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Principles of Fisheries Management (NatR 1663)

University of Minnesota, Crookston

Spring 2004
MWF 1300 - 1350 hrs (Owen 205)
F 1200-1350 hrs (Owen 200)

INSTRUCTOR
Dr. John Loegering
Owen Hall 204
Phone: 281-8132
jloegeri@umn.edu



COURSE DESCRIPTION

3 credit; freshman/sophmore status; prerequisite NatR 1233 - Introduction to Natural Resources; 2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab.

Principles of Fisheries Management will cover fisheries management and fish species of Minnesota including the identification, ecology, population assessment, and the application of appropriate management techniques.

Required Text
Phillips, G.L., W.D. Schmid, and J.C. Underhill. 1982.
Fisheries of the Minnesota Region. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 249 pp.

Optional, and on reserve at the library

Eddy, S. 1969. How to know the freshwater fishes. Second edition. W.C. Brown Company, Dubuque, Iowa, USA.

Eddy, S., and J.C. Underhill. 1974. Northern fishes; with special reference to the Upper Mississippi Valley. Third edition. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, USA.

Page, L.M., B.M. Burr, E.C. Beckham III, & R.T. Peterson. 1998. A Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes: North American North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guides). Second edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 541pp. ISBN: 0395910919

Course Requirements, Policies, and Grading Standards
Read the Class Policies and Student Responsibilities pages.

Course Website: http://sunny.crk.umn.edu/courses/NatR/1663/