PREV

• Week 1: Introduction to fisheries & Aquaculture
• Week 2: Diversity of shape and size in fish
• Week 3: Types of Aquaculture and culture systems
• Week 4: Fish Morphology : Integumentary system, epidermal and dermal derivatives
• Week 5: Fish Morphology: Types of scales & Coloration in fish
• Week 6: Fresh water fishes of Pakistan (Carps)
• Week 7: Fresh water fishes of Pakistan (Tilapia, snakeheads and Trout)
• Week 8: Midterm exams
• Week 9: Types of ponds, planning construction and pond preparation. Pond fertilization, application
• Week 10: food and feeding habits of fishes, feeding types, artificial and natural fish food, artificial fish feeds.
• Week 11: water quality parameters (abiotic: temperature, light, salinity, pH, turbidity, etc.) and their effects on fish health and production.
• Week 12: Biotic parameters (plankton, insects, aquatic vegetation, etc) of ponds, lakes, rivers, and impacts on fish growth.
• Week 13: Induced breeding.
• Week 14: Fish diseases and their control
• Week 15: Fishing gears & fishing techniques
• Week 16: fishing communities, Fish preservation, processing transportation and marketing
• Week 17: Presentations