Aquaculture

ABOUT THE COURSE:The course "Aquaculture" is intended to provide authentic and useful information on the basic concepts, contemporarily relevant methodologies for the practice, academic/research and employment opportunities in the sector and its significance/role in providing and maintaining sustainable supply of high quality yet affordable proteinaceous food to growing human population across all sectors of the societyPREREQUISITES: 12th PCBM and BScINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Aquaculture and Fisheries based industries and NGOs

Syllabus

Week 1: Aquaculture: status and prospects; Role of aquaculture in food supplyWeek 2:Agencies involved in promoting academic, research entrepreneurship. Week 3:Types of farming systems: extensive, semi intensive and intensive culture; cage culture; integrated fish farmingWeek 4:Fish ponds: types and management; Chemical analysis of water sampleWeek 5:Age and growth estimation and its significance in aquaculture. Induced breeding: hypophysation and use of different synthetic hormones, Significance of induced breeding Week 6:Nutritional and feeding strategies in aquaculture; Composite fish farming with special reference to Indian major carps Week 7:Mariculture: present status and prospects; Sea ranching practice and its significance; Commercially important marine prawns and lobsters Week 8:Culture method of tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon; Culture method of giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii Week 9:Farming of pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata; Culture of mullet, Mugil cephalus Week 10:Fish feeds; Fish feed ingredients, their proximate composition and energy content estimation, Feed formulation, square method of feed formulation.Week 11:Types of feeds and feeders used in aquaculture, Sustainable aquaculture and environmental degradation Week 12:Ornamental fish culture; Commercially important freshwater and marine ornamental fish species, Culture method of an ornamental fish, Maintenance of aquaria