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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Aquaculture Work Experience (SRS#500539)
This work experience is designed to provide the student with
practical experience in salmonid or mussel farm operations. To
meet the graduation requirements of the Technical Certificate
in Aquaculture, the student must successfully complete the
Aquaculture Work Experience.
Prerequisites - For those enrolled in the Technical Certificate in
Aquaculture (Salmonid), successful completion of core courses:
• Salmonid Biology and Husbandry (SRS 500524);
• Salmonid Feeds and Feeding (500525); and
• Salmonid Health and Biosecurity (500526).
For those enrolled in the Technical Certificate in Aquaculture
(Mussel), successful completion of core courses:
• Mussel Spat Collection and General Biology (500534);
• Mussel Farm Stocking Capacity (500535); and
• Mussel Harvesting, Handling and Processing (500536).
Schedule - Minimum of 175 hours (25 days)
AQUA 0006 (Salmonid Harvesting, Handling and
Processing)
This course is designed to enable aquaculture workers to gain
understanding of the important role harvesting, handling and
processing has on product quality and food safety.
Harvesting; Handling and Holding; Processing
Duration - 2.5 days
AQUA 0014 (Basic Farm Safety)
This course is designed to give workers/participants an
understanding of the importance of basic farm safety practices
and procedures. It includes Occupational Health and Safety
(OHS), accident incident reporting, hazards related to various
farm systems and activities (e.g. boating, loading and harvesting
systems, storage), and safe work procedures.
Workplace Health Safety and Compensation Commission
(WHSCC); Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S); Hazards;
New and Young Workers; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE);
Safe Work Practices and Procedures
Prerequisite - WHMIS or SFTY 1104 (WHMIS)
Duration - 2.5 days
AQUA 4100 (Aquaculture Seminar Series)
This course will present selected topics of relevance to the
development of the aquaculture industry.
Cod Farming; Rainbow Trout; Salmon Farming; Other Marine
Finfish; Eel; Fish Food Production; Mussel Culture; Scallop
Culture; Other Shellfish; Provincial Government (Aquaculture
Mandate); Federal Government (Aquaculture Mandate); The Role
of Aquaculture Associations; Student, Faculty, Visiting Lecturer
Presentations
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 1.5 hours/week
AQUA 4101 (Handling & Processing Aquaculture
Products)
This course is designed to familiarize aquaculture students with
the handling, processing and preservation of Newfoundland &
Labrador farmed fish and shellfish.
Fisheries Overview; Product Costing; Food Safety and Quality
Control; Overview of Sanitation; Farmed White Fleshed Fish
Handling and Processing; Farmed Salmon and Trout Handling
and Processing; Farmed Blue Mussel Handling and Processing;
Sea Scallop Handling and Processing; Oyster Handling and
Processing; Secondary Processing
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 2 hours per week = 26 total hours
Laboratories - 2 hours once per week = 26 total hours
AQUA 4102 (Shellfish Culture)
This course is designed to provide an overview of shellfish
culture including mollusk, echinoderm, and crustacean culture
techniques.
The Status Quo; Mussel Culture; Oyster Culture; Scallop
Culture; Culture of Other Mollusca and Echinoderms (Calm,
Abalone and Sea Urchin Culture to be examined); Crayfish
Culture; Freshwater Prawn Culture; Shrimp Culture; Lobster
Culture; Culture of Other Crustaceans; Seaweed Culture; Future
Considerations
Lectures - 39 hours (3 hours per week)
Laboratories - 26 hours (2 hours per week)
AQUA 4103 (Fish Health)
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the
epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment of major
diseases affecting cultured species (primarily fish). The
laboratory component will address various diagnostic and applied
techniques essential to fish and shellfish health management.
Introduction to the Disease Process; Anatomy and Physiology;
Stress and the Disease Process; Immunity; Viral Diseases;
Bacterial Diseases; Fungal Diseases; Parasitic Diseases; Non-
Infectious Diseases; Disease Control; Legislation; Epidemiology
Lectures - 26 hours (2 hours per week)
Laboratories - 39 hours (3 hours per week)
AQUA 4104 (Fish Nutrition)
This course is designed to provide and understanding of nutrient
requirements and feed practices for finfish.
Introduction to Fish Nutrition Studies; Feeding Habits and
Adaptations; Nutrient Requirements; Diet Formulation; Larval
Feeds; Food Requirements; Feeding Practices; Natural Foods in
Extensive Culture; Growth and Feeding; Current Developments
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures/Laboratories - 3 per week
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