- AQUACULTURE PRINCIPLES
INTRODUCTION TO AQUACULTURE
- definition of aquaculture
- aquaculture history
- aims of aquaculture
- returns in aquaculture
- aquaculture systems in fresh brackish and salt water
- economical aspects
SITE SELECTION IN AQUACULTURE
- environmental characteristics in different types of aquaculture
- technical considerations on site selection
- climatic factors
- soci-economical, political and legal aspects
CHOICE OF SPECIES TO BE REARED
- commonly reared organisms
- biological characteristics of the different species reared (elements of
anatomy and physiology)
- selection of species according to environment
EGG AND FRY COLLECTION AND PRODUCTION
- eggs, fry and fingerlings in aquaculture
- collection from the wild
- production in the hatchery (incubation and hatching)
- fry rearing
- transport to grow-out ponds
- transport methods
AQUACULTURE PLANT ENGINEERING AND PLANNING
- type of plant according to the water resource available
- planning
- prelimanary design
- plant structures
- production estimates
- economical aspects in aquaculture plants
REARING IN RUNNING WATERS
- water resource characteristics
- different types of facilities used
- types of rearing
- economical aspects
REARING IN PONDS
- species that can be reared
- water resource characteristics
- preparation of the ponds for rearing purposes
- artificial reproduction techniques
- types of rearing
- economical aspects
REARING IN FLOATING CAGES
- general conditions
- types of cages
- design and construction
- species that can be reared
- economical aspects
FISH CULTURE FOR RESTOCKING PURPOSES
- definition
- aims
- species used for restocking purposes
- restocking methods
- economical aspects
SHELL FISH CULTURE
- general conditions
- criteria for the site selection
- species that can be reared
- seed collection
- economical aspects
SHRIMP CULTURE
- world review of marine shrimp culture
- artificial reproduction
- intensive rearing
- semi-intensive rearing in mono and polyculture
FEEDING AND ARTIFICIAL FOOD
- food requirements for fish, shrimps and shell fish
- types of nutritional elements
- feeding effects
- artificial food
- feeding techniques
FISH PATHOLOGY
- environmental factors
- main diseases and parasytes
- treatments and prophylaxis
- economical aspects
TRADE AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE PRODUCT REARED
- keeping market-size fish, shrimp and shell fish alive
- shell fish depuration
- transport of live fish and shrimp
- product alterations
- evaluation of fish freshness
- preparation of product for commercialisation
- techniques of conservation and preparation of product
- quality control
- product marketing
SOCIO-ECONOMICAL ASPECTS
- main socio-economical aspects in developing countries
- contribution of aquaculture to solve the problem
- socio-economical contrasts related to aquaculture
- negative economical aspects
- investments evaluation
- MEDITERRANEAN AQAUCULTURE
LAGOON AND “VALLI” ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
- description of a “valle”
- “valle” management
- traditions from the “valle”
- restocking
- economy and returns linked to “vallicoltura”
MEDITERRANEAN LAGOONS
- role of lagoons in local economies
- Northen Adriatic lagoons
- Southern Adriatic lagoons
- Turkish lagoons
- Algerian lagoons
- Tunisian lagoons
- Moroccan lagoons
- Egyptian lagoons
- Greek lagoons
DESCRIPTION OF FISHING GEAR
- trammel and mono-twine nets
- seines
- baskets and hooks
- fish barriers
INTEGRATION OF AQUACULTURE IN LAGOONS
- structures on land
- floating cages
- shell fish culture
- equipment for storage, processing and marketing
- returns of the different types of interventions
ARTIFICIAL REPRODUCTION OF Sparus aurata, Dicentrarchus labrax AND Penaeus japonicus
- introduction to artificial reproduction
- aims of artificial reproduction
- selection, maintenance and stocking of broodstock
- reproductive physiology
- natural reproduction
- spawning behaviour
- egg and embryo development
- effects of chemical and physical parameters on the embryo's development
- larval survival
- larval rearing
- larval feeding
- filter for recycled water
- hatchery design
- prophylaxis
FRY AND FINGERLING COLLECTION
- spawning periods of the different species reared
- fry and fingerling migration
- environmental factors linked to spawning seasons and migrations
- capture sites
- fishing gear
- equipment
- fishing team
- fry transport
- pre-adaptation techniques for restocking
- prophylaxis and disinfection
SEA BASS REARING
- bio-ecological aspects
- wild and hatchery fry storage
- fry rearing
- intensive rearing
SEA BREAM REARING
- bio-ecological aspects
- juvenile stocking
- first rearing
- rearing in mono and polyculture
MULLET REARING
- bio-ecological aspects
- juvenile stocking
- first rearing
- rearing in mono and polyculture at different salinities
SHELL FISH CULTURE
- mussel, oyster and clam : bio-ecological aspects
- rearing methods for mussel and oyster
MANAGEMENT OF LARGE PONDS
- semi-intensive and extensive fish culture in marine and brackish water ponds
- elements in ecology applied to rearing environments
- stocking planning
- complimentary diets
- fertilizing
- predator control
- fishing methods
Within the special programmes, the trainees, alone or associated in working teams,
can propose some activities of study or research linked to the training, preparing some
specific programmes, which can be accepted after a careful examination, if the programme
does not interfere with the regular activities planned.
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The study activties and the use of laboratories during spare time and rest days are
allowed only in submittance of programmes and final reports.
Trainees must fill up a brief summary on their weekly training activities.
