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Aquaculture PAC Objectives Activity 1 1-1. Define aquaculture. 1-2. Identify current trends in fish production. 1-3. Explore common aquaculture practices. 1-4. Consider why aquaculture is regarded as one possible solution to the world's food supply problem. Activity 2 2-1. Analyze crop production from hatchery through consumer. 2-2. Explain why water quality management is important to the aquaculturist. 2-3. Describe composition and physical states of water. 2-4. Define hydrologic cycle. 2-5. Identify current aquaculture markets. 2-6. Discuss why water quality is important to both aquaculture and to your daily life. Activity 3 3-1. Test temperature of water. 3-2. Define dissolved oxygen. 3-3. Describe how dissolved oxygen is changed. 3-4. Test the dissolved oxygen level of water. 3-5. Properly use hazardous materials. 3-6. Discuss why you might need to know the temperature and dissolved oxygen content of a pond where fish are produced and how this might be affected by the weather. Activity 4 4-1. Define pH. 4-2. Test pH of water. 4-3. Describe how the unit "parts per million" is used. 4-4. Explore the career of aquaculture farmers. 4-5. Discuss how you would raise the pH levels in a pond in your area that has low pH values, what materials you would need, and how could you get them. Activity 5 5-1. Test the total alkalinity of water. 5-2. Test the total hardness of water. 5-3. Describe the purpose of monitoring alkalinity and hardness. 5-4. Explain why monitoring total hardness and alkalinity in a pond used to raise fish is important and how you could manage a pond that has high alkalinity. Activity 6 6-1. Test the nitrite level of water. 6-2. Describe the digestive system of catfish. 6-3. Determine the effect on metabolic rate of fish by a variety of variables. 6-4. List four forms of feed. 6-5. Identify use of feed forms. 6-6. Calculate feed rates. 6-7. Discuss how knowledge of feeds and feeding rates is necessary in aquaculture and how this might have affected how you fed your own fish in the past. Activity 7 7-1. State the best growing conditions for a given species. 7-2. Describe the food cycle. 7-3. Identify basic anatomy of a catfish. 7-4. Create a development plan for a chosen species. 7-5. Analyze markets available. 7-6. Describe management functions used to create a profitable business. 7-7. List and describe three records that must be maintained by an aquaculture business owner. 7-8. Explore the career of agricultural scientists. 7-9. Discuss factors that may influence what aquatic species an aquaculturist decides to culture and how each of these affects his or her decisions. Activity 8 8-1. Test the ammonia level of water. 8-2. Define disease. 8-3. Classify stressors. 8-4. Determine the causing agent of described symptoms. 8-5. Consider if it is easier for a farmer who raises cattle to spot disease or its signs in livestock, or for a aquaculturist raising fish. Activity 9 9-1. List equipment used in harvesting fish. 9-2. Explain why getting the fish to market might be a problem. 9-3. Define turbidity. 9-4. Explore the career of agricultural chemicals inspectors. 9-5. Compare several pieces of equipment necessary to harvesting fish to those used by farmers of other types of livestock. Activity 10 10-1. List materials needed to start an aquaculture business. 10-2. Describe basic management functions used to create a profitable business. 10-3. Identify records which must be maintained by an aquaculture business owner. 10-4. Determine the causing agent of described symptoms. 10-5. Discuss how an aquaculture business can benefit from a good marketing plan and what the results might be without one. Activity 11 11-1. Begin challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives. 11-2. Compare harvesting fish raised through aquaculture and catching large numbers of fish in open waters. Activity 12 12-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives. 12-2. Discuss how much you think a person would need to start an aquaculture business. Activity 13 13-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives. 13-2. Discuss some of the types of plants and animals, besides fish, that an aquaculturist might grow or breed. Activity 14 14-1. Continue working on challenges to meet several high-level problem-solving objectives. 14-2. Discuss how aquaculture farms can help keep our supply of seafood stable in spite of increasing pollution of open waters. Activity 15 15-1. Select appropriate vocabulary terms based on the definitions provided. 15-2.Test your comprehension of concepts gained during this course. 15-3.State and explain your opinion of the Aquaculture PAC. The objectives for the challenges in Activity 11 through Activity 15 of this PAC include: Challenge 1 You will conduct research on a career of your choice in the aquaculture field. Share your findings in a presentation. Challenge 2 You will describe the culture of a species of your choice. Challenge 3 You will perform basic water quality measurements on a sample of water from a pond or from your home. Challenge 4 You will design an advertisement to target potential buyers of your aquacultural product. Challenge 5 You will compare the nutritional value of fish or seafood to beef, pork, and poultry. Challenge 6 You will conduct research on aquaculture in the global, national, state, and local economies. |
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