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2018-2019 Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SMS 564 - Marine Resource Management


This course uses the economic lens to explore issues related to the use and management of the oceans.  Traditional biological/economic approaches to resource management are addressed.  Frontier approaches, challenging traditional methods, are also discussed.  This course draws on game theory and natural resource economics to explore topics, such as drawing lines in the sea, the management of wild capture fish stocks, recreation, tourism, aquaculture and pollution from land-water interactions.

Prerequisites & Notes
None.

Credits: 3