305356 (v.1) Mollusc Aquaculture 502

Area:

Muresk Institute

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

Practical:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Emphasis on culture technology of commercially important molluscan species including edible and pearl oysters, mussels, scallops and abalone. Hatchery technology and juvenile production. Grow-out technology. Production cycles and management practices. Nutrition and feeding. Prevention diagnosis and treatment of common molluscan diseases. Post-harvest handling and marketing.

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Field of Education:

050100 Agriculture (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

10 - Agriculture

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External