COURSE SCHEDULE
|
|
|
No. of hours | ||||
|
|
I Term (15 weeks) |
Theory |
|
Practice |
|
Total |
|
1 |
Introduction to aquaculture |
10 |
+ |
20 |
= |
30 |
|
2 |
Selection of sites for aquaculture |
28 |
+ |
112 |
= |
140 |
|
3 |
Selection of species for aquaculture |
28 |
+ |
96 |
= |
124 |
|
4 |
Seed production |
28 |
+ |
96 |
= |
124 |
|
5 |
Design and construction of pond farms |
28 |
+ |
152 |
= |
180 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
598 |
|
4 - WEEK BREAK | ||||||
|
|
II Term (15 weeks) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Nutrition and artificial feeding |
14 |
+ |
56 |
= |
70 |
|
2 |
Sanitation and fish health |
14 |
+ |
56 |
= |
70 |
|
3 |
Pond culture |
35 |
+ |
140 |
= |
175 |
|
4 |
Cage culture |
13 |
+ |
52 |
= |
65 |
|
5 |
Culture of molluscs |
15 |
+ |
75 |
= |
90 |
|
6 |
Culture of seaweeds |
14 |
+ |
61 |
= |
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
545 |
|
5 - WEEK BREAK | ||||||
|
|
III Term (14 weeks) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Pen culture |
10 |
+ |
28 |
= |
38 |
|
2 |
Running water culture |
15 |
+ |
44 |
= |
59 |
|
3 |
Culture in recirculating systems |
10 |
+ |
32 |
= |
42 |
|
4 |
Culture in rice fields |
10 |
+ |
28 |
= |
38 |
|
5 |
Stocking of open waters (artificial recruitment and transplantation) |
10 |
+ |
28 |
= |
38 |
|
6 |
Post-harvest technology |
20 |
+ |
80 |
= |
100 |
|
7 |
Socio-economic aspects of aquaculture |
15 |
+ |
16 |
= |
31 |
|
8 |
Aquaculture extension |
15 |
+ |
60 |
= |
75 |
|
9 |
Aquaculture planning |
5 |
+ |
20 |
= |
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
446 |
|
|
Grand Total |
|
|
|
|
1 589 |
