapters, you will learn and apply each of the eleven steps of EDF's Framework for Integrated Stock and Habitat Evaluation (FISHE) in a hypothetical fishery.
Course Curriculum
In this course, you will explore the basics of data-limited fisheries management in the context of the Little Cay fishery. After learning about the fishery and hearing stakeholders articulate their short- and long-term goals for their marine resources, you will learn about:
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Ecosystem Assessments
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Vulnerability Assessments
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Initial Stock Assessment Methods
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Prioritizing Species for Further Assessment
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Identifying Performance Indicators and Reference Points
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Interpreting Different Performance Scenarios
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Harvest Control Rules
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Detailed Assessment Methods
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Interpreting Assessment Results
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Implementation and Adaptation
FISHE
Framework for Integrated Stock and Habitat Evaluation
The Framework for Integrated Stock and Habitat Evaluation (FISHE) equips fishery managers with a low-cost and highly effective resource to help with the assessment and sustainable management of fisheries, even in the face of climate change. FISHE is particularly suitable for use in data-limited fisheries to help users figure out what to do in order to improve fishery performance.
Additional Courses
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Introduction to Fisheries Management
CourseThe eight chapters contained in this series provide an opportunity to diagnose fishery challenges and help design a solution in a hypothetical fishery. You can take this course to build your fundamentals in fisheries science, economics, and policy.
Enroll for freeFree
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Territorial Use Rights for Fishing
CourseTerritorial Use Rights for Fishing (TURFs) are an area-based management approach. In this six-chapter course series, you will learn about TURF design, explore examples of TURFs around the world and will help design a TURF in a hypothetical fishery.
Free