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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | FBT717 | THE STURGEON FISH AND THEIR CULTURE | Compulsory | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | Third Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | This course is aimed to teach their marketing and processing of products obtained from as well as introduction, biology, feeding and artificially breeding of sturgeons | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Serkan SAYGUN | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | Mersin balıkları türlerini Taksonomik olarak ayırt etmeyi ve biyolojilerini öğrenir | | 2 | Mersin balıklarını koruma ve kültüre alma tekniğini bilir ve yetiştiricilik çalışmaları yapabilir | | 3 | Mersin balıklarının yetiştiriciliği üzerine araştırma yapabilir ve ilgili bilimsel çalışmalara katılabilir. |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Formal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | None | | Course Contents | | This course will be focused on protection of generations and marketing of commercial products of sturgeon species, besides anatomical features, the biology of cultured sturgeon species; artificial retrieval, fertilization, incubation of their eggs; care, feeding, fattening, diseases of their fry. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Taxonomy and morphological characteristics of sturgeon species | | | | 2 | Cultured sturgeons and their biology | | | | 3 | Environmental conditions and their control in sturgeon culture | | | | 4 | Culture systems | | | | 5 | Culture method: Broodstock procurement, protection and feeding | | | | 6 | Artificial spawning: Egg and milt collection | | | | 7 | Incubation Period: Egg care, hatching and the first care of fry | | | | 8 | Mid-term exam | | | | 9 | Juvenile feeding: Live feed and plankton unit | | | | 10 | Nursery Phase: Transition to pre-larvae (fry) rearing system | | | | 11 | Fry growth and feeding regime | | | | 12 | Grow out: Fattening to marketing size | | | | 13 | Harvesting and processing of products | | | | 14 | Problems and diseases in culturing and breeding | | | | 15 | Issues about the sturgeon sector and conservation of their generation | | | | 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | Van de Braak et all., 2008. Manual on Sturgeon Reproduction. Coppens Int. Bv Pub., Nederland. 40p
Mims, S:D., Lazur, A., Shelton, W.L., Gomelsky, B. and F. Chapman, 2002. Species Profile
Production of Sturgeon. SRAC Publication No. 7200, USA. 8p.
Mohler, J.W., 2003. Culture Manual for the Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus. A Region 5 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publication. 73p.
Recommended Reading
Carmona, R. et all., 2009. Biology, Conservation and Sustainable Development of Sturgeons. Fish and Fisheries Series Vol. 29. Springer Science + Business Media B.V., England. 465p.
LeBreton, G.T.O., William, F., Beamish, H. and R. S. McKinley, 2005. Sturgeons and Paddlefish of North America. Fish and Fisheries Series Vol. 27. KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS, USA. 336p.
Aloisi, D., Gordon, Jr.R.R., Starzl, N.J:, Walker, J.L. and T. R. Brady, 2006. Genoa National Fish Hatchery Lake Sturgeon Culture Standard Operating Procedures. Region 3 Fisheries Data Series. Department of the Interior U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region, USA. 19p
Çelikkale, M.S., 1994. İç su balıkları ve yetiştiriciliği. Cilt 1. Baskı II. KTÜ Sürmene Deniz Bilimleri Fakültesi Yay. No: 2, Trabzon. 419p.
Carpenter, K.E. (ed.), 2002. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 2: Bony fishes part 1 (Acipenseridae to Grammatidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. Rome, FAO. pp. 601-1374.
Le François N. R. et al., 2010. Finfish aquaculture diversification. CAB International, UK, 704p.
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| SUM | 0 | |
| SUM | 0 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri | 40 | | Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Report Preparation | 4 | 20 | 80 | | Report Presentation | 4 | 4 | 16 | | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 12 | 12 | | Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 12 | 12 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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