国際水産開発学特論(Global Fisheries Science and Economics)

Intensive 2-day in-person lecture. 1/30, Tuesday 10:25-11:55 Dr. Sakai（The state of fisheries, Economics of overfishing） 13:15-14:45 Dr. Iwata（State of world fishery, Stock assessment） 15:10-16:40 Dr. Wakamatsu（Ecolabel, Health, and seafood consumption） 17:05-18:35 Dr. Sakai（Economics of overfishing） 2/6, Tuesday 10:25-11:55 Dr. Sakai（Economics of fishers' participation and location choices） 13:15-14:45 Dr. Ishihara（Small-scale fishery, FishBank） 15:10-16:40 Dr. Ishihara（Small-scale fishery, FishBank） The lecture will be conducted by using presentation slides. The lecture materials will be uploaded on ITC-LSM. ******** IMPORTANT NOTICE *************************************************************************************************** (A) Please watch the following video before the **first** day. https://mitsloan.mit.edu/***** (B) By the midnight of the day **before** each class day, students are required to submit a 3-page memo via ITC-LMS. The memo should be written in **English**, and it should include two things for each of the three papers below: 1) summary (topic, data, method, finding etc) , and 2) your comments on and questions about them. You will be asked to present your thoughts about these papers in class. Late submissions will be accepted but their grade will be discounted 30% each day. These two memos together amount to 50% of the grade. Three papers for the first memo (due 12am on the first class day): 1) Worm, B., Barbier, E. B., Beaumont, N., Duffy, J. E., Folke, C., Halpern, B. S., ... & Watson, R. (2006). Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. science, 314(5800), 787-790. 2) Uchida, H., Roheim, C. A., Wakamatsu, H., & Anderson, C. M. (2014). Do Japanese consumers care about sustainable fisheries? Evidence from an auction of ecolabeled seafood. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 58(2), 263-280. 3) Kroodsma, D. A., Mayorga, J., Hochberg, T., Miller, N. A., Boerder, K., Ferretti, F., ... & Woods, P. (2018). Tracking the global footprint of fisheries. Science, 359(6378), 904-908. Three papers for the second memo (due 12am on the second class day): 1) Abbott, J. K., & Haynie, A. C. (2012). What are we protecting? Fisher behavior and the unintended consequences of spatial closures as a fishery management tool. Ecological Applications, 22(3), 762-777. 2) Feeny, D., Berkes, F., McCay, B. J., & Acheson, J. M. (1990). The tragedy of the commons: twenty-two years later. Human ecology, 18(1), 1-19. 3) Costello, C., Gaines, S. D., & Lynham, J. (2008). Can catch shares prevent fisheries collapse? Science, 321(5896), 1678-1681. **************************************************************************************************************************************

Lecture and group discussion.

Two short memos (50%) Class participation (20%) In-class quiz (30%)

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English is the primary language used in the lectures and discussions. More specifically, the lecture is given in English, with some supplemental remarks in Japanese if necessary.

The lecture will be organized by Yutaro Sakai. Expected invited lecturers are: Dr. Wakamatsu (National Research Institute of Fisheries Science), Dr. Iwata (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology), and Dr. Ishihara (The University of Tokyo). The lecture room is Room 102 of Building 7A.