Fish 522 (Fall 2009)

Hot Topics in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture

Instructor: David A. Armstrong, davearm@u.washington.edu

Course email: fish522a_au09@u.washington.edu

Discussion Forum:

https://catalysttools.washington.edu/gopost/board/fish522/12131/

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Policy on Academic Integrity

Date

Speaker(s)

Theme

Articles

1. Oct 8

Carolyn Friedman & Claire Horner-Devine

Climate-induced shifts of infectious diseases - based on facts or fear?

Harvell, D., S. Altizer, I.M. Cattadori, L. Harrington, E. Weil. 2009. Climate change and wildlife diseases: when does the host matter the most? Ecology 90(4):912-920.

Lafferty, K. D. 2009. The ecology of climate change and infectious diseases. Ecology 90 (4):888-900.

Pascual, M., M.J. Bouman. 2009. Do rising temperatures matter? Ecology 90(4):906-912

Randolph, S. 2009. Perspectives on climate change impacts on infectious diseases. Ecology 90(4):927-931.

2. Oct 15

Julian Olden & Dave Beauchamp

Is managed relocation a viable conservation strategy?

Hoegh-Guldberg, O., L. Hughes, S. McIntyre, D.B. Lindenmayer, C. Parmesan, H.P. Possingham, C.D. Thomas. 2008. Assisted colonization and rapid climate change. Science 321:345-346.

Marris, E. 2008. Moving on assisted migration. Nature 2:112-113.

Riccardi, A., D. Simberloff. 2009. Assisted colonization is not a viable conservation strategy. Trends Ecol. Evol 25(5):248-253.

Richardson, D.M., J.J. Hellmann, J.S. McLachlan, D.F. Sax, M.W. Schwartz, P. Gonzalez, et. al. 2009. Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation. PNAS 106(24):9721-9724.

Update: Letters. 2009. Trends Ecol. Evol. 24(9):471-477.

3. Oct 22

Jim Seeb, Lisa Seeb, Kerry Naish, & Lorenz Hauser

So My Fish's Genome Costs Less Than My Fishing Rod: What's the Big Deal?

Hauser, L., J. E., Seeb. 2008. Advances in molecular technology and their impact on fisheries genetics. Fish and Fisheries 9:473-486.

Miller, W., D. Drautz, A. Ratan, B. Pusey, J.Qi, A.Lesk et. al. 2008. Sequencing the nuclear genome of the extinct woolly mammoth. Nature 456(20):387-392.

Pina-Aguilar, R., J. Lopez-Saucedo, R. Sheffield, L. Ruiz-Galaz, J. Barroso-Padilla, and A. Guiterrez-Guiterrez. 2009. Revival of extinct species using nuclear, transfer: hope for the mammoth, true for the Pyrenean Ibex, but is it time for “conservation cloning”? Cloning and Stem Cells 11(3):341-346.

Primmer, C. 2009. From conservation genetics to conservation genomics. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1162:357-358
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Philippidis, A. "JGI Hiring 20 Staffers to Keep up with Sequencing Data". GenomeWeb Daily News. October 7, 2009.

Karaw, J. "NHGRI Awards More than $50M for Low-Cost DNA Sequencing Tech Development". GenomeWeb Daily News. October 8, 2009.

"If We Just Had Petabyte-Size Flash Drives". GenomeWeb Daily News. October 12, 2009.

4. Oct 29

Tom Quinn & Daniel Schindler

Population structure and biocomplexity

Hilborn R., T. P. Quinn, D. E. Schindler, D. E. Rogers. 2003. Biocomplexity and fisheries sustainability. PNAS May 27, 2003 Vol. 100 No. 11 p. 6564–6568.

Quinn, TP. 1999. Revisiting the stock concept in Pacific salmon: insights from Alaska and New Zealand. Northw. Sci. 73:312-324.

Schindler, D., X. Augerot, E. Fleishman, N.J. Mantua, B. Riddel, M. Ruckelshaus, J. Seeb and M. Webster. 2008. Climate Change, Ecosystem Impacts, and Management for Pacific Salmon. Fisheries 33(10):502-506.

Quinn, T.P., K.Doctor, N. Kendall, and H.B. Rich. 2009. Diadromy and the life history of sockeye salmon: nature, nurture, and the hand of man. Amer. Fish. Soc. Symp. 69:23-42.

5. Nov 5

Ray Hilborn & André Punt

Is the likely collapse of world fisheries perhaps overstated

Myers R. A. and B. Worm. 2003. Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities. Nature 234:280-283.

Pauly, D. 2009. Apocalypse now: The end of fish. The New Republic September 28, 2009.

Sibert, J., J. Hampton, P. Kleiber, M. Maunder. 2006. Biomass, size and trophic status of top predators in the Pacific Ocean. Science 314:1773-1776.

Worm, B., R. Hilborn, J.K. Baum, T.A. Branch, J.C. Collie, C. Costello et al. 2009. Rebuilding global fisheries. Science 325:578-585.

Worm, B., R. Hilborn, J.K. Baum, T.A. Branch, J.C. Collie, C. Costello et al. 2009. Rebuilding global fisheries: Supporting Online Material.

Worm, B., E.B. Barbier, N. Beaumont, J.E. Duffy, C. Folke, B.S. Halpern et al. 2006. Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. Science 1-5.

Worm, B. et al. Commentary on “Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services.” 2007. Science 316:1281-1285.

6. Nov 12

Tim Essington & Julia Parrish

Double positives in fisheries? Yah, right. So you think you own this fishery?

Bromley, D. 2009. Abdicating responsibility: The deceits of fisheries policy. Fisheries 34(6):280-302.

Costello, C. 2009. Can catch shares prevent fisheries collapse? Science 321:1678-1681.

Fujita, R and K. Bonzon. 2005. Rights-based fisheries management: an environmentalist. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 15:309-312.

Pinkerton, E. and D. Edwards. 2009. The elephant in the room: The hidden costs of leasing individual transferable fishing quotas. Marine Policy 33:707-713.

7. Nov 19

No class due to 20th Annual Graduate Student Symposium. You are invited to attend!

8. Dec 3

Steven Roberts & Graham Young

9. Dec 10

Vince Gallucci & George Hunt

The multiple roles of top of the food chain predators in aquatic ecosystems