Information Package / Course Catalogue
Fishing Gears and Methods
Course Code: SUM306
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Improving and performing of optimum catching technique in order to utilize of aquatic products. Obtain basic principles of fishing methods and gears applicable to inland and seawater fisheries

Course Content

Teaching of net design with fundamentals and applications. Net types. Traps, hooks and lines, grappling and wounding gears, stupefying devices. Application areas of fishing gears.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To obtain knowledge fishing gear and methods used in inland waters and seas,
2.Basic understanding about the factors that affect the design of fishing gear,
3.Be able to know the differences of fishing gears,
4.To know catching effort and the amount of catch per unit,
5.Be able to evaluate stock densities
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Hoşsucu, H. Balıkçılık I, Ders Kitabı No.24, 247 s., (1998)
2.Hoşsucu, H. Balıkçılık III, Ders Kitabı No.24, 247 s., (1998)
3.Fish Catching Methods of the World (Edited Otto Gabriel)
4.Mengi, T. 1989; Ag Yapımı Materyal ve Teknigi, Fırat Üniv.Yayınları, Elazıg
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction, current status of fisheries in the world and Turkey
Week 2 - Theoretical
Classification of fishing gear
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Text book reading Internet browsing
Week 3 - Theoretical
Lines, hand lines and long lines
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Text book reading Internet browsing
Week 4 - Theoretical
Encircling gears (Purse seines)
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 5 - Theoretical
Trawl gears (bottom and midwater trawls, beam and otter board trawls)
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 6 - Theoretical
Dredges. Lifting gears. Falling gears
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 7 - Theoretical
Gill nets and entanglement nets
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 8 - Theoretical
Gill nets and entanglement nets
Week 9 - Theoretical
Fishing pots, pinters and fyke nets
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 10 - Theoretical
Mechanical anesthetize, chemical anesthetize
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 11 - Theoretical
Catching with harpoon and speargun
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 12 - Theoretical
General review and allocation of the student presentations
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 13 - Theoretical
Fishing methods on molluscs and crustaceans
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 14 - Theoretical
Student presentations
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Self studyInternet browsing
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Midterm Examination1112
Final Examination1415
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)77
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
5
OÇ-3
5
OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
5
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