Aquaculture

1. History of aquaculture.

2. Purpose of aquaculture.

3. Typical and widely cultivated species.

4. Biological basis of aquaculture.

5. Forms of aquaculture. Extensive, intensive and super-intensive aquaculture.

6. Seaweed aquaculture.

7. Zooplankton aquaculture. Invertebrate aquaculture.

8. Fish farming. Basic elements of physiology and metabolism of cultivated organisms.

9. Basic principles of farm management. Feed management.

10. Basic equipment for aquaculture.

11. Basic and critical physicochemical parameters. Hydrostatic. Hydrodynamic. Water quality.

12. Methodology for assessing pollution from aquaculture. Cleaning and disinfection of equipment and water treatment systems.

13. Handling of salinity. Measurement of oxygen levels in water and water quality parameters (Temperature, Oxygen, Salinity, pH, NO3, NO2, NH3). Calculation of water and air flow. Feeding of cultivated organisms. Estimation of growth and other performance indicators of aquaculture.