The students will gain an overview of the fishery and aquaculture industry in the word and more detailed in the Nordic countries. Within fishery topics will include overview over relevant species, nutrient chains: fishing seasons: fishing gears function, optimal use, affect fish quality on quality: fishing vessels: initial fish processing, on shore or at sea: by catch/by product handling: regulations, quotas and international agreements: structural changes in the fish industry and sustainable fishery. Within the aquaculture topic overview lectures will include relevant species, biology and production cycles, different production systems and production cycles, water quality requirements, fish feeding, fish breeding, fish health and diseases in aquaculture, fish welfare, sustainable aquaculture, harvesting and slaughtering of fish.

The course will include lectures that could be followed online on web or as recorded files. In addition will there will be exercises to solve. Making of a project report will aslo be a part of the learning activites.

Information given on the first lecture

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Ekstern sensor deltar sammen med intern sensor ved utformingen av eksamensoppgavene og sensorveiledningen. Ekstern sensor kontrollerer intern sensors vurdering av et tilfeldig utvalg kandidater som en kalibrering med visse mellomrom i henhold til instituttets retningslinjer for sensur.
 

225 hours

GSK

Første del av kurset er identisk med AQX251, og studenter får ikke studiepoeng for begge emner