|
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 |
15 |
+ |
60 |
= |
75 |
|
|
2. |
Sanitation and fish health |
15 |
+ |
60 |
= |
75 |
|
|
3. |
Pond culture |
40 |
+ |
160 |
= |
200 |
|
|
4. |
Cage culture |
15 |
+ |
60 |
= |
75 |
|
|
5. |
Culture of molluscs |
20 |
+ |
100 |
= |
120 |
|
|
|
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 |
1589 | ||||||
