Course: Experimental Aquaculture (4909-431)

Persons:

• Dr. Ulfert Focken (verantwortlich)

Type of Course:

lecture with practicals and excursion

In-Class Hours Per Week:

4

Contents:

Role of Aquaculture and Fisheries in World Food Supply
Biology of Fish
Important Species in Aquaculture
Digestive Physiology of Fish
Feed Resources for World Aquaculture
Water Quality (Lecture + lab work)
Nutrient Requirement of Fish and Calculation of Diets (With exercise)
Design of Feeding Experiments with Fish
Preparation of Experimental Diets (Lecture + lab work)
Handling of Experimental Fish (Lab)
Evaluation of Feeding Trials (With exercise)

Literature:

Ackefors: Introduction to general principles of aquaculture. Food Production Press, New York. 1994.
De Silva SS (ed.): Tropical Mariculture. Academic Press Inc., San Diego, London, New York. The Fishing News (Books), Farnham. 1998.
Lucas JS & Southgate PC (eds.): Aquaculture: Farming aquatic animals and
plants. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. 2003
Pillay TVR: Aquaculture: Principles and Practices. The Fishing News (Books), Farnham. 1993.
Stickey RR (ed.): Responsible marine aquaculture. CABI Wallingford. 2002.
Timmons (ed.): Recirculating aquaculture systems, 2nd ed. Cayunga AquaVentures, Ithaca, NY. 2002.

Location:

-siehe Freitext

Remarks:

Lecture with time for questions and discussions; beamer-presentations; script is distributed as hardcopy at the beginning of each lecture; lab exercise, eventually excursion.

Module:

• 4909-430 Experimental Aquaculture (compulsory)