Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FBT637SHRIMP AND MUSSEL FARMING Compulsory116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Explain the types of production techniques on cultured shrimp and mussels.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Yrd. Doç.Dr. Serkan SAYGUN
Learning Outcomes
1Learn the biology of shrimp, get by their rearing and marketing
2Learn the biology of mussels, be capable of the their farming and marketing
3Research Scientifically on problems in the production of shrimp and mussels
4Learn some informations about Crustacea and Bivalvia
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Living in Our Country's territorial waters and particularly the worldwide production of Kuruma shrimp, blue mussel, and mussel farming techniques:1- Supply of shrimp broodstock, artificial or natural spawning techniques, keep of eggs, feeding and fattening, diseases, juvenile shrimp and their marketing and etc. 2- spat collection, grow out, processing, marketing and etc. in mussels
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Shrimp Biology: The economic species of Turkey
2Shrimp farming: Hatchery units and their functions
3Hatching phase: Broodstock maintenance, rootstock ripening process, spawning, keep of egg
4Larval rearing: the larval stage, larval feeding, postlarva harvest, larval diseases
5Live feed unit and their production
6Fattening and pre- fattening in shrimps
7Overview of the breeding biology of the freshwater shrimp
8Mid-term exam
9Biology and distribution, environmental requirements of mussels
10Aquaculture systems: Bottom farming
11Farming in bouchot and raft culture
12Longline and raft culture
13Longline and off-shore systems mussel culture
14Mussels harvesting and depuration
15Mussels processing, marketing and consumption, the sector advantages and disadvantages
16End-of-term exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Kumlu,M., 2001. Karides, İstakoz ve Midye Yetiştiriciliği. Çukurova Üniv., Su Ürünleri Fak. Yayınları No. 6., 305s, Adana, Türkiye. Alpbaz, A.G., 1993. Kabuklu ve Eklem Bacaklılar Yetiştiriciliği. Ege Üniv., Su Ürünleri Fak. Yayınları, No. 26, 317s, İzmir, Türkiye. Recommended Reading Kungvankij, P. at all., 1985. Shrimp hatchery design, operation and management. Training manual. FAO Fisheries Report. 95p. Rome, Italy. Van Wyk, P. at all., 1999. Farming Marine Shrimp in Recicrculating Freshwater Systems. Filorida Dep.Agric. and Con. Serv. Division of Aquaculture. Cont. No. 495, 220p. Filorida, USA. Sarkis, S., 2007. Installation and operation of a modular bivalve hatchery. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 492. 173p. Rome, Italy. Helm, M.M. and N.Bourne, 2004. Hatchery culture of bivalves. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 471, 177p. Rome, Italy.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14342
Practice10330
Report Preparation6424
Report Presentation616
Project Preparation6424
Project Presentation6318
Individual Study for Mid term Examination4416
Individual Study for Final Examination4520
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)184
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