Fish Culture

Specialization / Direction

Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation

The course is also offered to exchange programme students.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will: a) have acquired basic knowledge concerning fish farming in general, production systems, technologies and methods used, and their effects on the environment. b) they have understood the modern methods of breeding mainly freshwater fish species, such as trouts, salmons, carps, eels, surgeons, and grey mullets. c) special chapters have been taught for each species from the above, regarding their production technologies and the technical infrastructure required for their breeding. d) know the structure, operation, and aquaculture management of coastal lakes and lagoons.

General information about fish farms, criteria for selecting suitable species for breeding. Characteristics of suitable waters for fish farming. Aquaculture production systems. Description of intensive fish farms (lakes - rivers), semi-intensive fish farms (lagoons - coastal lakes), Intensive fish farming technologies. Status of fish farming internationally and in Greece, Analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the sector in Greece, Optimization of existing breeding technologies, Rational management of inland fish breeding waters, Optimization of the interaction between aquaculture and the environment. Trout Farming: General information, Species of trout and their breeding in Greece, Environmental and nutritional requirements of rainbow trout, Selection of trout farm installation sites, Origin, Quantity and Quality of water, Necessary facilities, Artificial reproduction of rainbow trout, Breeding to marketable size, Nutrition, Facts of Common Diseases. Salmon Farming, Breeding Species Biology and Intensive Farming, Salmon Farming in Greece and Internationally Eel farming, Eel biology, Life cycle, Eel fishery production, Eel (spawn) and young eel supply, Eel farming systems Carp farming: General information about carp, Choosing a place to establish a carp farm, Quality and Quantity of water, Types and Construction of tanks. Types of breeding (Natural, Semi-Controlled, Controlled, Artificial), Breeding, Nutrition, Fish Capacity calculation, Common Diseases. Sturgeon breeding in Europe and the possibilities of their breeding in Greece, World production of sturgeons, Description of the most important species of sturgeons, Artificial reproduction of sturgeons (incubation - hatching), Rearing of nymphs and fry, Rearing of sturgeons to marketable size, Hybrids of sturgeons, World sturgeons rearing, Possibilities of rearing sturgeons in Greece, Products of sturgeons (caviar). Rearing of a wide range of fish species in lagoons, Distinguishing lagoons, Fishery management of open type lagoons, Fishery management of Greek lagoons, Fishery management of closed type lagoons, Similarities and differences of open and closed lagoons, Harvesting - protection of incoming fry, Management - yields, Harvesting - wintering of fish in lagoons.

Fish farming, Trout farming, Salmon farming, Eel farming, Carp farming, Sturgeon farming, fish farming in lagoons

12-09-2024