M.phil zoology

1. “Aquaculture and Fisheries”
ZOO561
Topic
“Introduction to fisheries and aquaculture”
By: Abdul Mateen
Mphil 2nd semester
Department of zoology KUST

2. Content
Introduction
Types of Aquaculture
Purposes of Aquaculture
Establishment of Aquaculture
Steps in culture
References

3. Introduction
Fisheries ; human’s utilization of fish and other aquatic organisms of certain values.
This comes in two major forms:
Capture fisheries catching of fish and/or other valuable aquatic organisms for food,
recreational, economic or commercial purposes from the natural water bodies

4. Capture Fisheries levels
Commercial fishing is the activity of catching fish and other aquatic organisms
for commercial profit
Industrial fishing Large scale commercial fishing
Subsistence fishing is fishing for personal consumption
 Artisanal fishing is small scale commercial or subsistence fishing practices
Recreational or sport fishing is fishing as leisure activity

5. Aquaculture; rearing or farming of aquatic animals and plants in a natural or
artificial water bodies under human controlled setting
Aquaculture practices are important primarily for providing foods and nutrition to
the human being particularly in developing countries where there is critical shortage
of food

6. Extensive fish culture
Intensive fish culture
Semi intensive fish culture
Integrated system fish culture
Monoculture system
Polyculture system
COMMONLY CULTURED CRUSTECEANS
Marine shrimps, Fresh water shrimps ( prawns ), crabs, crayfish, lobsters
Types of Aquaculture System

7. Purposes Of Aquaculture
As a food
Ornamental purpose
Fisheries by products
Sports
Create employment opportunities

8. Establishment of Aquaculture
Some of the important factors during aquaculture development are;
Species selection
Site selection
An intelligent Farmer

9. Steps In Culture
Pond Preparation
Water Culture
Stocking
Water Quality Management
Sampling Harvest

10. References
M. Troell, N. Kautsky, M. Beveridge, P. Henriksson, J. Primavera, P. Rönnbäck, C. Folke and M.
Jonell, Aquaculture, In Reference Module in Life Sciences, Elsevier, 2017, ISBN: 978-0-12-809633-
8, http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.02007-0
Pillay, T. V. R. (1993). Aquaculture: Principles and Practices. Fishing News Books, UK.
King, M. (1995). Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management. Fishing News Books, Blackwell,
Oxford