11:628:317 Aquaculture - 3 Credits

A 3-credit, Spring semester course which meets intensively for 10 days in January at the Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory in Bivalve, New Jersey - about 120 miles south of New Brunswick on Delaware Bay. The course stresses the role of science in aquaculture. Lectures cover aquaculture production methods, fish and shellfish growth and reproduction, nutrition, genetics, disease control, economics, environmental consequences of aquaculture and public policy issues. Laboratory exercises involve experimental and observational studies of molluscan and fish larvae and adults, and techniques used for water chemistry and disease-diagnostics. Field trips to aquaculture sites and facilities, student-led discussions of research papers, and video or slide presentations of individual cultured species complete the course. Lectures, discussion sessions, and laboratory exercises occupy the entire day, every day. A fee of $175 will be charged to cover dorm, handouts (there is no text). Applicants for the course are expected to have a solid background in the basic sciences and must have a special permission number from the instructors to register. For more information, please contact Drs. Ximing Guo and David Bushek at (856) 785-0074 or by e-mail: xguo@hsrl.rutgers.edu; bushek@hsrl.rutgers.edu.

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