Unit details
SLE329 - Advanced Aquaculture
| Offering information: | Not offered until 2014 and subject to approval |
|---|---|
| Offered at: | (W) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Offerings: | Trimester 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Previously coded as: | SQB361 |
| Unit chair: | P Jones |
| Prerequisite: | SLE217 |
| Contact hours: | TBA |
| Note: Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications. | |
Content
Topics to be addressed in this unit include:
- Extensive – Intensive production theory and the concept of sustainable production systems
- Historical shifts in aquaculture production intensity, sector production strategy
- Case studies of intensive systems (including site tours)
- Species suitability for intensification (water quality tolerance, crowding, handling, growth etc.)
- Overview of physiology of fish in intensive culture
- Intensification enhancements: biological (food and feeding systems; genetic, transgenics, controlled breeding, domestication, fish health issues etc), engineering (energy use, component efficiency, monitoring, construction and operational costs, automation etc.), social (marketing, consumer education/acceptance etc.)
- Water reuse systems (eg. RAS): configurations, construction, components performance and operational principles, automation, monitoring, feeding, management etc.
- Production modelling (bioeconomic)
- Waste production: environmental impacts, management and minimisation
- Legislation issues (production and processing permits; planning permits; biosecurity and translocation issues; diseases; effluent quality; impact assessments; energy and water use; animal welfare/ethics)
- Future Systems: integrated ag-aqua systems; zero discharge/closed-cycle systems etc.
Assessment
One class test 40%, assignment 20%, case study 40%
Unit Fee Information
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8th June 2007