Fisheries Technology and Management

Code:

MA321

Acronym:

TGP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Applied Biology

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S (of 26-04-2016 to 17-06-2016)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Aquatic Production
Course/CS Responsible:	Aquatic Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCMA	29	Plan 2012 to 2017	3	-	5	49	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Transmission of knowledge about artisanal and industrial fisheries, in the world, in Continental Portugal and at the islands (Azores & Madeira); fishing vessels. Introduction of stock assessment and management of fisheries.

Learning outcomes and competences

Knowledge about artisanal and industrial fisheries, in the world, in Continental Portugal and at the islands (Azores & Madeira); fishing vessels; stock assessment and management of fisheries.

Working method

Presencial

Program

GMWeber: Theoretical lessons
History of fishing since the stone age until modern times; classification of arts and catching methods: definitions, collecting by hand and foot, spearing and harpooning; fishing with anesthetics, fishing with lines and hooks, with traps, with scoop nets, trawls, purse seine nets, drive-in fishery, lift nets, throwing nets, entangling nets and gillnets, harvesting machines; materials and nets used in fishery: general materials, natural and synthetic fibers, identification systems, meshes and knots, nets and their fabrication; artisanal fishery in Portugal Continental (north, center, south): presentation of arts, utensils, and local fishing boats; fishery of big pelagic species: fishing arts and methods used in continental waters and around the islands of Portugal (Madeira, Azores).

GMW Practical lessons
Study visits to the Maritime Museum in Ílhavo and the trawler St.º André in Gafanha de Nazaré, to Aguda´s beach and Afurada (artisanal and industrial fishery); lessons at the Fishery Museum of the Littoral Station of Aguda: artisanal whale hunting; hunting and fishing utensils of the «Inuits»; spears, arrows and harpoons, freshwater fishing, artisanal and industrial fishing boat models, local artisanal fishery, nets, ancient and modern hooks and artificial baits, floats and weights for nets, net samples, sports fishing, fyke-nets and traps, pots; navigation and oceanographic instruments.

MFelício: Theoretical lessons
Importance of fisheries resources and their management; evaluation of fish resources: cohort, "stock", life cycle, growth models, size, and first maturity; fishing pattern; selectivity of a fishing net; selectivity curves and size of the 1st capture; non-exploited resource; exploited resource; methods of assessment of resources; fisheries assessment models; biological reference points; regulatory measures; management measures.

MF Practical lessons
Study visit to the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere IPMA in Matosinhos.

Mandatory literature

Pães da Franca, Martins & Carneiro; A Pesca Artesanal Local na Costa Continental Portuguesa, Instituto de Investigação das Pescas e do Mar, 1998
Pinho; Pescas Nacionais, Meribérica / Liber Editores, Lda. Lisboa, 1998
A. v. Brandt; Fishing methods of the world, Fishing News Ltd. London, 1976
FAO; Catalogue of small scale fishing gear, FAO, Roma, Italia, 1975
Machado Leite; Manual de Tecnologia das Pescas, Escola Portuguesa de Pesca, Lisboa, 1991
Cadima, E.L.; Manual de avaliação de recursos pesqueiros, FAO Documento Técnico sobre as Pescas No. 393, 2000
Gabriel, O.; Lange, K.; Dahm, E. & Wendet, T. ; Von Brandt´s Fish Catching Methods of the World., Blackwell Publishing Ltd., , 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lessons with videoprojections; study visits; stock assessment exercices and application of models.

Software

AVBH - Avaliação segundo o modelo de Beverton & Holt. Carlos Gil Martins, 1988, 1993.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

2/3 of practical lessons

Calculation formula of final grade

Written examination about two components: Fisheries technology (14 points maximum) + Fisheries assessment and management (6 points maximum).

Classification improvement

Written examination to improve one and/or the other component.