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| SEC 437 | Fish Welfare | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Erol ÇAPKIN | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To teach students how to culture fish under the best welfare conditions |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Understand and manage fish welfare, that will make the canditates better aquaculturists | 1,2,3,8,20 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | understand environmental interactions with the aquaculture | 1,2,3,8,14,20 | | | LO - 3 : | evaluate the negative effects of stress on fish's well being | 1,2,3,8,14,20 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | aware of requlations in EU | 1,2,3,8,14,20 | 1 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Development of guides for fish health and ethics in aquaculture, stock density, environmental conditions, improper feeding, deformation, transformation, vaccination, antimicrobial application, sedation, and sedation fundementals, and European community adaptations.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Fish welfare - fundemetals | | | Week 2 | Fish welfare parameters | | | Week 3 | Stress in fish and its measurements | | | Week 4 | Pain and fear in fish | | | Week 5 | Perception of fish welfare by aquaculturists. | | | Week 6 | Stocking rates and fish welfare | | | Week 8 | Midterm | | | Week 9 | Fin rot | | | Week 10 | Water quality parameters and its effects on fish welfare (Oxygen and temperature) | | | Week 11 | Water quality parameters and its effects on fish welfare (pH and Alkalinity) | | | Week 12 | Water quality parameters and its effects on fish welfare (Ammonia, nitrit and nitrate) | | | Week 13 | Gas bubble disesea | | | Week 14 | Fish loading and transportation | | | Week 15 | Fish welfare in European Union | | | Week 16 | Final Examination | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 14.11.2016 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 02.01.2017 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 5 | 5 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 101 |
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