Online Courses Handbook 2003

302439 (v.2) Aquatic Science 503

Area:	Department of Environmental Biology
Contact Hours:	4.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Brief overview of animal taxonomy and evolution, with emphasis on fish, crustaceans and molluscs. Structure and function of the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, reproductive, nervous, sensory and muscular systems in cultured and commercially important wild stock fish, crustaceans and molluscs. Introduction to aquaculture system technology. Fish population dynamics. Management of wildstock fisheries. Brief overview of fish economics, fish resources and current state of world aquaculture.