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| BTBL7230 | Principles of Aquaculture | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Nadir BAŞÇINAR | | Co-Lecturer | - | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach general principles of aquaculture. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | learn general principles of aquaculture, and current status and significance of aquaculture in world and Turkey. | 2,3,4 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | learn water resources and aquaculture systems, water quality criteria for aquaculture. | 1,2,3,4 | 1 | | PO - 3 : | learn species selection, reproduction, life-cycles, growth, genetics and breeding. | 1,2,3,4 | 1 | | PO - 4 : | learn nutritional requirements, ration formulation, feding, diseases and health management. | 1,2,3,4 | 1 | | PO - 5 : | learn culture practices: salmonids, seabream and seabass, turbot, tuna, shrimp and carp. | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| General principles of aquaculture. Current status and significance of aquaculture in world and Turkey. Water resources and aquaculture systems. Water quality criteria for aquaculture. Species selection, reproduction, life-cycles and growth. Genetics and breeding. Nutritional requirements, ration formulation and feeding. Diseases and health management. Economy and marketing. Aquaculture and environmental interactions. Culture practices: salmonids, seabream and seabass, turbot, tuna, shrimp and carp. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | General principles of aquaculture. Current status and significance of aquaculture in world and Turkey. | | | Week 2 | Water resources and aquaculture systems. Water quality criteria for aquaculture.
| | | Week 3 | Species selection, reproduction, life-cycles and growth.
| | | Week 4 | Genetics and breeding. | | | Week 5 | Nutritional requirements, ration formulation and feeding.
| | | Week 6 | Economy and marketing. | | | Week 7 | Aquaculture and environmental interactions.
| | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Culture practices: salmonids
| | | Week 10 | Culture practices: seabream | | | Week 11 | Culture practices: seabass
| | | Week 12 | Culture practices: tuna
| | | Week 13 | Culture practices: turbot | | | Week 14 | Culture practices: carp and shrimp | | | Week 15 | Culture practices: other fish species | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Shepherd, J. , Bromage, N. , Intensive Fish Farming, First Publishing, Billing & Sons Ltd, Worcester, 1988, 404 s. | | | |
| 1 | Avault, J. W. , Fundamentals of Aquaculture, AVA Publishing Company Inc. , 1996, 889 s. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 20/11/2021 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 15/01/2022 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 6 | 6 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 213 |
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