AQF200 Primary Production - Aquaculture and Fisheries

The students will gain an overview of the salmon farming industry, but lectures will also give an overall overview of word aquaculture and fishery. Within salmon farming lectures will include production cycles, different production systems, water quality requirements, fish feeding, fish breeding, fish health and diseases, fish welfare, sustainable aquaculture, harvesting and slaughtering of fish, in addition to an overview of other relevant aquaculture species. A brief overview of the fishery sector will be given because this will affects the marked prices for salmon and other species from aquaculture. Lecture will here include overview fishing seasons, fishing gears (function and optimal use), gears effect in fish quality, fishing vessels, fish quality, fish processing, regulations and sustainable fishery.

The requirement for fish and seafood in the word is increasing. This can either be harvest from the sea, traditionally fishery or it can be produces trough aquaculture, where Norway is the major supplier of Atlantic salmon . These are complex systems and productions that may interfere with each other and on to the surrounding environment. The overall aim with the course is to give the students the necessary basic information about salmon farming, but also include aquaculture of other spices and fishery. This should be set in overall view so the students are able to critically evaluate the factors which are important for a sustainable growth in the salmon farming industry. A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: - discuss advantages and disadvantages with the salmon aquaculture but also relate this to general aquaculture and fishery - discuss important factors for performing a sustainable salmon production