James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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AQ5011:09

Aquaculture: Production and Evaluation Report

Townsville

Prerequisites: 12 units of level 3 subjects (AQ subjects and/or MI3031) or consult HOS
Inadmissable Subject Combination: AQ4011 AQ4021 AQ4022

Students will be required to spend 40% of their total workload, equivalent to 18 hours per week for both semesters, on practical work and in writing a report of its evaluation. Full year.

Staff: Dr P Appleford.

This subject covers the design, construction, operation and evaluation of the success of an aquatic animal culture system.

Learning Objectives:

  1. to engage students in all aspects of production involved in an aquaculture enterprise;
  2. to provide practical skills required for aquaculture;
  3. to provide experience in the value and implications of husbandry techniques in the successful culture of aquatic organisms;
  4. to develop problem solving and aquaculture enterprise evaluation skills;
  5. to develop skills in cooperative operation of an aquaculture enterprise;
  6. to develop skills in preparing and presenting major reports.

Assessment by an evaluation report (50%); production success measured by output (25%); student participation and involvement (25%).

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