1 DECEMBER 1999
From: <Cyr@mi.mun.ca>
To: <AQUA-L@killick.ifmt.nf.ca>
SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE COURSE
May 14 - 24, 2000
Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Bermuda
Instructors:
Drs. Samia Sarkis, Bermuda Biological Station for Research
and Cyr Couturier, Marine Institute of Memorial University of
Newfoundland
Course description:
This practical two-week course aims to provide hands-on experience in
various aspects of shellfish aquaculture, and familiarise the students
with specific issues concerning tropical and temperate aquaculture.
Lectures will be given in the morning, and practical workshops and/or
field trips will be conducted during the afternoon. The aim of the
lectures is to introduce the students to techniques utilised for bivalve
larval rearing, settlement and grow-out with specific references to the
present work carried out in Bermuda, the Caribbean and the temperate
zone of the North American East Coast. Lectures will also cover the
considerations involved in setting up an aquaculture operation,
including the importance of site assessment, water quality, and the
socio-economics of the area.
Workshops will be conducted on both small and large scale algal culture techniques, larval rearing, comparisons of grow-out techniques for bivalves, and general water chemistry including both sampling and
analyses of several parameters, including oxygen, nutrients, pigments,
and bacterial counts. Phytoplankton identification from field collection, and a brief overview on harmful algae will also be included
in the water chemistry session.
Course schedule, outline and registration information:
http://www.bbsr.edu/Education/summercourses/summercourses.html