Aquaculture Foundations

Course Code: SGA12
Fee Code: SG
Duration (approx) Duration (approx) 20 hours
Qualification Certificate of Completion
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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



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