AQ3320 - Tropical Aquaculture

[Offered in odd-numbered years]

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	School of Marine & Tropical Biology

Available to students enrolled in the Marine Science Tropical Marine Network Program run jointly by James Cook University, the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney.

This is a two-week intensive subject on tropical aquaculture which will be held at the Marine and Aquaculture Research Facilities Unit at James Cook University and the Orpheus Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef. The subject focuses on aquaculture in tropical Australia and other tropical regions of the world. It will provide information about the status and production of the major species cultured in tropical regions and the trends and opportunities for new species culture and biotechnology developments in the area. Field aspects include site visits to pearl and edible oyster farms and clam, mudcrab and sponge aquaculture research programs.

Learning Outcomes

• describe developments and opportunities for new species aquaculture in tropical Australia;
• describe the biology, production and value of the major aquaculture species cultured in tropical Australia and tropical regions overseas;
• describe the practices used to culture species such as pearl oysters, barramundi, penaeid prawns and redclaw crayfish.

Assumed Knowledge:	Students enrolling in this subject should have a good understanding of basic biology and chemistry (eg BZ1001, CH1001).
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	AQ2001 AQ2002 AQ3002 AQ3003 AQ3004 AQ3005 AQ3007 AQ3008

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 07-Jul-2011
Face to face teaching (Two weeks in July 2011 TBA)
Coord/Lect:	Professor Rocky de Nys.
Contact hours:	80 hours
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (%); field station exercises (%); assignments (%).
Restrictions:	Enrolment in this offering is restricted.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.