Who Should Attend:  Any fisheries worker

Length:  5 days/36 hours

Objectives:  By the end of this session, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss water chemistry analyses and corrective measures for optimum water quality;
• Correct problems in the pond environment which have resulted in low oxygen, high metabolic waste, or increased vegetation growth;
• Recognize common fish disease signs;
• Perform a fish necropsy and health assessment;
• Describe life histories of various zooplankton common in fish ponds;
• Collect, identify, and enumerate various zooplankton;
• Manage pond water quality, vegetation, and plankton populations;
• Calculate feeding levels and growth rates for the various species discussed based on weights and numbers of fry, fingerlings, and adults;
• Describe several fish disease prevention and control measure;
• Describe intensive and extensive fish culture methods for covered species;
• Maintain hatchery production records;
• Harvest, hold, and transport fish to stocking areas or distribution points in good condition; and
• Calculate pond and tank disease treatments correctly.