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In this domain students are encouraged to design aquaculturerearing systems like Biofloc, Recirculatory Aquaculture System, Aquaponicsas per the industry needs.Students learn to develop SOPs for commercial production of food and ornamental fish besides feed manufacturing and management, health management, water quality management. Students develop skills for seed production of Indian Major Carps, Tilapia, Gold Fish, Molly, Platy, Angel Fish, Guppy etc. The domain motivates the students in enhancing their entrepreneurship development capabilities in the field of aquaculture. The school is committed to use IOTs for developing smart intensive aquaculture for commercial production of fishes. The domain helps the students to be technically skilled and ready for career placement in industries and companies like fish and shrimp hatcheries, feed manufacturing companies, aquaclinics, research institutes and R&D departments.

Track Total Credits ( T-P-P): 3-15-11 (29 Credits)

Courses Division :

  • Course 1 : Intensive Fish Rearing(1-2-0)
  • Course 2 : Ornamental Fish Farming (1 -2-0)
  • Course 3: Biofloc Aquaculture   (1-2-0)
  • Course 4: Framing of SOPs for Intensive fish culture and ornamental fish culture  (0-3-0)
  • Course 5: Health Management in Aquaculture (0-3-0)
  • Course 6: Feed Management in Aquaculture (0-3-0)
  • Course 7: Intensive production of Commercially important fishes in different Aquaculture production systems at Fish rearing Unit and pond (0-0-11)

Domain Track Objectives:

  • To enable students to gain practical experience in industry-specific procedures.
  • To provide students with a good understanding of how the various aspects of water quality affecting aquaculture.
  • To provide an understanding of managing stock levels in an aquaculture setting
  • To develop students’ experience of collation, presentation and interpretation of data collated during applied study
  • To enable students to gain practical experience in industry-specific procedures.
    • The students are involved in skill based learning of different aquaculture units such as Recirculatory Aquaculture System, Aquaponics, Biofloc and other intensive aquaculture production systems. They learn about principles, practices and engineering aspects followed during the operation of various intensive aquaculture systems.
  • To provide students with a good understanding of how the various aspects of water quality affecting aquaculture.
    • The students learn about various techniques to collect water samples and quantify different important water quality parameters for optimum wellbeing of the species.
  • To provide an understanding of managing stock levels in an aquaculture setting
    • Students learn about managing and handing culture operation of different fish and shell fish species.
  • To develop students experience of collation, presentation and interpretation of data collated during applied study
    • The students are encouraged to set up small aquaculture research projects, based on the experimental data students present and interpret the data.

Domain Track Learning Outcomes:

  • Maintainance of Biofloc Unit
  • Up-keeping of Ornamental Unit
  • Pond Culture Maintainance
  • Live food Unit Maintainance

Career Scope:

The domain helps the students to be technically skilled and ready for career placement in industries and companies like

  • Fish and shrimp hatcheries
  • Feed manufacturing companies,
  • Aqua clinics,
  • Research institutes
  • Consultancy
  • Entrepreneurships

Domain Syllabus:

1. Intensive Fish Rearing(1-2-0)
Theory:
  • 1.1. History, definition, scope and significance of aquaculture
  • 1.2. Site selection and planning for aquaculture operation
  • 1.3. Criteria for selection of species for intensive aquaculture
  • 1.4. Important water quality parameters for aquaculture
  • 1.5. Aquaponics
  • 1.6. Cageand Pen
  • 1.7. Raceway Aquaculture
  • 1.8. Intensive Pond Aquaculture systems
  • 1.9. Sewage Aquaculture,
  • 1.10. Aquamimicry and its prospects
Practicals:
  • 1.1. Water quality estimation(pH and Temperature,Alkalinity)
  • 1.2. Water quality estimation(Hardness)
  • 1.3. Water quality estimation(Dissolved Oxygen)
  • 1.4. Water quality estimation (Ammonia and Nitrate)
  • 1.5. Water quality estimation (Phosphate and Chloride)
  • 1.6. Working out the economic feasibility of construction and maintenance of different fish production systems
  • 1.7. Preparation of species specific feed (Formulating Feed by Software and Pearson Method and selecting specific feed ingredients)
  • 1.8. Preparation of species specific feed (Preparing Feed : Field Method)
  • 1.9. Engineering aspects of  Intensive Aquaculture production system (Cage Design)
  • 1.10. Engineering aspects of  Intensive Aquaculture production system (RAS Design)
  • 1.11. Hands on experience on Intensive rearing of Fishes at pond
  • 1.12. Hands on experience on Intensive rearing of Fishes at Fish rearing unit.
  • 1.13. Engineering aspects of  Intensive Aquaculture production system (Pen Design)
  • 1.14. Engineering aspects of  Intensive Aquaculture production system (Aquaponics)
  • 1.15. Engineering aspects of  Intensive Aquaculture production system (Flow through System)
  • 1.16. Visit to a local aquaculture farm
Suggested Reading
  • Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants, by John S. Lucas
  • Aquaculture: Introduction to Aquaculture For Small Farmers by Kenn Christenson
  • Aquaculture, Resource Use, and the Environment by Author Claude E. Boyd and Aaron A. McNevin
2. Ornamental Fish Farming (1-2-0)
Theory:
  • 2.1. International and national Status of ornamental fish trade
  • 2.2. Biology of commercially important ornamental fishes
  • 2.3. Breeding and culture of ornamental fishes-Live bearers
  • 2.4. Breeding and culture of ornamental fishes-egg layers
  • 2.5. Breeding and culture of ornamental fishes- nest builders
  • 2.6. Diseases of aquarium fishes-causes, diagnosis and treatment
  • 2.7. Principles of Aquascaping
  • 2.8. Ornamental aquatic plants and their propagation
  • 2.9. Economics of ornamental operations
  • 2.10. Government schemes for developing ornamental fisheries
Practical:
  • 2.1. Breeding of Commercially important variety of ornamental fishes (Angel and Gourami)
  • 2.2. Breeding of Discus and Rosy Barb
  • 2.3. Breeding of Fighter fish and Sword Tail
  • 2.4. Aquascaping
  • 2.5. Setting and maintenance of Aquarium
  • 2.6. Layout of Advanced ornamental breeding
  • 2.7. Layout of ornamental rearing facility
  • 2.8. Propagation of Aquarium Plant- Submerged rooted plants
  • 2.9. Propagation of Submerged Brunched Aquarium Plants
  • 2.10. Propagation of Floating Aquarium Plants
  • 2.11. Propagation of Emergent Aquarium Plants
  • 2.12. Preparation and Setting up Biofilters
  • 2.13.Transportation of Ornamental fishes
  • 2.14.Ornamental Fish Diseases
Suggested Reading
  • Ornamental Fish Culture and Aquarium Management  by Anshuman D. Dholakia
  • Fundamentals of Ornamental Fish Health by Helen E. Roberts
3. Biofloc Aquaculture (1-2-0)
Theory
  • 3.1. Introduction to biofloc technology: Principles, prospects and challenges
  • 3.2. Integration of submerged substrates in biofloc based system
  • 3.3 Microbial role in biofloc system
  • 3.4. Design consideration of biofloc production system
  • 3.5 Biofloc technology for water quality management in aquaculture
  • 3.6 Economics of biofloc based farming
  • 3.7. Aeration requirements in biofloc based shrimp culture systems
  • 3.8 Nutrition and feeding strategy and health management in a biofloc system
  • 3.9 Culture technology of different fishes in biofloc system
  • 3.10 Culture technology of different shellfishes in biofloc system
 Practical
  • 3.1. Biofloc generation and management methods through Natural method
  • 3.2. Biofloc generation through Biological method,
  • 3.3. Biofloc generation through Inoculation method
  • 3.4. Biofloc generation through Probiotic method
  • 3.5. Carbon nitrogen ratio maintenance
  • 3.6. Importance of feed reduction
  • 3.7. Suitable Carbon sources Identification
  • 3.8. Qualitative measurement of biofloc
  • 3.9. Quantitative analysis of biofloc,
  • 3.10. Maintaining Biofloc culture system
  • 3.11. Feed and Heath Management in Biofloc System
  • 3.12. Microbial Quantification
  • 3.13. Microscopy in bacterial identification
  • 3.14. Carbohydrate fermentation test
  • 3.15. Algal Characterization
Suggested Reading
  • Biofloc Technology : SOPs for FLOC & Sludge Quality by S.Felix and M.Menaga
  • Biofloc Technology: A Practical Guide Book  by Yoram Avnimelech
4. Framing of SOPs for Intensive fish culture and ornamental fish culture (0-3-0)
Practice
  • 4.1. Developing SOPs for culture operation in Aquaponics
  • 4.2. SOPs for water quality management in Aquaponics
  • 4.3. SOPs for feed Management of Fish and Plant Nutrient Management in Aquaponics
  • 4.4. Developing SOPs for Ornamental fish rearing
  • 4.5 SOPs for water quality Management in ornamental fish rearing
  • 4.6 SOPs for feed Management in ornamental fish rearing
  • 4.7 Developing SOPs for Ornamental fish breeding
  • 4.8 Developing SOPs for culture operation in Intensive tank Aquaculture
  • 4.9 SOPs for water quality management in Intensive tank Aquaculture
  • 4.10 SOPs for feed Management in Intensive tank Aquaculture
  • 4.11 Developing SOPs for culture operation in Intensive Pond Aquaculture
  • 4.12 SOPs for water quality Management in Intensive Pond Aquaculture
  • 4.13 SOPs for feed Management in Intensive Pond Aquaculture
  • 4.14 SOPs for water quality Management for Biofloc Culture
  • 4.15 SOPs for feed Management for Biofloc Culture
5. Health Management in Aquaculture (0-3-0)
Practice
  • 5.1. Clinical signs, symptoms and treatment for bacterial diseases
  • 5.2 Sampling, preparation of media and culture of pathogenic bacteria
  • 5.3 Techniques in disease diagnosis- Microbiological
  • 5.4. Techniques in disease diagnosis- haematological
  • 5.5  Techniques in disease diagnosis-Immunological
  • 5.6 Techniques in disease diagnosis- Biochemical tests
  • 5.7 Agglutination test
  • 5.8 Challenge tests
  • 5.9. Clinical signs, symptoms and treatment for fungal diseases
  • 5.10. Clinical signs, symptoms and treatment for viral diseases
  • 5.11. Clinical signs, symptoms and treatment for parasitic diseases
  • 5.12. Clinical signs, symptoms and treatment for protozoeal diseases
  • 5.13. Histopathology of organs and its interpretation
  • 5.14.Stress related study of fish and shellfish
  • 5.15. Isolation of Nucleic Acids
6. Feed Management in Aquaculture (0-3-0)
Practice
  • 6.1. Formulation of feeds using software
  • 6.2. Identification of Suitable locally available feed ingredients
  • 6.3. Proximate analysis for feed ingredients-Protein Analysis
  • 6.4. Proximate analysis for feed ingredients-Fat/Lipid Analysis
  • 6.5. Proximate analysis for feed ingredients-Carbohydrate Analysis
  • 6.6. Preparation and formulating feeds for different fish/shellfish species ,
  • 6.7. Mass Culture of Cladocerans
  • 6.8 Mass Culture of Tubiflex
  • 6.9 Mass Culture of Rotifer
  • 6.10 Mass Culture of Infosoria
  • 6.11 Mass Culture of Earthworm
  • 6.12 Mass Culture of Copepod
  • 6.13 Artemia hatching and Feeding
  • 6.14 Mass Culture of Polycheate
  • 6.15 Algal Culture technology
7. AELP linked with Domain :(0-0-11)
Practice
  • Intensive production of Commercially important fishes in different Aquaculture production systems at Fish rearing Unit and pond

Session Plan for Domain:

Session 1.1
Session 1.2
Session 1.3
Session 1.4
Session 1.5
Session 1.6
Session 1.7
Session 1.8
Session 1.9
Session 1.10
Session 1.11
Session 1.12
Session 1.13
Session 1.14
Session 1.15
Session 1.16
Session 1.17
Session 1.18
Session 1.19

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Session 1.21
  • Hands on experience on Intensive rearing of Fishes at pond
Session 1.22
  • Hands on experience on Intensive rearing of Fishes at Fish rearing unit.
Session 1.23
Session 1.24
Session 1.25
Session 1.26
Session 1.27
Session 1.28
  • Visit to a local aquaculture farm
Session 2.1
Session 2.2
Session 2.3
Session 2.4
Session 2.5
Session 2.6
Session 2.7
Session 2.8
Session 2.9
Session 2.10
  • Government schemes for developing ornamental fisheries
  • lecture 20...
Session 2.11
Session 2.12
Session 2.13
Session 2.14
Session 2.15
Session 2.16
Session 2.17
Session 2.18
Session 2.19
Session 2.20
Session 2.21
Session 2.22
Session 2.23
Session 2.24
Session 2.25
Session 2.26
Session 3.1
Session 3.2
Session 3.3
Session 3.4
Session 3.5
Session 3.6
Session 3.7
Session 3.8
Session 3.9
Session 3.10
Session 3.11
Session 3.12
Session 3.13
Session 3.14
Session 3.15
Session 3.16
Session 3.17
Session 3.18
Session 3.19
Session 3.20
Session 3.21
Session 3.22
Session 3.23
Session 3.24
Session 3.25
Session 4.1
Session 4.2
Session 4.3
Session 4.4
Session 4.5
Session 4.6
Session 4.7
Session 4.8
Session 4.9
Session 4.10
Session 4.11
  • Developing SOPs for culture operation in Intensive Pond Aquaculture
  • Inpond Raceway...
Session 4.12
Session 4.13
Session 4.14
Session 4.15
Session 5.1
Session 5.2
Session 5.3
Session 5.4
Session 5.5
Session 5.6
Session 5.7
Session 5.8
  • Challenge tests
Session 5.9
Session 5.10
Session 5.11
Session 5.12
Session 5.13
Session 5.14
Session 5.15
Session 6.1
Session 6.2
Session 6.3
Session 6.4
Session 6.5
Session 6.6
Session 6.7
Session 6.8
Session 6.9
Session 6.10
Session 6.11
Session 6.12
Session 6.13
Session 6.14
Session 6.15

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