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Introductory courses to backyard fish farming 2010 Weekend residential course 8th – 10th October, 2010 Cost: £175 including VAT To reserve a place and get more informationi, contact us by email This course aims to introduce the subject of small scale aquaculture and how this can be practically applied in a range of different situations from a small recirculating tank set up, to a series of ponds perhaps covering up to several acres. The weekend course will provide a comprehensive coverage of the subject with an emphasis on how theory can be put into practice. A range of topics will be covered during the course in order to give a basic understanding of the fundamentals and how these could be applied to the situation each candidate finds themselves in. The course will cover the following topics: - Plan, design & construction of small scale aquaculture systems – pond, and tank systems
- Legal requirements – including planning, water abstraction & discharge, disease and live fish movement
- Water quality parameters
- Routine husbandry tasks for small scale aquaculture operations including feeding & feed assessment, cleaning, growth measurement and grading of fish
- Biosecurity, fish health and welfare
- Harvesting fish, processing and cooking the home grown fish.
- Environmental impact and its management
- The economics of small scale aquaculture systems
Time will be spent looking at the demonstrations on site including tank and pond based systems. On the Sunday there will be an opportunity for candidates to discuss their own individual projects to assist in the development of a plan.
Backyard fish farming residential course Itinerary Venue: Upper Hayne Fish Farm, Devon Provisional Course Outline for: 8th – 10th October, 2010 Friday 8th October 18.00hrs Registration 18.30hrs: Welcome, introductions and supper 20.00hrs: Course outline, an introduction to small scale aquaculture Saturday 9th October 9.00hrs: Small-scale aquaculture pond systems, topic covered include: site assessment, planning, legal issues & consents etc, design & construction of small scale aquaculture pond projects, husbandry routines 10.30hrs: Tea / Coffee 11.00hrs: Small-scale aquaculture tanks systems, topics covered include: design & construction, siting, filtration, husbandry routines 13.00hrs: Lunch 14.00hrs: Small scale aquaculture systems – topics common to tank and pond set ups including: species of fish to farm, aquafeeds and feeding fish, fish health, fish welfare, biosecurity, environmental impact / management 15.30hrs: Tea / Coffee 16.00hrs: Tour of demonstrations & practical activities 17.30 hrs: Free time 18.30hrs: Dinner 20.00hrs: DVD / Social time Sunday 10th October 9.00hrs: Practical activities 9.30hrs: Economics of small scale aquaculture, harvesting and cooking the produce !0.30hrs: Tea / Coffee 11.00hrs: Individual projects, question and answer session, recap and course evaluation 12.30hrs: Lunch 14.00hrs: Departure Introduction to Small-scale fish farming ‘Taster’ day course Venue & date: Upper Hayne Fish Farm, Devon, 18th September 2010 To reserve a place contact us by email Cost: £55 including VAT This one day course provides people with an opportunity to find out what is involved in growing your own fish for the table. The basic requirements for the different approaches to farming your own fish will be covered (pond culture, recirculation systems and aquaponics). There will be demonstrations to see and an opportunity to discuss individual projects. Provisional programme for ‘Taster’ small scale aquaculture day 18th September, 2010. 9.00hrs Registrations and coffee 9.30hrs Welcome, introductions, plan for the day 9.45hrs Rearing fish for the table in a pond or a lake 10.30hrs Tea & Coffee 10.45hrs Tour of fish ponds demonstrations 11.45hrs Rearing fish for the table using tanks 12.30hrs Lunch (including tasting some carp) 13.30hrs Aquaponics 14.15hrs Tour of recirculation and aquaponic systems 15.15hrs Tea break 15.30hrs Questions & answer session, options for projects, course evaluation 16.30hrs Depart
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