303373 (v.2) Aquaculture Study Tour 202

Area:

Muresk Institute

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

Fieldwork:

1 x 60 Hours Quarterly

Prerequisite(s):

303331 (v.2) Introductory Aquaculture 101 or any previous version

Syllabus:

An aquaculture study tour visiting marine and inland aquaculture enterprises. Inspection of a range of facilities including marine hatcheries, integrated aquafarms, marron farms, pearl culture ventures and microalgae aquaculture systems. Students will be required to participate in daily tasks on a range of aquaculture facilities.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will have- Described the basic functioning of several aquaculture-related facilities in terms of layout (identifying major components - grow-out, hatchery, nursery, filtration, broodstock, live food, laboratory-based tasks, etc), operation, species, maintenance, feeding, spawning, grow-out and marketing.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

No prescribed references.

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Continuous Assessment 50%, Major Report 50%. This is a Grade/Mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y