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ENVB30020

Academic Year 2024/2025

Wildlife Conservation and Fisheries Management (ENVB30020)

Subject:
Environmental Biology
College:
Science
School:
Biology & Environment Science
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Jens Carlsson
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module provides a grounding in the rationale and practicalities of assessing and managing fisheries and wildlife. It places fisheries and wildlife in an ecological, evolutionary and socio-economic context and presents the need for sustainable exploitation of natural resources. A range of approaches to management and conservation are examined, including stock identification, aquaculture, biodiversity and population census and monitoring, ecosystem approach, reintroduction and rehabilitation. The module content is illustrated with a wide range of case studies from marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Students will:
Appreciate the wide diversity of management scenarios, tools, objectives, strategies and measures; Estimate population sizes based on sampling or fisheries data;
Evaluate the role of science (and other factors) in management;
Understand the role of humans in biodiversity conservation;
Critically appraise some approaches to management;
Work as a team to address management issues;
Produce a critical report as an outcome of a managment issue/topic.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

77
Lectures

22
Conversation Class

14
Practical

12
Total

125

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures and practical assignments

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

ENVB 20050 Principles of Environmental Biology and Ecology

Learning Recommendations:

ENVB 30010 Systems Ecology; ZOOL 30030 Evolutionary Biology.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Wildlife and Fisheries (ENVB37020)


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (In-person): In person exam with essay style questions End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
70
 No
Group Work Assignment: A written report on a specific fishery and presentation of the status of the fishery Week 12 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
15
 No
Individual Project: Presentation on a specific topic Week 8 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
5
 No
Individual Project: Individual project on a specific topic Week 8 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No
10
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback will be given on assignments post assessment

Name Role
Dr Tancredi Caruso Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Simone Ciuti Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Tom Wilkinson Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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