Training Managers for 21st Century Fisheries
Overview of Current Training Programs and Courses for Fisheries Managers
(last updated 11/26/01)

Reference List 
( _* = key reading)

• Bibliography

  • Fisheries Education

  • Other Natural Resource Education

  • Continuing Education in Resource Management

  • Education program effectiveness

  • Business Managament

• Lists of training/educational programs

• Timeline of fisheries education workshops/conferences- with associated papers/reports  

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Bibliography

• Adelman, Ira R., David J. Schmidly, and Yosef Cohen. 1994. Educational Needs of Fisheries and Wildlife Professionals: Results of a Survey. Fisheries 19(11):17-25.
• Adelman, Ira. R. 1990. Technical Specialization and a Broad Foundation in an Undergraduate Fisheries Degree.Fisheries. 15, (5): 26
• Adelman, I.R., B.L. Griswold, J.L. Herring, B.W. Menzel, L.A. Nielsen, R.L. Noble, H.L. Schramm Jr., and J.D. Winter. 1990. Criteria for Evaluating University Fisheries Programs A Report of the University Program Standards Committee. Fisheries 15(2):13-16. 
• *American Fisheries Society - Criteria for evaluating university fisheries programs - this is designed for students looking for an undergrad. or masters program in fisheries, and lists programs by state.
• American Fisheries Society – Revised Certification Program Description. http://www.fisheries.org/Professional_Development/Certification/certification_revised.htm
• *Amidei, Rosemary (ed.) 1987. Educating Fisheries Managers. Proceedings of a California Sea Grant Workshop, University of California, Davis, April 3, 1986, 43 pages. http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/cuimr/cuimrw86002.pdf
• *Anderson, James L. 1998. Preliminary Evaluation: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Needs Resource Management and Policy Graduate Program. 1-17. Full citation - unpublished report
• Becker, Mimi Larsen, John R. Coon and John Williamson. “Bridging the Gap: A Model for Building Trusts and Collaboration between Marine Resources Regulators and Stakeholders” in Globalization ad Water Resources: The Changing Value of Water. Proceedings of the AWRA/University of Dundee International Specialty Conference on Globalization and Water Management CD/Rom. Dundee Scotland, August 5-9, 2001
• Burger, Carl V. 2000. Leadership training: the key to our organizational effectiveness and the future success of our professionals. Fisheries 25(10): p. 4.
• *Chapman, Douglas G. 1979. Fisheries Education as Viewed From the Inside. Fisheries 4(2): 18-21. Note: Chapman was Dean of the College of Fisheries at UW at this time.  The College of Fisheries has since been integrated with Oceanography.
• Donaldson, John R. 1979. Fisheries Education From the State Perspective. Fisheries 4(2): 24-26. Note: Donaldson was Director of Oregon Dept. of Fsih and Wildlife at this time.  He previously held a position as President and General Manager of Oregon Aqua-Foods. (has a PhD from UW, also had a Fulbright scholarship with the U of Oslo in Norway)
• Fritzell, Erik K. and Ira R. Adelman. Fisheries and Wildlife Education in the 21^st Century. In: Fisheries and Wildlife Education, 78-92.
• Hard, Jeffrey J. 1995. Science, Education, and the Fisheries Scientist. Fisheries 20(3):10-16.
• Hester, F. Eugene. 1979. Fisheries Education From the Federal Perspective. Fisheries 4(2): 22-24. Note: at this time Hester was Associate Director, Environmental and Research of the USFWS (has a PhD in Zoology and BS and MS in Wildlife Conservation and Management)
• Kelso, William E. and Brian R. Murphy. 1988. University Fisheries Programs in the United States: Structure and Needs. Fisheries 13(2):9-15.
• Kohler, Christopher C. and James E. Wetzel. 1998. A Report Card on Mentorship in Graduate Fisheries Education. Fisheries 23(9):10-13.
• Lackey, Robert T. 1979. Fisheries Education in the 1980's: The Issues. Fisheries 4(2):16-17.
• Murphy, Brian R. 1998. Graduate Mentoring: Advancing Students’ Professional Development. Fisheries 23(9):7-9.
• Murphy, William F., Gerald H. Cross, and Louis A. Helfrich. 1995. Lifelong Learning for Agency Fisheries Professionals: What are the continuing education needs? Fisheries 20(7):10-16.
• Nielsen, Larry A. 1996. Recommendations for international partnerships for fisheries and wildlife education and research. Fisheries 21(9):6.
• **Oglesby, Ray T. and Charles C. Krueger. 1989. Undergraduate Fisheries Education: Technical Specialization or Broad Foundation? Fisheries 14(5):17-21.
• Olmsted, Larry L. 1979. Fisheries Education From the Private Perspective. Fisheries 4(2): 26-28.
• *Paulik, G.J. 1968. Fisheries education: A critical review and a look at the future programs. Pages 295-299 in de Witt Gilbert, ed. The future of the fishing industry of the United States - Studies at a conference of fishermen [etc.] at the University of Washington, College of Fisheries, March 24-27, 1968. University of Washington Press.
• Pegg, Mark, Kevin Pope, and Christopher Guy. 1999. Evaluation of Current Professional Certification Use. Fisheries 24(10):24-26.
• Rassam, Ghassan "Gus" N. and Ronald Eisler. 2001.  Continuing Education Needs for Fishery Professionals: A Survey of North American Fisheries Administrators, Fisheries, 26(7):24-26.  http://www.fisheries.org/fisheries/F0107/F0107p24-28.PDF
• *Salo, Ernest O. 1968 History and structure of fisheries education in the Unitd States. Pages 290-294 in de Witt Gilbert, ed. The future of the fishing industry of the United States - Studies at a conference of fishermen [etc.] at the University of Washington, College of Fisheries, March 24-27, 1968. University of Washington Press.
• Schmidly, David J., Ira R. Adelman and Janice S. Greene. 1990. Educational Content of University Fish and Wildlife Programs Based on Expressed Needs of Federal and State Agency Employers. In: Trans. 55^th N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p. 133-143.
• Schramm, Harold L., Jr. 1996. Professionalism, Fisheries Resources, and Continuing Education. Fisheries 21(7):30.
• *Smoker, William W. (ed). 1981. Fisheries Education in Alaska: Creating a Program of Excellence. Proceedings, December 8-12, 1980, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant Report 82-4, 133 pages. http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/aku/akuw80003/akuw80003index.html
• UNESCO. 1981. Fishery Science Teaching at the University Level. Report of UNESCO/FAO workshop on university curricula in fishery science, Paris, May 1980. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Reports in Marine Science 15, 75 pages.
• Zale, Alexander V., Donna L. Parrish, and Martha I. Mather. 1998. Enhancing Graduate Education and Mentoring. Fisheries 23(9):6.

Other resource management education

• Adams, Paul W. 1993. Closing the gaps in knowledge, policy and action to address water issues in forests. Journal of Hydrology, 150:773-786.
• Baughman, William D. & R. Scott Wallinger. 1999. The Employer's Perspective on New Hires. Journal of Forestry. 97(2):12-16.
• Bentley, William R. 1999. Professional Forestry Education in New York, An Old Lesson, A New Model. Journal of Forestry. 97(2):29-32.
• Cubbage, Frederick W. et al. 1999. Employment and Education in Forestry - National Perspectives, North Carolina Trends. Journal of Forestry. 97(2):24-28.
• Cubbage, Frederick W. 1991. Educating Forest Resoruce Planners: A Southern Perspective. In: Pacific Rim Forestry – Bridging the World. Proceedings of the 1991 Society of American Foresters National Convention, San Francisco, CA, August 4-7, p. 417-420.
• Ellefson, P.V. 1991 Professional Education of Forest Resource Planners: Potential Responses to Future Challenges. In: Pacific Rim Forestry – Bridging the World. Proceedings of the 1991 Society of American Foresters National Convention, San Francisco, CA, August 4-7, p. 421-424.
• Godbout, Claude. 1997. Forestry education in Canada. The Forestry Chronicle 73(3):341-347.
• Harmon, William J. et al. 1999. Public Involvement and Dispute Resolution Courses in Natural Resources Schools. Journal of Forestry. 97(2):17-23.
• Janik, Phil and Dave Radloff. ____. The Preparedness of Entry-level Natural Resource Professionals in the Forest Service. In: Trans. 65^th No. Amer. Wildl. And Natur. Resour. Conf., p. 555-560.
• Loucks, Andrea Bedell  and Will C. Price, 2000. Mobilizing People into Action: The Future Leadership of an Agency (available from Gifford Pinchot Institute)
  Executive Summary of Report
• Mater, Jean. 1991. Educating Foresters and Forest Planner for the Private Sector in the Next Century. In: Pacific Rim Forestry – Bridging the World. Proceedings of the 1991 Society of American Foresters National Convention, San Francisco, CA, August 4-7, p. 412-416.
• Miller, Char & James G. Lewis. 1999. A Contested Past - Forestry Education in the United States, 1898-1998. Journal of Forestry. 97(2):38-43.
• Paun, Dorothy A. and Steven R. Shook. 1997. An empirical exploration of the role of marketing in forestry education. The Forestry Chronicle 73(6):685-692.
• *Sample, Alaric V., et al. 1999. Forestry Education:Adapting to Changing Demands on Professionals. Journal of Forestry. 97(2):4-10.
• Sample,V. Alaric,  Nadine E. Block, Paul C. Ringgold, and James W. Giltmier, 2000. The Evolution of Forestry Education in the United States: Adapting to the Changing Demands of Professional Forestry (available from Gifford Pinchot Institute) - see executive summary   
• *Sedjo, Roger A. 1991. Forestry in the Future: Educating Foresters and Forests Planners. In: Pacific Rim Forestry – Bridging the World. Proceedings of the 1991 Society of American Foresters National Convention, San Francisco, CA, August 4-7, p. 407-424.

• *Society of American Foresters - Certified Forester - see Forest management; also see SAF TASK FORCE ON FORESTRY EDUCATION ACCREDITATION - A Report to the Council of the Society of American Foresters, May, 2000.

Wildlife

• Baker, James A. 2000. Preparing and Hiring for the Future: Are We Playing for the Short or Long Term? In: Trans. 65^th No. Amer. Wildl. And Natur. Resour. Conf., p. 547-554.
• Caudell, Joe N. 2000. Educating Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Challenges in Natural Resource Management: A Student’s Perspective. In: Trans. 65^th No. Amer. Wildl. And Natur. Resour. Conf., p. 572-577.
• Knuth, Barbara A. 1987. Educating Tomorrow’s Professionals: An Integrated Approach. In: Trans. 52^nd N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p. 722-728.
• Lyons, James R. and Thomas M. Franklin. 1987. Title ? In: Trans. 52^nd N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p. 729-737. 
• Messmer, Tarry A. and Michael R. Conover. 2000. Academic Response to the Needs of Natural Resource Agencies: A Case Study Involving Human/Wildlife Conflicts. In: Trans. 65^th No. Amer. Wildl. And Natur. Resour. Conf., p. 578-590.
• Miller, James E. 2000. Does Today’s Wildlife Management Agency Know What to Expect From Young Wildlife Professionals? In: Trans. 65^th No. Amer. Wildl. And Natur. Resour. Conf., p. 535-546.
• Nielsen, Larry A. 1987. Designing Natural Resource Education: Lessons from Real Professions. In: Trans. 52^nd N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p. 714-721.
• Noble, Richard L. and Nova J. Silvy. 1990. Professionalism: From Matriculation to Success. In: Trans. 55^th N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p.119-125.
• Regan, Ronald J. 2000. Great Books, Great Thinkers, Great Fish and Wildlife Agencies. In: Trans. 65^th No. Amer. Wildl. And Natur. Resour. Conf., p. 527-534.
• Streeter, Robert G.1987. Lessons from Megatrends: An Educational Tool for Entering the 21^st Century. In: Trans. 52^nd N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p. 697-706.
• Swerdfager, Trevor M. 1990. Cooperative Wildlife Management: Implications for Wildlife Management Professionals. In: Trans. 55^th N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p. 154-163.
• Teer, James G., Harry E. Hodgdon, Jack Ward Thomas and Oliver Torgerson. 1990. University Education in Wildlife Biology: What’s Given and What’s Needed. In: Trans. 55^th N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p. 126-132.
• Woolf, Alan. 2000. Evolving State Agencies, University Curricula and Wildlife Students. In: Trans. 65^th No. Amer. Wildl. And Natur. Resour. Conf., p. 561-571.

Conservation Biology

• Brunner, R.D., and T.W. Clark. 1997. A practice-based approach to ecosystem management. Conservation Biology. 11(1)48-58.
• *Clark, Tim W. 2001. Developing Policy-Oriented Curricula for Conservation Biology: Professional and Leadership Education in the Public Interest. Conservation Biology 15(1):31-39.
• Jacobson, Susan K., Eleta Vaughan, and Sarah Webb Miller. 1995. New Directions in Conservation Biology: Graduate Programs. Conservation Biology 9(1):5-17.

• CORE, Alumni Survey, A Closer Look at U.S. Marine Science and Policy Programs
• *Crawford, Brian R., J. Stanley Cobb and Chou Loke Ming. 1995.  Educating Coastal Managers, Proceedings of the Rhode Island Workshop. University of Rhode Island, Coastal Resources Center, Narragansett, RI. Download PDF file
• Griggs, Gary, Chair of the Education Committee for the CORE Board of Governors. 2001.  Informal survey of undergraduate enrollment in ocean science courses.

Environmental Studies

• Romero, Aldemaro, Molly Brandt, Phoebe B.S. Vanselow, and Joel E. Creswell. 2000. Not All Are Created Equal: An Analysis of the Environmentally-Related Programs/Departments in U.S. Academic Institutions Until December 1999. Macalester Environmental Review. http://www.macalester.edu/~envirost/MacEnvReview/equalarticle.htm
• *Maniates, Michael F. & John C. Whissell. 2000. Environmental Studies:The Sky is Not Falling. BioScience 50(6): 509-517. (used to develop method of analysis)

Continuing Education in resource management

• Cross, Gerald H. 1987. Continuing Education in Natural Resources: Needs and Opportunities. In: Trans. 52^nd N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p. 691-696.
• Hamilton, Larry E., Daniel C. McCluskey and Donna L. Lance. 1987. Educating Natural Resource Managers in a Multiple-use Federal Agency. In: Trans. 52^nd N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p. 707-713.
• NOAA Coastal Services Center - 1999 Customer Survey
• Salwasser, Hal, Gerald H. Cross and Winifred B. Sidle. 1990. Continuing Education for Biologists: The Forest Service Program. In: Trans. 55^th N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p. 144-153.

Effectiveness 

• Highsmith, Robert J. and William J. Baumol. 1991. Education in economics: evidence on determinants of effectiveness. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 73:1379-1385.
• Maniates, Michael F. and John C. Whissel. 2000. Environmental Studies: The Sky Is Not Falling. BioScience 50(6):509-517.
• Mervis, Jeffrey. 2000. Graduate Educators Struggle to Grade Themselves. Science 287, 28 January 2000, 568-570.
• Thomas, Jack Ward. 1986?. Effectiveness – The Hallmark of the Natural Resource Management Professional. In: Trans. 51^st N. A. Wildl. & Nat. Res. Conf., p. 27-38.

Business management 

• Adams, Arthur J. and Terence Hancock. 2000. Work Experience as a Predictor of MBA Performance. College Student Journal, June 2000, 34(2):211, 6p, 3 charts.
• Babbar, Sunil. 1994. Molding students into better decisionmakers and managers: An experiential learning exercise. Journal of Education for Business, Jan/Feb ’94, 69(3):149-153.
• Global Futures, Global Futures Foundation, and Future 500   also see: Global Futures Studies & Research by the MILLENNIUM PROJECT  - some focus on Green productivity; the Future 500 partners are corporations that have joined with Global Futures and agree to pursue Green productivity?  read on to learn more
• Natural Strategies  - Natural Strategies creates results for companies
  ready to integrate sustainability with strategy; Natural Strategies is a management consulting firm that helps organizations achieve long-term, "bottom-line" results through the application of sustainability principles in strategic and tactical decision-making. 
• Nevins, Mark David and Stephen A. Stumpf. 1999. 21^st-Century Leadership: Redefining Management Education. http://www.strategy-business.com/strategy/99305/page1.html
• *World Resources Institute - Beyond Grey-pinstripes- preparing MBAs for social and environmental leadership - Leading MBA programs - inlcludes list of Programs Incorporating Environment-Business Issues - see Business School summaries to see how schools have incorporated environment/society into their program - most of the programs integrate environment and social science into their courses; some use joint degree programs, usually with law or medicine; also has lists of courses which integrate environmental topics; 1998 publication may be useful...lots of info about specific business programs that include an environmental component, at least within standard courses ( consider developing joint MBA programs with fisheries, forestry, and other natural resource programs?); see list of schools offering environmental management concentrations and dual MBA and environmental management degrees
• Mirabella, Roseanne M. & Naomi B. Wish. 1995. NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT EDUCATION:Current Offerings in University Based Programs  The Graduate Department of Public and Healthcare Administration, Seton Hall University - In 1995, with the generous support of the Kellogg Foundation, the authors undertook a major research project to examine the impact of nonprofit management education programs on the nonprofit community. The first phase of the project, based on a survey of universities and colleges, sought to answer the following questions:   What is the current universe of graduate programs that focus on the management of nonprofit organizations? Where are they situated in the university--in colleges of arts and sciences, business, public administration, or elsewhere? What courses are offered? What degrees are granted? Do course offerings differ by type of degree granted? - programs are organized by type - noncredit, continuing ed., undergrad., graduate.
• Shireman, William K. Global Futures, Global Futures Foundation, and Future 500 - Green Productivity: Economic Revolution and the Future 500, Keynote Address by
  President and CEO, Global Futures. Asian Productivity Organization, April 7, 2000
  Tokyo, Japan.

Lists  - used for in search for training programs (a=thoroughly reviewed)

• American Fisheries Society Hot List of Academic Sites a
• Fisheries links - Other Countries - NOAA site, lots of links a
• usnews.com Education 2002 Graduate School Rankings - USNEWs top Public Affairs Programs (looked at top Environ. Management programs under Public Affairs)a
• World Resources Institute - Beyond Grey-pinstripes- preparing MBAs for social and environmental leadership - Leading MBA programs a
• Business Week top MBA schools - 2000 a
• MacAlaster Env. Program report - MacAlaster Table (provides list of programs and links); also has graphs of # of programs started each year....gives a sense of history of environmental program creation
• ICDL - International Centre for Distance Learning at the Open University, UK - databases with links to distance learning courses and programs.
• University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tropical Coastal Management Studies, Tertiary Level Training in Coastal Management - list of coastal management programsa
• Inter North Sea University (I-Sea-U) - take a look at universities associated with this program
• NetCoast - CZM Training programmes - coursesa
• http--www.coastalmanagement.com-sectors-section1.html - has section on fisheries with some links to degree and training programs; also see coastalmanagement.com list of ICZM degree courses a
• Marine Biology Web Pages - see institutes and universities down near middle of list
• ESA-Education Section EdWeb, Main Page - links to Ecological course syllabi
• Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Educationa
• Fish Information & Services - go to Education link in list at bottom half of page
• The Educational Opportunities Network of the Pond Dynamics-Aquaculture CRSP
• *Directory of Environmental Programs - look here for program profiles, includes history of program and barriers.
• National Association of University Fisheries and Wildlife Programs
• National Sea Grant - list of 30 programs
• *Gadus Associates list of fisheries sites - research, universities etc. - has some international universities; Gadus Associates is a fisheries science consulting company, owned and operated by Dr. Trevor Kenchington and based in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia. Gadus offers the fishing industry and other clients a range of specialized professional services in marine fisheries science and the management of commercial fisheries. The company was founded in 1987 specifically to provide everyone involved in such fisheries with ready access to the high-quality, professional scientific expertise that had long been available to governments.
• Gradschools.com - resource management schools outside US
• Peterson's Grad School search
• The United Nations University - database on Education and Training in Integrated Coastal and ocean Management
• IAPSO Universities,  Oceanographic Institutes etc.
• NSF Decision Risk and Management Sciences advisory panel (for Decision Science programs)
• Wall Street Journal - Recruiters survey: Top schools
• Forestry:
  • Society of American Foresters - Accredited degree programsa
  • Oklahoma State University - listing of Forestry schoolsa
  • Gradschools.com -Forestry
• Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy - links to Academic Programsa