AQUACULTURE MANAGEMENT II (MAF 513)
Spring 1999, T R 15:00 - 16:15 Hs, RSMAS Campus,
S/A 114
Professor: Dr. Daniel D. Benetti
Office: MAF Division # 125-A
Tel. 361-4889; email
<dbenetti@rsmas.miami.edu>
Course description:
This course will focus on applied technology of reproduction,
spawning, larval husbandry, nursery and growout techniques of
commercially important species of fish, crustaceans and
mollusks, algae, other non-traditional species and the
production of live feeds. The course will cover advanced
aquaculture techniques, proper management practices for
sustainable aquaculture development, environmental issues,
disease prevention and control, feeds formulation and
manufacturing, feeding management strategies, water quality
control and recirculating systems.
Course Main topics:
- Maturation system design
- Induced and conditioned spawning techniques
- Production of live larval feeds
- Larval husbandry techniques
- Nursery techniques
- Growout techniques
- Fundamentals of broodstock and larval nutrition
- Growth and bioenergetics
- Disease prevention and control
- Water quality control and monitoring
Syllabus:
- broodstock capture, transportation and handling techniques
- sampling techniques for sexual
dimorphism and gonadal development (sperm and oocytes):
canulation, handling, anesthetics, stripping, etc.
- prophylactic techniques;
- feeding management strategies
- design and management of maturation rooms
- maturation cycles
(photo-period and temperature control)
- spawning room design and
management (eggs collection, disinfection, hatching, cleaning,
stocking techniques, tanks, etc.)
- induced spawning techniques
- design and management of larval rearing rooms
- production of live feeds such
as microalgae, rotifers, Artemia, and the use of
alternative live food sources such as natural wild zooplankton
for feeding the larvae and post-larvae of fish and shrimp; use
of artificial diets in larval rearing
- formulation and manufacturing
of enrichment media for rotifers and Artemia;
- larval rearing techniques (fish, shrimp and mollusks)
- nursery techniques (stocking
densities, feeding strategies, grading)
- disease prevention and control
(identification, prevention, control and curative measures; use
of chemicals and antibiotics)
- formulation, manufacturing and use of aquaculture feeds
- growout techniques and management
There are three scheduled visits to hatcheries and farms in
Florida (research institutions and private companies)