ZOOL 41076

>< Type/status : Compulsory course for the students who follow special degree programme in Zoology.
>< Title : Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture Management
>< Pre-requisite : ZOOL 31014
>< Co-requisite : ZOOL 41082
>< Objectives: By the end of this course, the students will be able to describe and critically discuss characteristics of world fisheries, fishing methods, impact of fishing on environment, population dynamics and management of fish stocks, management of aquaculture systems, stock improvement, nutrition, environmental management and health management in aquaculture and post harvest technology.
>< Course contents:

Capture Fisheries: Age and growth of fish, Gear selection, Recruitment, Stock recruitment relationships, Mortality, Yield predictive models, Fisheries management, Inland fisheries, estuarine and lagoon fisheries, Marine fisheries, Tropical multi-species fisheries, Fisheries of Sri Lanka, World fisheries, Effect of pollutants on fish populations.

Aquaculture Management: Management of different aquaculture systems of edible fin fish, shellfish and ornamental fish and aquarium plants, Broodstock management, Artificial propagation and Stock improvement, Larval rearing, Fish nutrition and Feed manufacture, Live feed used in aquaculture, Rearing technology of microalgae and rotifers. Water quality management in closed systems, Environmental management in coastal aquaculture, Fish health management and disease control in aquaculture, Aquaculture economics, Post harvest technology; HACCP system.

>< Methodology: A combination of lectures, seminars, discussions and web-based studies
>< Scheme of evaluation: End of semester examination
>< Recommended reading:
1. King, M. (1995) Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management. Fishing News Books, Oxford.
2. Pauly, D. (1984) Fish Population Dynamics in Tropical Waters: A Manual for Use with Programmable Calculators. ICLARM, Manila.
3. Pitcher, T.J. and Hart, P.J.B. (1982) Fisheries Ecology. Croom Helm, London.
4. Welcomme R.L. (2001) Inland Fisheries: Ecology and Management. Fishing News Books, Blackwell Science, Oxford.
5. Bromage, N.R. and Roberts, R.J. (1995) Broodstock Management and Egg and Larval Quality. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
6. Post, G. (1987) Textbook of Fish Health. TFH Publishers, Oxford.
7. Beveridge, M.C.M (1987) Cage Aquaculture. Blackwell Science, Oxford.

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