Fish 522 (Fall 2008)

Hot Topics in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture

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

Course email: fish522a_au08 @ u dot washington dot edu

Discussion Forum:

https://catalysttools.washington.edu/gopost/board/fish522/7190/

Note: Citations are linked to pdf files unless otherwise indicated (i.e., to a webpage). Red citation text = PDFs are now available online.

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Policy on Academic Integrity

Date

Speaker(s)

Theme

Articles

2. Oct 2

Julian Olden & Dave Beauchamp

Aliens Among Us—Are Non-native Species That Bad?

Brown, JH, DV Sax. 2004. An essay on some topics concerning invasive species. Austral Ecol. 29:530–536.

Cassey, P, TM Blackburn, RP Duncan, SL Chown. 2005. Concerning invasive species: Reply to Brown and Sax. Austral Ecol. 30:475–480.

Gozlan, RE. 2008. Introduction of non-native freshwater fish: is it all bad? Fish Fish. 9:106-115.

Ruzycki, JR, DA Beauchamp, DL Yule. 2003. Effects of introduced lake trout on native cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake. Ecol, Appl. 13(1):23–37.

Sagoff, M. 2007. Are nonnative species harmful? Cons. Mag. 8(2):5-6.

Simberloff, D. 2007. Given the stakes, our modus operandi in dealing with invasive species should be "guilty until proven innocent". Cons. Mag. 8(2):3-4.

3. Oct 9

Tim Essington & Glenn VanBlaricom

Trophic Fish-Downs: Reality or Mirage?

Essington, TE, AH Beaudreau, J Wiedenmann. 2006. Fishing through marine food webs. PNAS 103:3171-3175.

Myers, RA, B Worm. 2003. Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities. Nature 423:280-283.

Sandin, SA, JE Smith, EE DeMartini, EA Dinsdale, SD Donner, AM Friedlander, T Konotchick, M Malay, JE Maragos, D Obura, O Pantos, G Paulay, M Rickie, F Rohwer, RE Schroeder, S Walsh, JBC Jackson, N Knowlton, E Sala. 2008. Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the Northern Line Islands. PLoS ONE 3:e1548. doi:1510.1371/journal.pone.0001548.

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

Springer, A.M., J.A. Estes, G.B. Van Vliet, T.M. Williams, D.F. Doak, E.M. Danner, K.A. Forney, and B. Pfister. 2003. Sequential megafaunal collapse in the North Pacific Ocean: An ongoing legacy of industrial whaling? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 100:12223-12228.

Optional Reading

Pauly, D, V Christensen, J Dalsgaard, R Froese, F Torres. 1998. Fishing down marine food webs. Science 279:860-863.

Wade, P.R., V.N. Burkanov, M.E. Dahlheim, N.A. Friday, L.W. Fritz, T.R. Loughlin, S.A. Mizroch, M.M. Muto, D.W. Rice, L.G. Barrett-Lennard, N.A. Black, A.M. Burdin, J. Calambokidis, S. Cerchio, J.K.B. Ford, J.K. Jacobsen, C.O. Matkin, D.R. Matkin, A.V. Mehta, R.J. Small, J.M. Straley, S.M. McCluskey, G.R. VanBlaricom, and P.J. Clapham. 2007. Killer whales and marine mammal trends in the North Pacific - A re-examination of evidence for sequential megafaunal collapse and the prey-switching hypothesis. Marine Mammal Science 23:766-802.

4. Oct 16

André Punt & Ray Hilborn

Privatizing Fisheries…Good for the Fish, Good for the Fishermen, Good for the Public?

Beddington, JR, DJ Agnew, CW Clark. 2007. Current Problems in the Management of Marine Fisheries. Science 316:1713-1716.

Costello, C, SD Gaines, J Lynham. 2008. Can Catch Shares Prevent Fisheries Collapse? Science 321:1687-1681.

Grafton, RQ, T Kompas, RW Hilborn. 2007. Economics of overexploitation revisited. Science 318:1601.

Macinko, S, DW Bromberg. 2002. Who Owns America’s Fisheries? Washington, D.C., Island Press.

5. Oct 23

Steven Roberts & Graham Young

6. Oct 30

Julia Parrish & Ed Melvin

7. Nov 6

Tom Quinn & Daniel Schindler

8. Nov 13

Kerry Naish & Lorenz Hauser

9. Nov 20

Lisa & Jim Seeb

Using Genetic Tools to Dig Out of Societal Quagmires

10. Dec 4

Carolyn Friedman & Claire Horner-Devine