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Short-term Overseas Study Special Program

University of Washington

Short Course in Ocean Ecology,

Fishery Management and Protected Species

Short title: Humans and the marine environment

Friday Harbor Laboratory, Washington

8-25 September 2015

Instructors

Dr. George L. Hunt, Jr. (Professor, UW, Organizer)

Dr. Chris Anderson (Associate Professor, UW)

Dr. John Bengtson (Director, NOAA)

Hiromichi Ueno (Hokkaido Univ)

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Objects The oceans cover about 70 percent of the earth’s surface and play a central role determining the well being of the planet. The oceans provide us with recreation, food, and numerous other “ecosystem services”. This course will provide a brief introduction as to how what we see in the ocean is affected by global and local climate, how energy moves through ocean food webs and some the physical and biological mechanisms that influence regional productivity, and the consequences of this productivity in terms of harvestable resources including important food fishes on which people rely. The course will then examine how the behavior of fishermen and managers interact to maintain viable fisheries around the world. It will help students understand why overfishing occurs, and introduce them to various methods for preventing overfishing and improving ecological, economic and community outcomes for harvesters and the post-harvest sector. The course will develop some basic models, but then apply them within the context a several case studies drawn from around the world: the focus will be on understanding why the outcomes (for the stock and for the fishing industries) that observed in the case studies obtain. Finally the course will examine why some species are of particular conservation concern, and what needs to be done to protect them. Protected species such as marine mammals and seabirds play important roles in marine ecosystems. Because of their ecology, broad geographic range, and high public profiles, these species are also involved in many marine management and conservation issues. This section of the course will provide an introduction to marine mammals and seabirds of the North Pacific and Arctic oceans. Examples of contemporary conservation and natural resource management challenges will also be discussed.

Participants 1 Yoshika Hasebe, a 2nd year undergraduate student, School of Fisheries Sciences, HU

2 Yo Sato, a 2nd year undergraduate student, School of Engineering, HU

3 Jun Wakiyama, a 2nd year undergraduate student, School of Engineering, HU

4 Mai Kimura, a 3rd year undergraduate student, School of Fisheries Sciences, HU

5 Haruyo Yoshida, a 3rd year undergraduate student, School of Fisheries Sciences, HU

6 Umihiko Ito, a 3rd year undergraduate student, School of Fisheries Sciences, HU

7 Yuka Karasawa, a 3rd year undergraduate student, School of Fisheries Sciences, HU

8 Jin Serizawa, a 1st year graduate student, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, HU

9 Yu-chien Liu, a 2nd year graduate student, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, HU

TA Keita Abe, a graduate student, Department of Economics, UW

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Schedule Thursday 8 September:

9:00 JST Hakodate => NH4758 => 10:25 JST Naneda => Train => Narita

14:05 JST Sappro => NH2154 => 15:45 JST Narita

17:30 JST Narita => NH0178 => 10:50 Sea-Tac Clear Immigration and Customs

12:00: Van to Seattle hotel (Mediterranean Inn)

PM: Chris Anderson and Hiromichi Ueno: Explore Seattle: Lunch at Seattle Center,

Chihuly Garden and Glass, Space Needle, EMP Museum, Mexican

Dinner at Mexican restaurant

Wednesday 9 September:

Chris Anderson and Hiromichi Ueno: Explore Seattle: UW campus, Lunch at

University district, Pike Place Market, Seattle Aquarium, Argosy harbor tour, Dinner at a

waterfront restaurant (Mediterranean Inn)

Thursday 10 September:

08:00 van to Anacortes, Lunch

Ferry to Friday Harbor; Transfer to labs, Orientation

14:00 George Hunt: Indigenous people of San Juan Island, American Camp and

the Pig War

17:00 Northwest Coast dinner at home of George and Peggy Hunt, Indian artifacts

and art

Friday 11 September:

09:00 George Hunt: Lecture 1. Ocean Ecology, Introduction and a brief look at

patterns of atmospheric circulation, including global patterns of atmospheric

circulation, the role of the Coriollis Effect, and El Nino/La Nina weather patterns.

10:30 George Hunt and Hiromichi Ueno: Ocean Ecology Discussion: Atmospheric

circulation patterns and local weather along the West Coast states and in Japan.

Mechanisms behind the role of mountains in creating coastal rain forests and rain

shadows.

14:00: Tour of Friday Harbor Laboratories and Visit to Ocean Acidification Labs.

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Saturday 12 September:

09:00 George Hunt and Hiromichi Ueno: Lecture 2. Ocean Ecology, Ocean

circulation patterns; links to the atmosphere and regional bathymetry, Ekman

transport and up-welling

10:30 George Hunt and Hiromichi Ueno: Ocean Ecology Discussion: what are

nutrients and where do they come from?

14:00 Chris Anderson: Lecture 3. Why is there overfishing? The Economics of

common pool resources and the Tragedy of the Commons

15:30 Chris Anderson: Economics Discussion

Sunday 13 September:

09:00 George Hunt, Chris Anderson, John Horne, Hiromichi Ueno. Field trip on R/V

Centennial to demonstrate CTD, Ring Net, bottom trawls, Acoustic Sampling;

seabirds and marine mammals

18:00 Dinner at George and Peggy Hunts’ home instructors: Anderson, Horne,

Abe, and Ueno

Monday 14 September

09:00 George Hunt: Lecture 4. Ocean Ecology, The Plankton: phytoplankton and

primary production.

10:30 George Hunt: Ocean Ecology Discussion: Why are plankton small? Can there

be too much sunlight? The interplay between light and nutrients in determing

primary production.

14:00 Visit to Adam Summers’ laboratory

15:30 Chris Anderson: Lecture 5. How much should we fish? A steady-state

bio-economic model for fisheries management

Tuesday 15 September

09:00 Chris Anderson: Lecture 6. Fishery Management case studies: Derbies,

Cooperatives and Individual Fishing Quotas

10:30: Chris Anderson: Management of Fisheries Discussion

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13:30 George Hunt: Lecture 7. Zooplankton and their connections to phytoplankton

and fish.

15:00 George Hunt: Ocean Ecology Discussion: Why do we value certain species

over others?

20:00 Exchange meeting with graduate students attending “Graduate Seminar in

Poetry in Friday Harbor” taught by Prof. Richard Kenney

Wednesday, 16 September

08:30 Arrive at ferry dock to catch the 09:45 ferry to Sidney, British Columbia, Canada

11:45 Arrive in Sidney, taxis to Victoria. Vist Royal BC Museum and Aquarium.

16:45 Arrive Sidney to catch the 17: 55 ferry, arriving in Friday Harbor 19:25.

19:45: dinner in town (Cask and Schooner Public House & Restaurant)

Thursday 17 September:

09:00 George Hunt: Lecture 8: The eastern Bering Sea food web: sea ice to walleye

pollock- use ideas and mechanisms discussed already in the course

10:45: Visit to the Laboratory of Dr. Billie Swalla, director, FHL.

13:45: Whale Watch trip on Western Prince

Friday 18 September:

09:00 George Hunt Lecture 9: Winners and Losers in a changing Arctic

10:30: George Hunt: Discussion: why do we value certain species over others in the

USA; What happens in Japan?

14:00; Visit Whale Museum and have special guided tour

Saturday 19 September

09:30: George Hunt: transport to the Farmers’ Market; Oysters and pastries!

14:00: John Bengtson: Lecture 10. Why do we protect and conserve marine species

and ecosystems? (including history of protected species issues from fisheries, oil

and gas exploration, etc.).

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Sunday 20 September

09:00: John Bengtson: Lecture 11. Marine birds, their exploitation and protection

10:30 John Bengtson: discussion where are we with respect to protection of species

vs habitats?

14:00 John Bengtson: Lecture 12. How do we deal with conflicting conservation and

exploitation goals?

Monday 21 September:

06:30 Van to Hunts’ home for intertidal exploration and finding artifacts.

12:30 Picnic lunch at Hunts’ and course re-cap (George Hunt, and others as available)

Tuesday 22 September:

10:15 Transfer to ferry terminal

11:05 Ferry to Anacortes

13:05 Van to Seattle (SEATAC) arrive 15:45 (van direct to hotel at SEATAC)

16:30 Visit Pike Place Market and vicinity

Red Lion Hotel Seattle Airport

Wednesday 23 September

12:40 Sea-Tac => NH0177 =>

Thursday 24 September

=> 15:00 JST Narita, 19:00 JST Haneda => NH0077 => 20:35 JST Sapporo

Friday 25 September

10:25 JST Haneda => NH0553 => 11:45 JST Hakodate

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Photos

Library at UW Main Campus

Orientation by Prof. Hunt at FHL

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Lecture by Prof. Hunt at FHL

Lecture by Prof. Anderson at FHL

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Field trip on R/V Centennial

Whale Museum at Friday Harbor

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Lecture by Prof. Bengtson at FHL

Field Trip