Becoming Aquaculture Expert (Part 1)

Name: Becoming Aquaculture Expert (Part 1)
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Learn aquaculture from scratch and get ideas on how to build your own farm

Created byHidayah Taufek

Last updated 5/2018

English

What you'll learn

Learn the basic system of aquaculture
Discover the most suitable system to farm their seafood according to their need
Determine how to choose good sites for aquaculture farm
Learn how to choose the right species to farm according to their preferable culture system
Open your mind to wide varieties of products available waiting for you to learn and produce them.
Acknowledge the concerns in aquaculture industry and ways to manage them with the right solutions.

Course content

7 sections • 19 lectures • 1h 2m total length

Introduction to Aquaculture (Part 1)2:12
Learn the differences between aquaculture and capture fisheries
The History of Aquaculture3:32
Learn how human begin to culture fish up towards the beginning of aquaculture research
Statistical Figure and Aquaculture Products List2:27
Discover the importance of aquaculture, how protein consumption is increasing and we could do something about it
List of aquaculture products that you could choose from

What You Need to Know About Marine Aquaculture6:08
Explore marine aquaculture in seawater, covering salinity, temperature, species from cod to seaweed, and farming practices like tanks, sea cages, and hatcheries.
What You Need to Know About Freshwater Aquaculture5:51
Explore tilapia and catfish in freshwater aquaculture, including ND41 hybrid and sex reversal for male-only culture. Discover jade perch, trout, spirulina feed, and practical hatchery and aquaponic considerations.
What You Need to Know About Brackish Water Environment3:48
Explore brackish water environments, 0.5-30 ppt, near estuaries, bays, lagoons, and fjords. Learn about striped mullet, whiteleg shrimp, blood cockle, and red snapper and their salinity, temperature, growth, polyculture potential.

Introduction to Aquaculture System2:32
Pond Culture4:42
Discuss the important parts in pond, the advantage and disadvantage of having it as the culture system.
Raceway Culture2:45
Discuss the important parts in raceway, the advantage and disadvantage of having it as the culture system.
Cage Culture4:17
Discuss the important parts in cage culture, the advantage and disadvantage of having it as the culture system.
Recirculation Aquaculture System (RAS)4:47
Discuss the important parts in Recirculation aquaculture system (RAS), the advantage and disadvantage of having it as the culture system.
Aquaponic2:36
Learn the aquaponic system, an integrated recirculating system that cultures fish and grows vegetables in soil-free beds using fish waste as fertilizer, with nitrifying bacteria converting ammonia to nitrates.

Commercial Factor3:50
Highlight the importance of commercial factors in evaluating the appropriate for aquaculture business based on the listed factors

Market consideration
Local economy
Infrastructure and utilities
Room to grow
Environmental Factor2:47
Discover the environmental factors that need to be taken into consideration in selection of the proper aquaculture site. In this lecture, students will learn about water and topography requirement for indoor and outdoor culture system
Describe the importance of soil in selection of site for aquaculture. Discuss the type of soil required and what to avoid for outdoor system such as pond culture
Operational Factor3:09
Discuss the operational factors to be considered for a long term business operation. Among others are;

Design system
Movement of stock
Working space

Concerns About Aquaculture and the Solutions6:15
Improve water quality with aeration, align with state regulations, and adopt sustainable feeds like algae or black soldier fly to reduce fishmeal use while mitigating disease, predators, and escapees.
Conclusion1:01
Conclude the becoming aquaculture expert part 1 course and access bonus lectures on part 2 and 3; gain insights into fish nutrition, disease, breeding, and effective farm management.

Requirements

No experience needed. Applicable to those who are willing to change their life and make choices to turn into sustainable seafood farming.

Description

Becoming Aquaculture Expert (Part 1) is the first step into realising your ideas to produce fish sustainably. It is designed to provide an overview of aquaculture as the way to farm seafood sustainably and strategically.

This course contains 17 lectures which include explanation videos followed by quizzes and related notes to help you test your understanding along the way. The notes will includes references and links of additional resources of related knowledge.

Those completing the course will have strong understanding of basic aquaculture concept and general principle involved in aquaculture system, which include pond, cage, recirculation aquaculture system, raceway and aquaponic.

Besides fish, there are a lot of other products available for you to choose from for commercial purpose or self consumption. All of these products are highlighted in this course and available in printed form.

If you're in the middle of choosing the right location for your aquaculture farm, this course will direct you to the appropriate factors that need to be consider before purchasing the piece of land for your farm. There are 4 important factors that will be discuss in this course.

In any industries and businesses including aquaculture, risks and concerns are available but with the right method, these concerns could be confronted with great solutions. All you need to do is start by having knowledge about it. You can also find this concerns and solution here in this course.

If you're thinking about the future of protein demand, of how to feed the upcoming 9 BILLION people by 2050, this course is for you. Let's start by making future seafood for yourself first.

Remember ' Give a man a fish, you'll feed him a day, teach a man how to rear fish, you'll save him and others too for a lifetime'

Who this course is for:

This course is for beginners and students who want to learn more about aquaculture business
Lifelong learning individuals who want to enhance their knowledge
It is also suitable for aquaculturist who have desires to expand their knowledge on aquaculture

Becoming Aquaculture Expert (Part 1)

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Course content

Welcome to Becoming Aquaculture Expert3 lectures • 8min

Marine, Freshwater and Brackish Water Aquaculture3 lectures • 16min

Overview of Aquaculture System6 lectures • 22min

Site Selection and Development3 lectures • 10min

The Concerns About Aquaculture and Conclusion2 lectures • 7min

Site selection and development2 lectures • 1min

Bonus Lecture0

Requirements

Description

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