Coastal Aquaculture
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Debashish Tripathy
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Course Name : Coastal Aquaculture
Code(Credit) : CUTM1447(3-1-0)
Course Objectives
To gain knowledge in establishing and managing different fish/shellfish farming systems in coastal waters.
Learning Outcomes
Students get an insight into the culture of different commercially important aquaculture species in coastal/marine waters.
Course Syllabus
Module-I
Brackish water aquaculture: Principles of pond design – Inland and Coastal, Tank and raceway farms, cage farms, pens – Types of culture systems: Traditional, extensive, modified extensive, semi extensive,intensive and super-intensive culture of shrimps and their management, Economics of Shrimp Culture, Design and construction of shrimp culture ponds, Liming and fertilization in shrimp pond.
Practice :- 1.
Primary productivity calculation, Estimation by Light and Dark Bottle method
Module-II
Seed procurement of shrimps: Natural seed, hatchery reared seed production, Transportation stocking in nursery ponds, rearing and growout ponds, pond harvesting of Shrimps, Principles of crab hatchery, brood stock, larval and post-larval management. Packing and transportation of crab instar and brood stock, Crab culture: Pond design, management of crab farm.
Practice :- 2.
Identification of important cultivable species.
Module-III
Crab culture and crab fattening process, economics of carb culture, Principles involved in seed production of lobsters and mussels. Cage Culture
Practice :- 3.
Collection and identification of commercially important seed of fish and shellfishes.
Module-IV
Pen culture, Potential Brackish water fish species for culture, Traditional culture of brackish water fish, Culture of finfish – Sea-bass, Culture of milk fish.
Practice :- 4.
Dissecting out the pituitary gland and preparing the extract
Module-V
Culture of mullet, Culture of Cobia, Culture of Pompano, Lobster culture
Module-VI
Mussel culture, Pearl culture, Oyster culture, Sea-weed culture, Different types of Products obtained from seaweeds.
Practice :- 5.
Visit To shrimp hatchery/Farm
Module-VII
Methods of Shellfish Culture rafts, racks, cages, poles and ropes, Sea ranching, Resources for shore-based aquaculture and sea farming in India, Regulation for mariculture.
Practice :- 6.
Estimation of seed survival.
Reference and Textbooks
Advances in aquaculture----TVR Pillay and Won A Dill
Aquaculture –the farming and husbandry of fresh water and marine organisms
Fisheries sciences ----R Santhanan
World fish farming cultivation and economics ---- E Evan Brown
Session Plan
Session 1
Brackish water aquaculture: Principles of pond design – Inland and Coastal
Session 2
Tank and raceway farms, cage farms, pens – Types of culture
systems: Traditional, extensive, modified extensive, semi-extensive,
intensive and super-intensive culture of shrimps and their management
Session 4
Design and construction of shrimp culture ponds
Session 6 ( practice-1) ( 2hr.)
Primary productivity calculation, Estimation by Light and Dark Bottle method.
Session 7
Seed procurement of shrimps: Natural seed, hatchery reared seed
production.
Session 8
Transportation stocking in nursery ponds, rearing and growout ponds, pond harvesting of Shrimps.
Session 9
Packing and transportation of crab instar and brood stock
Session 10
Principles of crab hatchery, brood stock, larval and post-larval management.
Session 11
Crab culture: Pond design, management of crab farm.
Session 12 ( Practice-2) ( 2hr.)
Identification of important cultivable species.
Session 15
Principles involved in seed production of lobsters and mussels.
Session 17 ( Practice-3)
Collection and identification of commercially important seed of fish and shellfishes
Session 19
Potential Brackish water fish species for culture
Session 23 ( Practice-4) ( 2 hr.)
Dissecting out the pituitary gland and preparing the extract
Session 31
Sea-weed culture & Different types of Products obtained from seaweeds
Session 32 ( Practice-5) ( 2hr.)
Visit To shrimp hatchery/Farm
Session 33
Methods of Shellfish Culture rafts, racks, cages, poles and ropes
Session 34
Sea ranching & Resources for shore-based aquaculture and sea farming in India
Session 36 ( Practice-6) (2hr.)
Estimation of seed survival.
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