Current active subject description (last updated 2023/24)
Aquaculture Production and Environmental Impacts
BIO9002
Current active subject description (last updated 2023/24)
Aquaculture Production and Environmental Impacts
BIO9002
The course gives an overview of aquaculture production world-wide and its environmental interactions, with an emphasis on salmon farming.
The course gives an overview of world aquaculture and its environemental impacts. Special emphasis is on salmonid aquaculture and how environmental effects are influencing farm practices, research priorities, legislation and technology development.
Knowledge and understanding, The candidate should:
- Have a broad knowledge on species used in aquaculture and how aquaculture operates worldwide
- Have extensive knowledge on the ecological effects of aquaculture practices
- Have extensive knowledge about the ecological effects of salmonid aquaculture and how regulation and technology development is being shaped to mitigate these effects
- Have a broad knowledge on the ethical challenges for sustainable development in aquaculture
Skills, The candidate should:
- Apply theoretical knowledge and relevant information from research on practical and/or theoretical topics linked to aquaculture and its environmental effects
General competence The candidate should:
- Be able to communicate the most important issues, challenges and solutions within aquaculture and its environmental effects
- Update their knowledge, exchange opinions and experiences, and promote a knowledge based opinion exchange
No costs except semester registration fee and syllabus literature.
Optional for PhD students in Aquatic Biosciences.
The course involves attendance at all parts of the MSc Course “Aquaculture production and environment (BIO5005)” and aiding discussion amongst the MSc students following seminars.
Course evaluation questionnaire to be provided to the students at the end of the course
The course assignment will be a guest seminar late in the semester on a topic that complements and adds to the Bio5005 curriculum agreed in advance with the course coordinator. This will be accompanied by a Fact Sheet of key points and further reading to aid the MSc student learning.
Individual, seminar and report.
Grading scale Passed – Failed.
MSc in natural sciences.