FWS 331 - Fisheries Techniques

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Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

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3 Credit Hours Fall Sem. This course provides laboratory and field experience in fish collection, identification, anatomy, and fishery monitoring and evaluation techniques including netting, electrofishing, and quantitative fishing analysis. Emphasis in lecture is placed on the theory, principles and practices of fisheries science and monitoring and evaluation techniques used in population dynamics studies and management of streams, ponds, and lakes. New York Department of Environmental Conservation practices of fisheries administration in the Adirondacks including the use of hatcheries and the use of rotenone will also be explored. This course provides essential knowledge for students interested in Natural Resources programs. (2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab). Prerequisites: Biology I or II (BIO 101, 102), or Introduction to Fisheries & Wildlife Management FWS 101 or equivalents.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.paulsmiths.edu

Phone Number:

(518) 327-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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