Current active subject description (last updated 2023/24)
Sustainable Aquaculture Nutrition
AK320F
Current active subject description (last updated 2023/24)
Sustainable Aquaculture Nutrition
AK320F
- Importance of feed and nutrition for sustainable development of the aquaculture industry.
- Methods for studying feed and nutritional needs.
- Digestive physiology, metabolism of nutrients and metabolism of energy.
- Different groups of nutrient function and needs of individual nutrients.
- Nutrition in relation to health.
- Alternative feed ingredients, digestibility and availability.
- Aquatic feed - formulation and technology.
- An overview of nutrition and feed for different life stages.
- Comparative nutrition and feeding
- New knowledge and progress in aquaculture nutrition and health.
For students admitted to the Master in Bioscience and the Nordic Master in Sustainable Production and Utilisation of Marine Bioresources.
Knowledge
- Gain a general understanding of the importance of feed and feeding for sustainable development in the aquaculture industry
- Overview of digestive physiology and energy metabolism, need for macro and micronutrients for fish, nutritional needs for fish larvae
- Gain insight into the importance of nutrients, feed and additives to ensure good growth and good health in farmed fish
- Gain knowledge about feed ingredients, feed technology, feed formulation and feed quality
- Gain knowledge about development trends in the feed industry and the need for research priorities in nutrition in aquaculture species (functional feeds and alternative ingredients)
Skills
- From an academic point of view, students will gain knowledge of various aspects of fish nutrition, including the design of nutritional experiments, as well as the optimization and production of experimental diets.
- Seen from an industry perspective, students are expected to be familiar with different types of feed, production technology, and feeding in practice.
- From an environmental perspective, students are expected to be able to assess different alternative sustainable feed resources
General Competence
- The student should be able to make use of knowledge acquired through this course
- To carry out further studies in aquaculture nutrition
- To work in the feed industry
- To apply knowledge in connection with the production of fish
- To understand the importance of nutrition for the aquaculture production economy
- Be able to handle professional discussions related to feed and feeding in the aquaculture industry
No costs beyond semester fees and literature.
Elective course:
Master in Biosciences
Nordic Master in Sustainable Production and Utilisation of Marine Bioresources
- Teaching methods
- Face-to-face, on-line teaching and recorded lectures
- Learning activities
- Teaching, seminars and laboratory work are organized in three blocks of ca. 15 hours over 4 days each time.
- Continuous active participation throughout the different blocks is part of the organisation as well as self-studying.
Evaluation using mid-term and final surveys. Students are also encouraged to participate in the central quality surveys.
Compound evaluation, grading scale Letter grades
- Compulsory participation - lab, comprises 0/100 of the grade, grading scale Approved/ Not approved.
- Assessment task - report, comprises 0/100 of the grade, grading scale Letter grades.
- Written examination, 4 hours, comprises 100/100 of the grade, grading scale Letter grades.
Pen, ruler and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries English - native language
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
- The course is based on the course HAV2002 Fish Nutrition and Product Quality offered at the Bachelor's level or similar recognized courses.
- Students are expected to have basic knowledge of biochemistry and metabolism.
- Information on teaching materials and internet resources suitable for self-study on these topics will be posted on canvas in advance of the teaching.
Curriculum literature
Subject language
English
Credits
10
Study location
Bodø
Responsible faculty
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
Course coordinator
