New marine environments course

The marine resources sector – which includes fisheries, marine tourism, such as whale and dolphin watching and renewable’s – is expanding so rapidly that the policies as to how best govern and sustain it are desperately playing catch up. Now the new MSc in “Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology – Concepts and Practices for Ecosystem-Based Management” has been developed in partnership by the University of Aberdeen and Fisheries Research Services to fill that knowledge gap and help develop much needed policies and strategies The one year course draws together expertise from key organisations which include the Fisheries Research Services Marine Laboratory, Scottish Natural Heritage and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee as well as from the University’s own internationally renowned Ocean lab and marine biology staff. http://www.abdn.ac.uk/fisheco