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Courses Handbook 2015

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AQUA5001 (v.1) Shellfish Aquaculture

Area: Department of Environment and Agriculture
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Computer Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 312624 (v.1) Shellfish Aquaculture 502 or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Culture technology of commercially important crustaceans (freshwater crayfish, lobsters, marine and freshwater prawns and crabs) and molluscs (abalone, pearl oysters, mussels, edible oysters, scallops and clams). Hatchery design, operation, broodstock management and juvenile production; grow-out technology; production cycles and management practices; classification, morphology and life cycles of algae; algae culturing for mollusc feeding.
Field of Education: 050701 Aquaculture
Result Type: Grade/Mark


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