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AQ5011:09

Aquaculture: Production and Evaluation Report

Townsville

HECS Band 2

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.

Available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Applied Science, Graduate Diploma, Master of Applied Science or Masters programs.

Staff:

Dr C Zeng.

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

Learning Objectives:

to engage students in all aspects of production involved in an aquaculture enterprise;

to provide practical skills required for aquaculture;

to provide experience in the value and implications of husbandry techniques in the successful culture of aquatic organisms;

to develop problem solving and aquaculture enterprise evaluation skills;

to develop skills in cooperative operation of an aquaculture enterprise;

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%).