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| YHEL7021 | Balance in Hunting Stocks | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of WILDLIFE ECOLOGY and MANAGEMENT | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Mehmet KOCABAŞ | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach the factors causing increase and decrease in catchable stocks.
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| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Characteristics of stability in exploitable stocks. | 2,4,6 | 1, | | PO - 2 : | Reproduction features, fecundity, estimation of first reproduction length. | 2,4,6 | 1, | | PO - 3 : | Calculation of mortalities.
| 2,4,6 | 1, | | PO - 4 : | Fisheries mortality, exploitation rates. | 2,4,6 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Characteristics of stability in exploitable stocks. Reproduction features, fecundity, estimation of first reproduction length. Calculation of mortalities. Fisheries mortality, exploitation rates.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The importance of balance in stocks for sustainable hunting | | | Week 2 | Learning the breeding characteristics in stocks | | | Week 3 | Learning the concept of minimum catch length | | | Week 4 | Understanding the balance of natural and fishing deaths in stocks | | | Week 5 | Understanding balanced exploitation of stocks | | | Week 6 | Evaluate what needs to be done to protect stocks | | | Week 7 | Environmental factors affecting the balance in stocks | | | Week 8 | Reproductive features in marine organisms | | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | Factors causing a decrease in stocks | | | Week 11 | Natural death and deaths from fishing | | | Week 12 | Evaluation of balance in stocks in terms of fisheries management | | | Week 13 | What needs to be done to maintain stocks. | | | Week 14 | Environmental factors affecting the balance in stocks | | | Week 15 | Student Presentations | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | King, M., 1996. Fisheries biology assessment and management. Fishing News Books. England 339 p. | | | |
| 1 | Avşar, D, 1998. Balıkçılık biyolojisi ve populasyon dinamiği. Çukurova Üniversitesi Su Ürünleri Fakültesi Ders kitabı No: 5, 303P. | | | 2 | Erkoyuncu, İ., 1995. Balıkçılık biyolojisi ve populasyon dinamiği. Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sinop Su Ürünleri Fakültesi No: 95, 265 P. | | | 3 | Gulland, J.A., (Ed), 1977. Fish Population Dynamics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY 372P. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 14 | | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
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