From the UNE catalog:
“A combined lecture and hands-on laboratory course in selected techniques in finfish and shellfish culture. Topics covered include anatomy of cultured species of fin and shellfish, reproductive physiology of fishes and bivalves, larval fish feeding. It includes site visits to commercial hatcheries and farms.”
Bio 223 is one of my last aquacultures required classes at UNE. This class has taught us things from feeds, what goes into them and the actual health of the fish. Being in this class has taught me how to properly feed fish with finding the dietary requirements that are needed, the types of foods that the fish might utilize and how the feed making process is done. Being able to understand how to make feed for an aquarium setting is important because I am able to take that skill with me to wherever I end up.
The health of a fish is important if it is either being farmed or kept in an aquarium. If you are farming fish and a fish gets sick you need to be able to find out if this is a contagious illness that will spread or what is causing the illness to protect the other fish before they head to market. If you are in an aquarium setting and a fish gets sick you need to be able to care for the fish to help it get healthy. Depending on how the water systems are set up one sick fish can affect more than just itself or the tank that it is in,
