ZO5807: SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE (2021-2022)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05

Course Overview

Lectures by research staff working in aquaculture provide you with specialised knowledge in a range of current issues, including growth, nutrition, health and disease resistance, genetics and environmental interactions.

Preparation for seminars and the essay allow you to direct your own learning and explore methods and current advances in your chosen topic.

Participation in the seminars helps you to develop your communication skills and provides you with feedback on your understanding of the issues.

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Term	Second Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Professor s martin

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

One of Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied) or BI4015 Grant Proposal (Passed) or BI4515 Grant Proposal - Semester 2 (Passed)
One of Master Of Science In Marine Conservation or MSc Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology or MSci Biological Sciences

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

ZO4811 Sustainable Aquaculture (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

Over view of aquaculture and its global contribution marine food production:

Nutrition: fish feeds, fish meal fish oil, global shortage, how to overcome this shortage with new diets (plant protein oils)
Health of aquacultured animals: diseases, vaccination methods of controlling health, parasitic diseases interaction wild and farmed.
Selective breeding, genetics, effects on wild populations - future genomic applications to aquaculture.
Environmental impacts - ecological impacts of aquaculture, diversity and approaches to reduce environmental loading. Future directions of aquaculture.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Alternative Assessments

(i) Seminar 20%

(ii) Essay (1000 words) 30%

(iii) Poster 50%

Alternative Resit Arrangements

Students will repeat whichever elements of the assessment were failed or not completed at first sitting; the marks for elements already passed will be carried forwards.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Conceptual	Analyse	to gain specialist knowledge and to apply this in critical analyses of published work