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| SEC 333 | Fishing Gear Design | 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 | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course to teach the students how to design and mend the fishing gears of various types. It is also aimed for them to understand basic concept behind the gear design and parameters involved in. At the end of the course the students will be able to design or select the fishing gear suitable for a given fishery. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | have the knowledge to design the fishing gears of various types. | 1,5,11,12 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | get the knowledge and talent to cut the net sheets to prepare fishing gears. | 1,6,11 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | calculate the resistance exposed upon fishing gears by water. | | 1 | | LO - 4 : | draw the technical plans of fishing gears they design. | | 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 | | |
| Basic definitions, Net geometry (hanging ratio, mesh size), Twine thickness, twine length, area of netting, net utilization coefficient, Forces acting upon nets (static and dynamic forces), Design of trawl gears, Hydrodynamic resistance of the gears, Design of gillnets, Design of purse seines |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Net geometry | | | Week 2 | Horizontal and vertical hanging ratio and slackness | | | Week 3 | Twine thickness, twine length, twine area and net weight | | | Week 4 | Forces acting upon gears | | | Week 5 | Static forces, Weight and bouyancy forces | | | Week 6 | Hydrodynamic forces and resistance forces | | | Week 7 | Solved problems | | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 9 | Calculation of net resistance by approximate methods | | | Week 10 | Calculation of resistance of twine, ropes, floats and sinkers | | | Week 11 | Solved problems | | | Week 12 | Solved problems | | | Week 13 | Design of trawls | | | Week 14 | Design of purse seines | | | Week 15 | Design of gillnets | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Fridman, A. L. (1987). Calculations for Fishing Gear Design, Fishing News Bks | | | |
| 1 | Çelikkale, M.S., Düzgüneş, E., Candeğer, A.F. 1993; Av araçları ve Avlama Teknolojisi. KTÜ Basımevi, No:62, Trabzon, 1-541 | | | 2 | Hameed, M.S., Boopendranath, M.R. 2000; Modern Fishing Gear Technology. Daya Publishing House, Delhi, 1-186. | | | 3 | Nedelec, C., Prado, j. 1990; Definition and Classification of Fishing Gear Categories. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. Rome, 222:1-92. | | | 4 | Mengi, T. 1989; Ag Yapımı Materyal ve Teknigi, Fırat Üniv.Yayınları, Elazıg, 367 s. | | | 5 | Hoşsucu, H. 1998; Balıkçılık-I, Avlama Araçları ve Teknolojisi. EÜ. Sü Ür. Fak. No:55, İzmir, 1-247. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 19/11/2012 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 15 | 07/01/2013 | 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 | 13 | 39 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 13 | 13 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 7 | 14 | | Arasınav | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | | Total work load | | | 89 |
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