3572 - Aquaculture
Course information
- Title
- Aquaculture
- Course number
- 3572.24
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 7.50
- Level
- Faculties
- Science and Tecnology
- Educations
- BSc in Biology
- Prerequisites
- General and Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Earth, Ocean and atmosphere I or equivalent courses
- Language of instruction
- The course is taught in Faroese and Danish. Instructional materials are in Faroese, Scandinavian languages and possibly English. Group work, presentations etc. are in Faroese.
- Registration
- Students on the fifth semester of B.Sc. in Biology are automatically enrolled. Applicants for an individual course must apply via the Student Service Center at lss@setur.fo
- Beginning date
- Monday, October 28, 2024
- End date
- Thursday, December 19, 2024
Academic content
- Purpose
- The aim is to provide a basic, thorough, and broad knowledge of aquaculture, in particular of salmon and seaweed. Emphasis is placed on description of the environment, important steps in the aquaculture and slaughter process, fish health and diseases, and about aquaculture legislation in biologically sustainable aquaculture.
- Learning outcomes
- o Assess what circumstances in the ocean impact the conditions for marine aquaculture o Explain the process of selecting breeding and the production of roe o Describe the process of smolt production o Analyse “Recirculating Aquaculture Systems” and parameters that are being monitored o Assess environmental issues related to aquaculture o Discuss the production of salmon feed and nutrition o Describe the organisation of harvest, slaughter, processing, packing o Discuss salmon louse and delousing methods o Describe the production of different seaweeds o Discuss fish health and diseases and what measures prevent the spread of disease and infection o Recall aquaculture legislation, laws and regulations, and the process of environmental authorisation
- Content
- • Ocean, temperature, light, currents, waves, • aquaculture cages and cage nets, oxygen, modelling, • selective breeding and roe production, • Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS), • smolt production, • marine aquaculture, • salmon feed and nutrition, • fish health and diseases, fish welfare, risks of infection, • lice and delousing methods, cleaner fish, lumpfish, • harvest, slaughter, processing, packing, transport, • pollution, environmental considerations, environmental authorisation, aquaculture legislation, laws and regulations. • Farming various seaweed species.
- Learning and teaching approaches
- Lectures, numerical exercises, essays, mind maps, group work, presentations, self-reading and excursions to aquaculture facilities.
Assessment
- Assessment method
- Oral examination in an evaluated course report. A prerequisite for being allowed to take the exam is that all course assignments have been handed in and passed.
- Examination (internal/external)
- Internal
- Grading scale
- Passed/Failed
- Exam date/dates
- The examination hand-in date is set for the 3rd of January, 2025. The oral defense is set for the 7th of January 2025
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Monday, October 28, 2024
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Sigurd Christiansen
- Teachers
- Sigurd Christiansen, Agnes Mols Mortensen, Durita Nielsen, Gunnvør á Norði, Egil Hjálmar Hátún, Jonhard Eysturskarð, Kirstin Eliasen, Katrin Haraldsdóttir Jensen, Lisbeth Lindenskov Joensen, Øystein Patursson, Peter Østergaard