COASTAL AQUACULTURE AND MARICULTURE

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Nandini Padhi

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Course Name : Coastal aquaculture and mariculture

Code(Credit) : FSAQ 2204(2-1-0)

Course Objectives

  • Status of sea-farming and overview of coastal resources.
  • Shore based aquaculture and sea farming in India.
  • Importance of marine cultivable species and plant.

Course Outcomes

CO-PO Mapping

COs Course outcomes Mapping COs with POs
CO1  

Sustainable development and production of culture practice of marine species in coastal farming.

        PO1
CO2 Knowledge on seed production technology and ways of reviving the culture species population in their ecosystem.         PO2
CO3 Grow out and culture methods of different marine animals and plants.         PO3
CO4 Students learned the economic value of the production and its system output and management of the coastal ecosystem.         PO4

PO1: Knowledge Enhancement

PO2: Professional Enhancement

PO3: Entrepreneurship Skills

PO4: Communication & Extension Skill

Programme Outcomes 

PO1 : Knowledge Enhancement : Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to Soil Science, Agronomy, Horticulture, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Entomology and other such areas of agriculture.

PO2 : Professional Enhancement : Understanding the value and processes of life-long learning and professional development.

PO3 : Entrepreneurship Skills : Understanding the processes of setting up and managing viable business ventures.

PO4 : Communication & Extension Skills : Developing appropriate communication skills for effective transfer of knowledge and technologies through extension programs.

PO5 : Team Work : Play effective roles in multidisciplinary teams.

PO6 : Educational Leadership : Recognize and meet emerging agriculture challenges of global society in the 21st century and developing leadership and strong linkages in the agro-industrial setup.

PO7 : Data Handling : Collect, analyze and interpret scientific data.

PO8 : Ethics : Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the scientific practice.

PO9 : Computational Skills : Recognize, analyze problems and plan strategies for their solutions with the help of computer skills.

Course Syllabus

Theory:

Unit 1: An overview of sea farming and shore-based aquaculture in different parts of the world. Resources for shore-based aquaculture and sea farming in India.

Unit 2: Traits of important cultivable fish (seabass, mullet, milkfish, grouper, cobia, snappers, ayu, pearlspot), Seed resources.

Unit 3: Traits of important cultivable shellfish (tiger shrimp, white shrimp, mud crab, mussel, clam, oysters (edible and pearl oyster), lobster)

Unit 4: Culture of seaweeds

Unit 5: Shore based aquaculture system: traditional (pokkali, bheries, gazanis, khazans), semi- intensive, intensive aquaculture practice of commercially important species of fish and shellfish.

Unit 6: Methods of Shellfish Culture rafts, racks, cages, poles and ropes.,

Unit 7: Water and soil quality management. Estimation of growth, survival and pond productivity.

Unit 8: Seaweed culture, Pearl culture, Sea ranching.

Practical:

  1. Identification of important cultivable species.
  2. Collection and identification of commercially important seed of fish and shellfishes.
  3. Types of fertilizers - Pond preparation.
  4. Seed selection, quality and acclimatization.
  5. Water quality parameters.
  6. Estimation of seed survival.
  7. Pond biomass estimation.
  8. Material, apparatus and machinery for shore-based aquaculture and sea farming.
  9. Estimation of feed intake.
  10. Growth and health monitoring.
  11. Fouling organisms in cages and pens.

 

References

  1. Advances in aquaculture----TVR Pillay and Won A Dill
  2. Aquaculture –the farming and husbandry of fresh water and marine organisms ----Bardach, JE JH Ryther, WO MEharney
  3. Fisheries sciences ----R Santhanan
  4. World fish farming cultivation and economics ---- E Evan Brown
  5. Problems of prawn culture (FAO Pub) ---- K Shigeno
  6. Brackishwater prawn culture ---- MC Dash and PN Patnaik
  7. Prevention and control of fish and prawn diseases ----KP Biswas
  8. Publication from CMFRI &CIBA -ICAR

Session Plan

Session 1

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Session 7

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Session 9

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Session 10

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Session 12

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Session 14

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Fouling organism in cages and pens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTj7phVPjyE&t=1s

Session 16

(Theory)

Session 17

(Practical)

Identification of seaweeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRwnyQot5go

Session 20

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Session 21

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Session 22

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Session 24

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Session 25

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Session 26

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Session 27

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Water quality testing methods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNiRWfMjQMU&t=2s

Session 29

TheoryTenualosa ilisha new

Assignments

  1. Cage Culture Technique of Sea Bass
  2. Cage Culture Technique of Milk Fish
  3. Cage Culture Technique of Mullet
  4. Cage Culture Technique of Cobia
  5. Cultural Technique of Pearl Oyster
  6. Method of Sea Ranching
  7. Culture and production system of P. modon
  8. Seaweed production system
  9. Method of crab fattening
  10. Different types of traditional shore base aquaculture

Our Main Teachers

Dr. Makamguang Kamei is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aquaculture in the School of Fisheries, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi Campus, Gajapati, Odisha. He graduated from College of Fisheries, Lembucherra, Tripura, Central Agricultural University. He has completed his PhD in Aquaculture from ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education. He has […]