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Section 1: Lectures
Module 1. General introduction
- Pangasius production and marketing worldwide
- Distribution of species and family
- Production systems and marketing of “Tra” in Vietnam
- Introduction of government program for sustainable development and food security in aquaculture
Module 2. Introduction of biological characteristics and its application in seed production and grow-out
- Environmental parameters requirement
- Feed and feeding
- Growth and reproduction characteristics
- Spawning and development period
Module 3. Seed production
- Hatchery design and requirements
+ Site selection
+ Hatchery design and layout
+ Hatchery construction
- Estimation and optimization of the hatchery operation
+ Production capacity and feasible consumption
+ Broodstock population requirement and fingerlings production
+ Optimization production cost for the hatchery
- Broodstock management and selection
- Introduction of hormones and preparation
- Hormone injection and respond timing
- Eggs collection, fertilization and incubation
- Time for fry collection and nursing
Module 4. Nursery
- Principles of combination of different species for poly-culture farming
- Principles of species selection for integrated aquaculture farming
- Seed quality and testing methodology
Module 5. Grow-out
- Production planing
- Production facilitys: advantages, disadvantages and its applicable
- Culture preparation (including cage design and set up)
- Seed selection and stocking
- Feed and feeding (including formulation and production of homemade feed)
- Environmental management and disease prevention
- Treatment of environment and disease
- Harvesting and processing
Section 2: Hand-on practices
Module 1. Harvest and marketing
- Selection of broodstock for spawning
- Hormone stimulation and spawning
- Egg harvesting, evaluation of egg quality, disinfection and incubation
- Live feed production and enrichment for nursing larvae pond
- Larval rearing: live feed feeding phase and weaning onto micro diet
- Evaluation survival rate at different stages.
Module 2. Grow-out operation
- Feed preparation and feeding practice
- Growth rate measurement
- Fish health and environmental monitoring
Section 3: Filed trip and study tour
- Trainees will be offered one-day study visit to Thoi Son islet eco-tourist site in Tien Giang province where intensive Pangasius - Farming (cage and pond) is practiced
- Practicum in the National Centre for Freshwater Species Seed Production and Broodstocks of South Vietnam.
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