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Aquaculture Programming Workshop - Principles of Intensive Aquaculture

 

The aquaculture programming workshop is recommended for fish culturists/biologist, engineers/environmentalist, natural resource agency personnel and others involved or interested in intensive fish production programs. The workshop is particularly valuable where fish culturists and engineers must work together to develop rational production (carrying capacity) and design criteria for the renovation or rebuilding of existing fish culture facilities.

 

 

The workshop presents a step-by-step process to establish parameters that can be used to determine carrying capacities and production capabilities based on source water characteristics, species specific tolerances, and production goals. The resulting values are used as driving forces for facility design and operation. The workshop is offered for State, Federal Tribal and commercial aquaculture groups upon request.

 

 

Workshop Agenda

 

Workshop participants develop a basic understanding of important biological and facility design principles related to intensive aquaculture over the first two days. This material is presented through a forum of Power Point presentations, covering bioenergetics, to facility design, waste management, and other critical design factors.

*The third day is "application" day. Exercises are represented using hypothetical situations (water quality and quantity, species, production goals, ect.). Participants are highly encouraged to present personal examples of existing facilities considered for renovation, re-design, increased production, etc. These exercises are very valuable and involve full participation for selecting values pertaining to acceptable rearing water quality parameters, rearing tank design, water exchange rates, rearing densities, and any other potential factors identified by group interaction.

*Participants receive notebooks containing all material covered by the workshop as well as a spreadsheet file with workshop design examples.

 

 

 

WORKSHOP TOPICS

 

1. Introduction to Bioenergetics

2. Relationship of Loading, Density, Exchange Rate 3. Respiration and Osmoregulation

4. Fish Growth, Feeding, Feed Conversions, Condition Factors.

5. Oxygen (respiration/gill function)

6. Ammonia (toxicity/dynamics)

7. Carbon dioxide (acid-base balance)

8. Fish Rearing Units

9. Facility Design Process

    - Flow-through

    - Serial Reuse

    - Recirculation (RAS)

    - Partial Recirculation (PRAS)

10. Maximizing Production through Sequential Rearing

11. Gas Management

12. Production Theory of Intensive Systems

13. Environmental Concerns

14. Waste Management

15. Practical Applications