Production of Salmonids
- Only available for students on Bachelor in aquaculture management with normal study progression, which means that prior knowledge in Fish Biology and Chemistry is required.
KJE1000
HAV1002
Knowledge
After completing the course, the student must have:
- up-to-date knowledge of key areas of biology and technology in the production of broodstock, smolt and adult salmon.
- basic knowledge of breeding methods, fish welfare and biosecurity in production.
- in-depth knowledge of biological mechanisms such as sexual maturation and smoltification.
- understanding of water chemistry, and limiting factors in land- and sea-based production.
- knowledge of function and technology used for control and optimization of water chemical parameters.
- an overview of the industry's history, trends and significance for society and the environment, as well as insight into new sustainable forms of production.
Skills
After completing the course, the student should be able to:
- explain the production process, operation and technology choices in all phases of salmon farming.
- reflect on how production methods and technology choices can affect fish and the aquatic environment.
- discuss socially relevant challenges in salmon farming related to the fish's biology, physiology and welfare, production technology, and environmental sustainability.
General competence
After completing the course, the student must:
- be able to reflect on the positive and negative aspects of the Norwegian salmon farming industry, as well as see this in a larger context linked to other food production.
- have insight into professional and ethical issues related to the production of salmonids.
- be able to collect, use and refer to research-based literature in order to further shed light on a topic or problem in a nuanced way.
- be able to exchange views and experiences with others, and through this contribute to a better professional understanding of the group as a whole.
Lectures, group work, discussions, excursions and assesment tasks.
The assessment tasks consist of 5 parts to ensure active learning, all of which must be approved according to their own defined criteria.
- Part 1: Group work related to farming technology.
- Part 2: Group participation and completion of a demo lab related to water chemistry.
- Part 3: Group work associated with the calculation module on dimensioning.
- Part 4: Completion of 2 individual multiple-choice tests related to water chemistry.
- Part 5: Group work related to company visits with focus on production process, operation and biology.
Written school exam, 5 hours, individual, counts 100/100 of grade, A-F.
Also note that all coursework must be approved in order to receive an overall grade for the course.
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Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
HAV1003 - Biologi and Technology in Aquaculture - 2.5 credits