Read Krueger and Decker 2010 to answer the following questions. [Focus your efforts on Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, and 2.8.]

  1. How do the authors define fisheries management?
  2. What is a stakeholder?
  3. What are the components of the “Management Environment”?
    1. Describe each component in detail.
    2. Discuss “limits”, if any, that each component may assert on possible management actions.
    3. The author’s use management of Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Pacific Northwest to illustrate a common mistake made by fish managers. Describe that mistake?
  4. What are the steps of the “Fisheries Management Process”?
    1. Describe each step in detail.
    2. What is the difference between goals and objectives?
    3. Who should be involved in the process of setting goals?
    4. Is it easier to define objectives in commercial or recreational fisheries? Why?
    5. Why shouldn’t the management process begin with “problem identification”?
    6. Describe the four parts in the “evaluation” step.
  5. What is ecosystem management?

Watch one (the one with your name) of the following videos and be prepared (bring notes) to briefly summarize its contents in class.