Syllabus ASRB AQUACULTURE
ABOUT
Course
lectures on different unit of
FRM along with unit wise,part
test and full length test series
(study matetials, previous
year question and mock test
included)
MODULE 1
UNIT 2. SPECIES SELECTION CRITERIA FOR VARIOUS CULTURE PRACTICES
CRITERIA FOR CANDIDATE SPECIES SELECTION, CRITERIA FOR SITE SELECTION FOR VARIOUS CULTURE
PRACTICES; AQUACULTURE PRACTICES FOR FRESHWATER FISH (CARPS, CATFISHES, SNAKE HEADS, FEATHER
BACKS, TILAPIA, MURRELS, MAHSEE; TROUTS, ETC) FRESHWATER PRAWN, BRACKISHWATER AND MARINE
SHRIMP AND FISH (SEABASS, MILKFISH, MULLETS, PEARLSPOT, COBIA, POMPANO, GROUPER, SNAPPERS,
BREAMS, OTHER PERCHES) LOBSTERS, FRESHWATER AND MARINE ORNAMENTALS, EXOTICS.
UNIT TEST DATE: 20/09/24, 25/09/24 .
FULL LENGTH OF UNIT 1: 30/09/24
PERIOD 16/09/24 TO 30/09/24
MODULE
2&3
UNIT 3 BROODSTOCK DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
BROODSTOCK MANAGEMENT AND SEED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY-NATURAL SEED COLLECTION, HOLDING,
PACKAGING, TRANSPORTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL, NUTRITIONAL AND ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF REPRODUCTION,
IMPROVEMENT OF SEED QUALITY THROUTH STOCK UPGRADATION INDUCED BREEDING, SYNTHETIC HORMONES AND ITS
ANALOGUES AND THEIR APPLICATION, LAY OUT AND DESIGN OF HATCHERIES, PIT TAGGING, CANULATION, HORMONAL
AND VOLITIONAL SPAWNING, INCUBATION OF EGGS, CRYOPRESERVATION OF GAMETES, LARVAL REARING, LIVE FEEDS,
MICROALGAE, ROTIFERS, ARTEMIA, COPEPODS, SEED PRODUCTION OF : CARPS, SNAKEHEADS, MAHSEER, TROUT,
TILAPIA, PEARLSPOT, ORNAMENTALS, COBIA, GROUPER, POMPANO, TILAPIA, MULLETS, MILKFISH, SNAPPERS, BREAMS,
SHRIMPS (PENAEUS MONODON, P. INDICUS, P. SEMISULCATUS, LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI) SAND LOBSTER, SPINY
LOBSTER, MUD CRAB (SCYLLA SERRATA) BLUE SWIMMER CRAB (PORTUNUS PELAGICUS), GIANT FRESHWATER PRAWN (
MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII) MUSSEL, EDIBLE OYSTER, PEARL OYSTER. LARVAL TRANSPORTATION, BIO-SECURITY
PRINCIPLES, SPECIFIC PATHOGEN FREE (SPF) BROODSTOCK DEVELOPMENT, SEED CERTIFICATION, QUARANTINE AND
HATCHERYK PROTOCOLS, NUSERY REARING, PRE-STOCKING, STOCKING AND POST STOCKING MANAGEMENT, FEEDING
AND NUTRITION MANAGEMENT, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, BIOFILM AND ITS USES, PROBIOTICS, BIOREMEDIATION,
BIOFLOK BASED NUTRITION.
UNIT TEST DATE: 10/10/24, 20/10/24 ,30/10/24
FULL LENGTH OF UNIT 1: 3/11/24
PERIOD 1/10/24 TO 30/10/24
MODULE 4
UNIT-L. AQUACULTURE SYSTEM
HISTORY AND SCOPE OF AQUACULTURE; AQUACULTURE PRACTICES IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE WORLD; GLOBAL AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION SCENARIO AND EMERGING
TRENDS; DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF AQUACULTURE-TRADITIONAL, EXTENSIVE, INTENSIVE, SEMI-
INTENSIVE, FLOW THROUGH AND RE-CIRCULATORY. FARMING METHODS-PONDS, LENS, CAGES,
RACEWAY, RAFT, ROPE, MONOCULTURE, POLYCULTURE, MIXED CULTURE; CAPTURE BASED
AQUACULTURE AND CULTURE BASED AQUACULTURE, INTEGRATED MULTI-TROPHIC
AQUACULTURE (IMTA). RECIRCULATION AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS (RAS, INTEGRATION OF
AQUACULTURE WITH AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; SEWAGE-FED FAMING, ORGANIC
AQUACULTURE.
UNIT TEST DATE: 10/11/24, 20/11/24
FULL LENGTH OF UNIT 3: 23/11/24
PERIOD 1/11/24 TO 20/11/24
IN NOVEMBER
SECOND WEEK
ONWARDS FULL
LENGTH TEST IN
EVERY 5TH DAYS
MODULE 5
UNIT 4. FARM DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AQUA-FARMS: SITE SELECTION, NUTRIENT AND SOIL
QUALITY, MICRO ORGANISMS AND THEIR ROE, WATER SUPPLY AND WATER CIRCULATION, SOIL
AND WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, LIMING, MANURING AND FERTILIZATION, BIO-
FERTILIZATION, POLY HOUSES, RECIRCULATORY SYSTEM; CONSTRUCTION OF PENS, CAGE
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, FIXED CAGES, FLOATING CAGES, SEMI-SUBMERGED AND
SUBMERGED CAGES, TOWING CAGES, FLOW THROUGH SYSTEMS, RACE WAYS
UNIT TEST DATE: DECEMBER 24
MODULE 6
FEED AND NUTRITION MANAGEMENT-NATURAL AND FORMULATED FEEDS, WEANING TO
ARTIFICIAL FEEDS, FEEDING STRATEGIES, RATIONS AND FEEDING METHODS, MANUAL AND
AUTOMATIC FEED DISPERSERS, DEMAND FEEDERS, FEED RATIONING, FEEDING PROTOCOLS:
CARRYING CAPACITY OF AQUAFARMS, USE OF BIOFILTERS, AERATORS; PROTOCOLS IN GROW OUT
SYSTEMS.
HARVEST MANAGEMENT- CONTINUOUS STOCKING AND HARVESTING, STAGGERED HARVEST,
MANAGING DIFFERENTIAL GROWTH, LIVE FISH MARKETING, BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
(BMP) IN AQUACULTURE, HAZARDS OF DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ASSESSMENT (EIA), RESPONSIBLE AQUACULTURE, SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY (SPS)
AGREEMENT, IPR IN AQUACULTURE, ECOSYSTEM APPROACH TO AQUACULTURE, CRZ
IMPLICATIONS, CAA AND ITS ROLE. ECOLABELING, ORGANIC CERTIFICATION.
UNIT TEST DATE: DECEMBER 24
THANK
You
See you next time!
Anshul sharma
