Τμήμα Ωκεανογραφίας και Θαλασσίων Βιοεπιστημών

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Aquaculture
School:
Of the Environment
Academic Unit:
Department of Marine Sciences
Level of studies:
Undergraduate
Course Code:
191ΘΠ5Υ
Semester:
D
Course Title:
Aquaculture
Independent Teaching Activities
Lectures
Weekly Teaching Hours
3
Independent Teaching Activities
Lab/Tutorials
Weekly Teaching Hours
2
Credits
6
Course Type:
Special background
Prerequisite Courses:
No
Language of Instruction and Examinations:
Greek
Is the course offered to Erasmus students:
Yes
  • (2) Learning Outcomes
  • Learning Outcomes

  • On the successful completion of the training period, the student will be able to describe the present status on the field of aquaculture, its sustainability and its stages. To recognize cultivated species and the types of aquaculture practiced.

  • Will be able to distinguish the different cultivation stages, to explain what happens in every stage and their specialties, to assess good or bad practices and make conclusions.

  • The student will be able to calculate the specific needs and possibilities for the different types of culture, categorize them in respect to their degree of intensity and to examine individual characteristics such as physicochemical parameters and production results.

  • The student will be able to plan and develop experimental trials on all the stages of the production process.

  • Will be able to interpret results of specific practices and experimental trials, to make synthetic approaches and to compare results with existing bibliographic data, to draw conclusions and to suggest procedures for the improvement of practices.

  • General Competences

  • Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology

  • Adapting to new situations

  • Decision-making

  • Working independently

  • Team work

  • Working in an international environment

  • Working in an interdisciplinary environment

  • Production of new research ideas

  • Project planning and management

  • Respect for the natural environment

  • Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility

  • Criticism and self-criticism

  • Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

  • (3) Syllabus

  • Introduction: History & global fish production statistics. Future projections.

  • The need of diversification in aquaculture (present state & perspectives).

  • Types of aquaculture. Site selection for fish culture.

  • Permits for aquaculture ventures. Introduction of new or exotic species for aquaculture.

  • Stages of fish culture.

  • Nutrition of fish & raw material.

  • Culture of sea bass and sea bream.

  • Culture of eel, snapper, cod and tuna.

  • Culture of crustacea, octopus and mussels.

  • Production of live food (phytoplankton, rotifers and Artemia).

  • Anaesthesia in fish & harvest.

  • Foodborne diseases caused by the consumption of seafood.

  • (4) Teaching and Learning Methods - Evaluation
  • Delivery:

Face-to-face

  • Use of Information and Communication Technology:

Use of ICT in teaching, laboratory education, communication with students.

  • Teaching Methods:
Activity Semester workload
Lectures
39
Laboratory exercises
26
Essay writing
13
Lectures
69
Final exam
3
Course total
150
  • Student Performance Evaluation:
  • Final written exams amounting for 80% of the grade. Multiple choice questionnaires.
  • Production of essay in English amounting for 20% of the grade.
  • (5) Attached Bibliography

Suggested bibliography:

  • “Aquaculture” (notes by the lecturer)

  • “Aquaculture Laboratory Exercises” (notes by the lecturer)

Related academic journals:

  • FAO 1999. Manual on hatchery production of seabass and gilthead seabream, Vol.1. By A. Moretti, M.P. Fernandez-Criado, G. Cittolin & R. Guidastri, Rome.

  • FAO 2004. Capture-based aquaculture. F. Ottolenghi, C. Silvestri, P. Giordano, A. Lovatelli and M. B. New, Rome.

  • Beveridge, M., (1991). Cage Aquaculture. Fishing News Books, Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd., London.

  • FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization). 2000. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture.FAO, Rome, Italy.

  • Jauncey, K., 1991. Fish Nutrition. Lecture Notes, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK.

  • Kentouri, M., Papandroulakis, N., Divanach, P., 1995. Species diversification in Greek finfish mariculture. Cah. Opt. Médit. 14, 129–136.

  • Miyake, P.M., de la Serna, J.M., Di Natale, A., Farrugia, A., Katavic, I., Miyabe, N., & Vicina, V. 2003. General review of bluefin tuna farming in the Mediterranean area. ICCAT Collective Volume of Scientific Papers, 55:114-124.