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Master’s degree in Aquaculture / Fishery Sciences/ Marine Biology / Aquatic Biology with specialization in Mariculture / Aquatic Environmental Management / Aquatic Ecology / Inland Aquaculture.
Online competitive examination (Computer Based Test) followed by Interview shall be conducted as per the following plan of examination :-
Examination Max. Marks Duration
1. (a) Objective Type 150 2 hours
(b) Interview 30
34. AQUACULTURE
Unit-1. 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 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 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 (Pertaeus monodon, P. indicus, P. semisulcatus, Litopenaeus vannamei} sand lobster, spiny lobster, mud crab (Scylla serrata) blue swimmer crab (Portunus pelagicus), giant freshwater prawn ( Macrobrachium rosertbergii) 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 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.
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.
