Aquaculture Engineering

Unit 4- Layout planning of fish ponds

Unit 4 - Expected Learning Outcome

This chapter gives an idea about layout planning which includes material and manual planning and its influence on successful completion of project. It also helps to utilization maximum area for cultivation and less area for other infrastructures. It also emphasises the important points to be considered while selecting the size of the ponds for aqua farming. It compares the merits demerits of large and small ponds. It highlights the comparison of square and rectangular shape ponds for aqua farming. It describe about type of ponds used for fish farming and their differences. It briefs about design of ponds, includes ponds geometry, shape size and bottom slope of the pond. It also gives an idea about dykes, important points to be considered for designing the dyke, important points required for determining the height of the dyke and also designing the dyke.