Recruiting Fishery Scientists Workshop on Stock Assessment and Social Science Careers (2000) / Chapter Skim
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and other management entities then set harvest levels and allocate harvests in ways that are economically ~ Stock assessment science involves the development and use of mathematical models to combine statistically designed samples of fish populations, data from directed commercial and recreational fisheries, and supplemental biological data to estimate current fish population size (relative to previous years) and levels of catch that populations can sustain.
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Regional fishery management councils, states, and interstate and international commissions based in the United States share responsibilities for fisheries management and also must have access to individuals trained in these same fields. in addition, industry groups and nonprofit environmental organizations employ fishery scientists to provide independent assessments and to participate in management.
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Social scientists perform crucial Unctions for fisheries management, including Description of the current and historic social and economic characteristics of fishers and fishing communities Characterization of the probable local, regional, and national social anct economic consequences of alternative management actions Determination of what fishers anct members of fishing communities know about biological, economic, and social aspects of fisheries and associated management processes Dissemination of information about the social and economic characteristics of the fisheries and how the fishery management process works Study of the outcomes stakeholders seek and what management institutions and policy instruments they prefer Design and nurture of data collection programs for the previous purposes Design of management alternatives for fishery management plans Multidisciplinary teams composed of stock assessment scientists, fishery biologists, economists, anthropologists, lawyers, and others are important for developing and reviewing fishery management plans. it appears that NMFS and the regional fishery management councils 3 The demand for quantitatively trained individuals is also strong in other areas of ocean sciences, such as physical oceanography, creating the same kind of competition for graduates.
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~ . ~ The Stock Assessment Improvement Plan was created by the NMFS National Task Force for Improving Fish Stock Assessments and describes NMFS's vision of clesirable future levels of stock assessment activities in terms of three tiers of activities that encompass five levels of stock assessment analysis (see Appendix C)
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students, funded starting in 2000, are expected to work on "thesis problems of public interest and relevance and to have summer internships under the guidance of a NMFS mentor at participating NMFS Science Centers, Laboratories, or Regional Offices." Two additional students will be supported by each program in each subsequent year, up to a maximum of six students per program at any given time. The population dynamics program will provide up to three years of support and the resource economics program will provide up to 2 years of support.
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According to McCay, the preliminary analysis shows a high level of consensus among fishery scientists about the importance of acIditional investment in both stock assessment and social sciences. 5 The survey was intended to include individuals with training in the natural science dimensions of fisheries and those whose jobs included significant responsibility for fisheries science.
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One workshop participant suggested that differences in job requirements may indicate that academic programs in fisheries science could be more useful if students were offered career tracks with different types of training or internships and on-thejob training.
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", were "stock assessment and population dynamics, aquatic ecology and fish habitat, genetics, and ecosystem management." Overall, the results of the survey indicate that basic attitudes toward fisheries management are similar among U.S. fishery scientists from different employment sectors.
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Interventions in career choice based on this mode! may seek to describe and clarify an individual's personal traits and facilitate exploration of consistent occupations.
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The field might be more attractive to students if it emphasized the fundamental issues of population dynamics and biological regulation, the role of fish stocks in structuring marine communities, and other topics related to interactions among the environment, marine ecosystems, and fish populations. inpuer~cing career Choice Research on career choice has shown that short-term increases in science career interest can be achieved.
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