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| BTBI5180 | Fisheries Oceanography | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Kadir SEYHAN | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To make sure that students understand the importance of oceanographic parametres, analysis of data and make simple yield prediction, gain knowledge enough for the underwater acustics. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn oceanographic parameters. | 3,9,10,11,12,15,17 | 1,6 | | PO - 2 : | understand the effects of these parameters on fish and fisheries. | 10,11,12,17 | 1,6 | | PO - 3 : | do modelling and forcasting in oceanography. | 10,11,12,15 | 1,6 | | 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 | | |
| Sea water and its characteristics. The effects of temperature, currents, tide, light and other environmental factors on fish distributions, behaviour, and fish schooling. Data analysis and simple prediction models for fish yield associated with oceanographic parameters. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Ocenaography and fisheries | | | Week 2 | Environmental factors affecting fisheries | | | Week 3 | Temperature and currents | | | Week 4 | red-tide | | | Week 5 | factors affceting fish distribution | | | Week 6 | Data analysis | | | Week 7 | modelling of environmental parameters | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | case study | | | Week 10 | case study | | | Week 11 | case study | | | Week 12 | powerpoint presentation 1. global warming and its effect on marine anımals | | | Week 13 | powerpoint presentation 2. Effects of environmental factors on fish stocks: temperature | | | Week 14 | powerpoint presentation 3. Effects of environmental factors on fish stocks: currents and others | | | Week 15 | powerpoint presentation 4. Effects of environmental factors on the recruitment | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Laevastu, T and Hela I.1970, Fisheries Oceanography, Fishing News Book LTD. London, 227 | | | |
| 1 | Sehan, K. Various lecture notes | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 22/11/2009 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 10/01/2013 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 4 | 10 | 40 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 12 | 60 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 3 | 8 | 24 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 213 |
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