Aquaculture Foundations

Learn Freshwater Fish Farming

• Small or large scale
• A Foundation for Home or Commercial Aquaculture

Lesson Structure

There are 5 lessons in this course:

1. LESSON 1 SCOPE AND NATURE OF AQUACULTURE
   • Farmed vs wild fish
   • Commercial aquaculture systems
   • Review what you have been learning
2. LESSON 2 METHODS OF FARMING
   • Extensive production (EP)
   • Intensive production (IP)
   • Land-based systems - water containment
   • Review what you have been learning
3. LESSON 3 FISH SPECIES TO GROW
   • Choosing what to farm
   • Trout
   • Catfish
   • Perch
   • Bream
   • Bass
   • Carp
   • Milkfish
   • Murray Cod
   • Snakeheads
   • Roach
   • Saratoga
   • Sturgeon (Acipenser and Huso)
   • Tilapia
   • Red Drum
   • Other species
   • Review what you have been learning
4. LESSON 4 FEED
   • Fish food production
   • Compost
   • Other feed organisms
   • Lesson 4 additional reading
   • Review what you have been learning
5. LESSON 5 PATHOLOGY
   • Fish health
   • Fish diseases
   • Review what you have been learning
   • Harvesting techniques
   • Review what you have been learning
   • Final assessment