The objective of this training course is to get familiar with GIS as a tool for spatial
analyses of habitat and environment data as applied to fisheries and the aquatic
sciences. Such spatial analyses can provide basic knowledge on "Fisheries for
Global Welfare and Conservation", the major theme of the 5th World Fisheries
Congress.
Through this training course trainees will learn how to conduct spatial data
analyses that vary from basic resource and fisheries mapping, overlay
visualizations (multi-layer analyses), contour estimations (e.g., SST and salinity
from CTD) and remote sensing (e.g., satellite & acoustic) through to sophisticated
and integrated ecosystem approaches to resource and fisheries management.
Areas to be covered by the course include inland and marine waters, aquaculture
and terrestrial aquatic environments in which major activities take place.
The long-term course objective is that, after returning to their home
countries, trainees will be able to conduct spatial analyses using GIS to gain a
basic knowledge of "Fisheries for Global Welfare and Conservation".