Freshwater aquaculture

Unit 4 - Cultivable fish and their culture methods

Expected learning outcome

• Know what carps are and what is the importance of carp culture
• Know what carps are and what their importance in fish culture is.
• Learn about biology and feeding habits of cultivable carps
• Know the types of systems under which carp are farmed
• Define polyculture and Know the different steps involved in the polyculture of Indian major carps and exotic carps
• Differentiate between polyculture and ‘composite fish culture’
• Understand the steps and procedures involved in culture of carps.
• Appreciate the importance of freshwater catfish culture.
• List potential candidate species suitable for culture.
• Learn the procedures for culture of important catfish species
• Learn about culture of freshwater prawn
• Learn about special characteristics of biology of freshwater prawn
• Know how to manage size variation in freshwater prawn culture
• Know different types of systems under which freshwater prawns can be cultured