Explanations should include the purpose and function of
- hatcheries
- spawning facilities
- egg management
- brood fish (brood stock) management
- fry and fingerling management
- phases of fingerling production
- grow-out facilities
- species selection
- water quality
- water oxygenation
- disease prevention
- feeding
- regulations
- discharge of effluent/environmental concerns
- harvesting (topping, total)
- marketing
- assembling
- grading
- hauling
- processing (e.g., minimal, medium, value added)
- packaging
- storing
- wholesaling
- retailing
- advertising
- change of ownership
- available markets
- personal use
- recreation
- food
- processors
- live haulers
- fee fishing
- direct to restaurants
- aquarist trade
- baitfish industry
- ornamental fish production and management.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of each type of aquaculture operation?
- What are brood fish?
- Why is it important to maintain a continuous stock of high quality brood fish?
- What is effluent?
- What is a therapeutant?
- What are some factors that determine species selection?