Course: Aquaculture

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Course title Aquaculture
Course code KAE/AK
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kouřil Jan, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Pechar Libor, doc. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
Fish requirements for water quality. Nutrition and feeding, determination and optimization of feed rations for fish. Water pollution by intensive fish farming. Water sources and methods of water heating. Methods of intensive breeding of individual age and size categories of rainbow trout, american grayling and salmon. Bionomy and breeding of catfish, African catfish, tilapia, sturgeons, eels, perch, zander and approximately other fish species, including marine. Technology of fish farming in cages, troughs, silos, in flow and reuse water system.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Individual tutoring
  • Preparation for classes - 160 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 30 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 24 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to inform about intensive farming of salmonid and thermophilic fish species. Fish requirements for water quality. Nutrition and feeding, assessment and optimization of feed rations for fish. Water pollution by intensive fish farming. Water sources and methods of water heating. Methods of intensive breeding of individual age and size categories of rainbow trout, American grayling and salmon. Bionomy and breeding of catfish, African catfish, tilapia, sturgeons, eels, perch, zander and approximately other fish species, including marine. Technology of fish farming in cages, troughs, silos, in flow and reuse water system.
Students are able to apply an active work approach and are able to independent scientific activities in the field. They are able to use a large amount of relevant data (professional literature, own practical experience in the field, the experience of experts), which are able to analyze, critically evaluate and draw appropriate conclusions. Graduates are able to apply these skills in a creative way within their research activities. Students are well prepared for further independent education and maintaining professional growth in the field. Graduates have a thoroughly mastered ability of analytical and synthetic thinking.
Prerequisites
Students are able to work independently in the field, but they have also mastered the principles of teamwork. They are equipped with the ability to formulate and present their own opinions and communicate them in their native language as well as in a world language. They can easily communicate information, ideas, identify problems and suggest possible solutions. They are able to critically evaluate their approach to the problem; they are able to defend their professional opinion using arguments gained through study and practical experience in the field.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Colloquium

Extent of knowledge corresponding to SZZ at ZF JU. Students of the combined form of study have the same obligations within the study as students of the full-time form.
Recommended literature
  • Adámek, Zdeněk. Pond aquaculture in Central and Eastern Europe in the 21st century : how can research provide the scientific, ecological and economic bases for sustainable aquaculture? : manuscripts presented at the International workshop, Vodňany, Czech Republic, May 2-4, 2001. [Oostende] : European Aquaculture Society, 2002.
  • Asche, Frank; Bjorndal, Trond. The economics of salmon aquaculture. 2nd ed. Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. ISBN 9781119993360.
  • Kouřil, Jan; Hamáčková, Jitka,; Stejskal, Vlastimil. Recirkulační akvakulturní systémy pro chov ryb. 2. vyd. V Českých Budějovicích : Jihočeská univerzita, Fakulta rybářství a ochrany vod, 2013. ISBN 978-80-87437-59-9.
  • Kouřil, Jan; Mareš, Jan,; Pokorný, Josef,; Adámek, Zdeněk,; Randák, Tomáš,; Kolářová, Jitka,; Palíková, Miroslava. Chov lososovitých druhů ryb, lipana a síhů. Vydání první. Vodňany : Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Výzkumný ústav rybářský a hydrobiologický ve , 2008. ISBN 978-80-85887-80-8.
  • Pokorný, Josef; Dvořák, Jiří; Šrámek, Václav. Umělý chov ryb. 1. vyd. Praha : Informatorium, 1992. ISBN 80-85427-19-2.


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