312431 (v.1) Aquaculture Principles 201

Area:	Department of Environmental and Aquatic Sciences
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	5.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	312364 (v.1) Aquatic Systems 101
Syllabus:	Culture technology of commercially important marine and freshwater finfish including salmonids, native Australian freshwater fish, carps, tilapia, barramundi, snapper and black bream. Production cycles and management practices. Hypophysation techniques. Principles of aquaculture nutrition and feed formulation. Digestion and absorption of formulated feeds. Feed efficiency and diet quality. Planning, design and construction of a system or device related to aquaculture; for example, a functioning biofilter,a coral culture tank, a fish or crustacean rearing system.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	050100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Essential *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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