Aquaculture

Lesson Structure: Aquaculture BAG211

Introduction to Aquaculture
Production Systems - EP and IP
What Species to Farm
Trout
Barramundi
Bass
Freshwater Crayfish
Setting Up a Fish Farm
Fish Foods & Feeding
Harvesting
Learning Goals: Aquaculture BAG211

Explain different aquaculture production systems.
Explain the cultural requirements of different types of fish suitable for aquaculture.
Explain cultural practices for freshwater crayfish.
Explain different factors affecting the vigour of animals in an aquaculture farm.
Explain methods, including feeding and harvesting, used to manage freshwater animal populations.
Develop informed management decisions for an aquaculture enterprise.
Practicals:

Explain the importance of correct feed to the success of a specified aquaculture enterprise.
List the components of an aquaculture production system.
Compare extensive production systems with intensive production systems.
Assess the production systems used in three different aquaculture enterprises.
Research and describe a successful aquaculture production system.
List freshwater fish suitable for aquaculture in your region.
List saltwater fish suitable for aquaculture in your region.
Describe the requirements for different commonly grown freshwater fish, including:
Trout
Barramundi
Bass.
Describe the requirements of one type of salt water fish which has commercial potential for farming.
Distinguish, by labeling unlabelled diagrams, between visual characteristics of different freshwater crayfish, including:
Marron
Red claw
Yabbie
Describe the cultural practices for different freshwater crayfish, including:
Marron
Red claw
Yabbie
Explain how water quality may affect production in an aquaculture system.
Explain different methods of treating water in aquaculture, including:
Filtration
Aeration
Develop a list of criteria for selecting a site suitable for a specified freshwater aquaculture purpose.
Explain how varying stocking rates can affect the condition of a specified type of animal in aquaculture.
Compare the potential affects on aquaculture species, of different methods of containing water, including:
Ponds constructed with liners
An earth dam
Concrete tanks
Flowing water
Still water
Compare various methods of feeding commercial species, including fish and crayfish, with reference to the type of food and the way it is delivered to the animals.
Compare three different aquaculture feeds which are available commercially, with reference to:
composition
appearance
appropriate applications
Compare different harvesting techniques with reference to:
equipment required
time required
damage to animal.
Describe how to construct different types of water storage facilities, including:
Ponds constructed with liners
An earth dam
Concrete tanks.
Prepare a detailed management system for one species suitable for aquaculture, including details of:
Breeding
Rearing
Feeding
Harvesting
Marketing.
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of aquaculture with those of other types of agricultural enterprises.
Compile a list of different resources in the aquaculture industry including:
Information sources
Equipment suppliers
Materials suppliers.
Analyse aquaculture marketing systems, on both a national and international level.
Evaluate the marketability of different specified types of aquaculture produce.
Evaluate the viability of a proposed, specified aquaculture venture.Lesson Structure: Aquaculture BAG211

Introduction to Aquaculture
Production Systems - EP and IP
What Species to Farm
Trout
Barramundi
Bass
Freshwater Crayfish
Setting Up a Fish Farm
Fish Foods & Feeding
Harvesting
Learning Goals: Aquaculture BAG211

Explain different aquaculture production systems.
Explain the cultural requirements of different types of fish suitable for aquaculture.
Explain cultural practices for freshwater crayfish.
Explain different factors affecting the vigour of animals in an aquaculture farm.
Explain methods, including feeding and harvesting, used to manage freshwater animal populations.
Develop informed management decisions for an aquaculture enterprise.
Practicals:

Explain the importance of correct feed to the success of a specified aquaculture enterprise.
List the components of an aquaculture production system.
Compare extensive production systems with intensive production systems.
Assess the production systems used in three different aquaculture enterprises.
Research and describe a successful aquaculture production system.
List freshwater fish suitable for aquaculture in your region.
List saltwater fish suitable for aquaculture in your region.
Describe the requirements for different commonly grown freshwater fish, including:
Trout
Barramundi
Bass.
Describe the requirements of one type of salt water fish which has commercial potential for farming.
Distinguish, by labeling unlabelled diagrams, between visual characteristics of different freshwater crayfish, including:
Marron
Red claw
Yabbie
Describe the cultural practices for different freshwater crayfish, including:
Marron
Red claw
Yabbie
Explain how water quality may affect production in an aquaculture system.
Explain different methods of treating water in aquaculture, including:
Filtration
Aeration
Develop a list of criteria for selecting a site suitable for a specified freshwater aquaculture purpose.
Explain how varying stocking rates can affect the condition of a specified type of animal in aquaculture.
Compare the potential affects on aquaculture species, of different methods of containing water, including:
Ponds constructed with liners
An earth dam
Concrete tanks
Flowing water
Still water
Compare various methods of feeding commercial species, including fish and crayfish, with reference to the type of food and the way it is delivered to the animals.
Compare three different aquaculture feeds which are available commercially, with reference to:
composition
appearance
appropriate applications
Compare different harvesting techniques with reference to:
equipment required
time required
damage to animal.
Describe how to construct different types of water storage facilities, including:
Ponds constructed with liners
An earth dam
Concrete tanks.
Prepare a detailed management system for one species suitable for aquaculture, including details of:
Breeding
Rearing
Feeding
Harvesting
Marketing.
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of aquaculture with those of other types of agricultural enterprises.
Compile a list of different resources in the aquaculture industry including:
Information sources
Equipment suppliers
Materials suppliers.
Analyse aquaculture marketing systems, on both a national and international level.
Evaluate the marketability of different specified types of aquaculture produce.
Evaluate the viability of a proposed, specified aquaculture venture.Lesson Structure: Aquaculture BAG211

Introduction to Aquaculture
Production Systems - EP and IP
What Species to Farm
Trout
Barramundi
Bass
Freshwater Crayfish
Setting Up a Fish Farm
Fish Foods & Feeding
Harvesting
Learning Goals: Aquaculture BAG211

Explain different aquaculture production systems.
Explain the cultural requirements of different types of fish suitable for aquaculture.
Explain cultural practices for freshwater crayfish.
Explain different factors affecting the vigour of animals in an aquaculture farm.
Explain methods, including feeding and harvesting, used to manage freshwater animal populations.
Develop informed management decisions for an aquaculture enterprise.
Practicals:

Explain the importance of correct feed to the success of a specified aquaculture enterprise.
List the components of an aquaculture production system.
Compare extensive production systems with intensive production systems.
Assess the production systems used in three different aquaculture enterprises.
Research and describe a successful aquaculture production system.
List freshwater fish suitable for aquaculture in your region.
List saltwater fish suitable for aquaculture in your region.
Describe the requirements for different commonly grown freshwater fish, including:
Trout
Barramundi
Bass.
Describe the requirements of one type of salt water fish which has commercial potential for farming.
Distinguish, by labeling unlabelled diagrams, between visual characteristics of different freshwater crayfish, including:
Marron
Red claw
Yabbie
Describe the cultural practices for different freshwater crayfish, including:
Marron
Red claw
Yabbie
Explain how water quality may affect production in an aquaculture system.
Explain different methods of treating water in aquaculture, including:
Filtration
Aeration
Develop a list of criteria for selecting a site suitable for a specified freshwater aquaculture purpose.
Explain how varying stocking rates can affect the condition of a specified type of animal in aquaculture.
Compare the potential affects on aquaculture species, of different methods of containing water, including:
Ponds constructed with liners
An earth dam
Concrete tanks
Flowing water
Still water
Compare various methods of feeding commercial species, including fish and crayfish, with reference to the type of food and the way it is delivered to the animals.
Compare three different aquaculture feeds which are available commercially, with reference to:
composition
appearance
appropriate applications
Compare different harvesting techniques with reference to:
equipment required
time required
damage to animal.
Describe how to construct different types of water storage facilities, including:
Ponds constructed with liners
An earth dam
Concrete tanks.
Prepare a detailed management system for one species suitable for aquaculture, including details of:
Breeding
Rearing
Feeding
Harvesting
Marketing.
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of aquaculture with those of other types of agricultural enterprises.
Compile a list of different resources in the aquaculture industry including:
Information sources
Equipment suppliers
Materials suppliers.
Analyse aquaculture marketing systems, on both a national and international level.
Evaluate the marketability of different specified types of aquaculture produce.
Evaluate the viability of a proposed, specified aquaculture venture.Lesson Structure: Aquaculture BAG211

Introduction to Aquaculture
Production Systems - EP and IP
What Species to Farm
Trout
Barramundi
Bass
Freshwater Crayfish
Setting Up a Fish Farm
Fish Foods & Feeding
Harvesting