Department of Fisheries Oceanography / SMAST seminar - October 4, 2017 - Andre Punt
When: Wednesday,
October 4, 2017
3:30 PM
-
4:30 PM
Where: > See description for location
Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography
Is it Easier to Manage Baleen Whales than Fish? Tails of Successes
Andre Punt
University of Washington School of Aquatic & Fishery Science
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
SMAST E, Room 101/102
836 South Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA
Abstract: Uncertainty in fisheries management is pervasive. It has often been stated that counting fish is like counting trees, except trees don't move and you can see them. Managers of fisheries and commercial and aboriginal whaling both aim to achieve a balance between conservation and utilization. Perhaps surprisingly, there is strong evidence that even when there is harvesting, aspects of the biology and monitoring of baleen whales makes it possible to achieve management goals fairly often. These aspects include the ability to estimate absolute abundance with reasonable precision for many stocks of baleen whales, the availability of data to inform estimates of likely population growth rates, and the implementation of precautionary harvest control rules which have been tested using simulations. I will review the status of baleen whale and the fish stocks worldwide and identify what fisheries can learn from marine mammal management.
To access the live broadcasting you will have to login as smast@umassd.edu with the password: smastumassd
The link to the login is:
https://echo360.org/home
Don't forget to click on I am not a robot.
After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700 - 01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700 - 02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming.
To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title.
For more information, please contact cfox@umassd.edu
Is it Easier to Manage Baleen Whales than Fish? Tails of Successes
Andre Punt
University of Washington School of Aquatic & Fishery Science
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
SMAST E, Room 101/102
836 South Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA
Abstract: Uncertainty in fisheries management is pervasive. It has often been stated that counting fish is like counting trees, except trees don't move and you can see them. Managers of fisheries and commercial and aboriginal whaling both aim to achieve a balance between conservation and utilization. Perhaps surprisingly, there is strong evidence that even when there is harvesting, aspects of the biology and monitoring of baleen whales makes it possible to achieve management goals fairly often. These aspects include the ability to estimate absolute abundance with reasonable precision for many stocks of baleen whales, the availability of data to inform estimates of likely population growth rates, and the implementation of precautionary harvest control rules which have been tested using simulations. I will review the status of baleen whale and the fish stocks worldwide and identify what fisheries can learn from marine mammal management.
To access the live broadcasting you will have to login as smast@umassd.edu with the password: smastumassd
The link to the login is:
https://echo360.org/home
Don't forget to click on I am not a robot.
After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700 - 01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700 - 02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming.
To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title.
For more information, please contact cfox@umassd.edu
Contact: > See Description for contact information
Topical Areas: University Community, Lectures and Seminars