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FIRST YEAR
FIRST SEMESTER
A. Theory
Sl.
Subject
No
Code
1.
2.
3.
4.

AQU101
AQU102
AQU103
MAE 104

Subject

Fishery Biology and Fish Culture Techniques

Open Channel Hydraulics & Coastal Engineering
Water Quality Management Practices
Elective I

B. Practical
1.
AQU105 Fishery Biology and Fish Culture Lab.
2.
AQU106 Water Quality and Hydraulics Lab

L
5
4
4
3

Contact Hours
Periods/Week
T
P
Total
0
-5
2
-6
1
-5
2
-5
Total Theory 21

--3
--3
Total Practical
Total of Semester:

3
3
6
28

Credits

5
6
5
5
21
2
2
4
25

SECOND SEMESTER
A. Theory
Sl.
Subject
No
Code
1.
2.
3.
4.

AQU 201
AQU 202
MAE 203
MAE 204

Subject

Design of Aquaculture Facilities and Equipment

Planning and Design of Aquaculture Project
Elective II
Elective III

B. Practical
1
AQU205 Aquaculture Facilities and Equipment Lab
2
AQU206 Seminar

L
5
4
3
3

Contact
Credits
Periods/Week
T
P
Total
--5
4
1
-5
5
2
-5
5
2
-5
5
Total Theory 19
19

--3
--6
Total Practical
Total of Semester:

3
6
9
28

2
4
6
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SECOND YEAR

THIRD SEMESTER
B. Practical
Sl. Subject
No
Code
1
2

Subject

Contact
Credits
Periods/Week
L
T
P
Total
----15
----10

AQU 301 Thesis Part 1

AQU 302 Comprehensive Viva Voce

Total Practical
Total of Semester:

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25
25

FOURTH SEMESTER
B. Practical
Sl.
Subject
No
Code
1.

AQU 401

Subject

Contact
Credits
Periods/Week
L
T
P
Total
----25

Thesis Part 2

Total of Semester:

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Elective Subjects
A. Theory
Sl.
No
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

Subject

Advanced Aquaculture Technology

Principles of Fishing Technology
Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems
Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment
Modelling of Aquaculture & Fisheries Systems
Transfer Processes in Food Engineering
Fish Handling, Packaging and Storage
Water Resources System Analysis
Water Resources Planning, Economics & Management
GIS and GPS principles and application in Agriculture
Programming and Data Structure

L
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3

Contact Hours
Periods/Week
T
P
Total
2
-5
2
-5
2
-5
2
-5
2
-5
2
-5
2
-5
2
-5
2
-5
2
-5
2
-5

Credits

5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5

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AQU101

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Fishery Biology and Fish Culture Techniques

Unit 1: Principles of Taxonomy, Classification and Nomenclature; Species Concept, External

Morphology of Culturable Fin-Fishes, Shell- fishes and Other Commercially Important Aquatic
Organisms,
Unit 2: Anatomical Features and Physiological Systems of Fish and Prawn.
Unit 3: Ecology and Aquatic Ecosystems - Freshwater and Marine. Techniques of Artificial
Propagation of Different Organisms of Fisheries Importance.
Unit 4: Different Culture Techniques in Freshwater, Brackishwater and Seawater - Composite
Fish Culture, Prawn Culture, Mariculture, Cage and Pen Culture, Intensive Fish Culture, etc.
Unit 5: Recycling of Waste Through Aquaculture and Integrated Aquaculture.

AQU 102

Open Channel Hydraulics & Coastal Engineering

Unit 1: Open Channel and their Properties, Energy and Momentum Principle, Critical Flow,
Uniform Flow, Design of Channels for Uniform flow.
Unit 2: Gradually Varied Flow, Flow Profile Analysis, Flow Over Spillway, Hydraulic Jump,
Flow Through Non-prismatic Channel, Gradually Varied Unsteady Flow.
Unit 3: Equilibrium and Dynamic Theory of Tides, Types of Tides and Tidal Theory, Tidal
Propagation in the Channel, Estuaries and Coastal Inlets, Tidal Mixing.
Unit 4: Properties of Ocean Water, Provinces of Ocean, Generation and Prediction of waves,
Propagation and Transformation of Waves, Longshore Currents, Rip Current, Littoral Transport,
Unit 5: Artificial Protection of Coastline- Structure and forces acting on them, Coastal Protection
Planning for Design of Aquacultural Farm.

AQU 103

Water Quality Management Practices

Unit 1: Water quality criteria for industrial, drinking, irrigation and aquatic life.
Unit 2: Concept of water reuse and recirculation. Pond dynamics.
Unit 3: Water Treatment Methods: Aeration, nitrogen removal, carbonate system and pH control,
solids removal, disinfection and ion exchange.
Unit 4: Design and Operation of Water Quality Management System and Equipment: Aerator,
mechanical and biological filters, settling basin, water exchange and water reuse system.
Unit 5: Mixing and water circulation in ponds, tanks and raceways. Effects of interacting factors
on water quality management.

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AQU 201

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Design of Aquaculture Facilities and Equipment

Unit 1: Pumps: Centrifugal, Turbine, Propellor, Air-Lift, Selection and Application in

Aquacultural Farms, Blowers and Air-Compressors: Types and Uses,
Unit 2: Earth Moving Equipment: Uses in Farm Construction. Weed Control Equipment.
Unit 3: Tanks and Raceways: Material of Construction and Water Circulation Systems, Fish
Ladder, Fish Lifts,
Unit 4: Hatchery: Design, Construction and Operation of Hatchery, Fish Seed Transport,
Unit 5: Feed Mill Equipment: Pellet Mill, Screw Extruder, Hammer Mill and Mixers, Screening
and Conveying Equipment, Dryers, Fish Feeders.

AQU 202

Planning and Design of Aquaculture Project

Unit 1: Aquacultural Project Site - Water Supply, Soil Type, Topography, Drainage.
Unit 2: Computations for Water Requirement, Seepage and Evaporation, Seed Requirement, Seed
Availability.
Unit 3: Environmental Considerations, Tidal Effects, Effects of Flood and Cyclone, Requirements
of Manpower, Energy and Equipment. Proposed Cultural Practices and Calculations for Expected
Productions.
Unit 4: Market Study and Evaluation of Economic Viability of the project. Society and Social
Benefits, Project Layout.
Unit 5: Types of Ponds and their Designs, Flow Scheme for Water Supply and Drainage, Flow
Channel Design, Inlet and Outlet Designs.

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ELECTIVES
Advanced Aquaculture Technology
Maturation, Spawning, Hatchery and Grow-out Techniques for Crustaceans, Culture of Molluscs,
Sea Weeds etc. Carp hatchery and Seed Transport, Advanced Aquaculture-Farming Systems,
Propagation and Stock Improvement, Nutrition and Growth, Health and Diseases, Aquaculture
with Agriculture and Livestock Farming, Hydroponics in Aquaculture, Use of Geothermal Water,
Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, Offshore Farming, Artificial Reefs, Sea Ranching.
Environmental Considerations in Aquaculture

Principles of Fishing Technology

Classification of Fishing Methods, Fishing Gear and Fishing Vessels, Netting Materials,
Numbering System, Concept of Buoyancy, Geometry of Ship Hull. Netting Geometry, Fishing
Efficiency, Fishing Gear Selectivity. Tailoring of Nets. Ship's Transverse Section Area. Water
Plane Area and Volume of Displacement. Analysis of Shape of Flexible Systems. Hydrodynamic
Force on Fishing Gear and Resistance of Fishing Vessels. Model Similarity Laws. Concept of
Stability of Ship. Material of Construction of Fishing Vessels. Theory of Trawl Motion and Trawl
Design. Economics of Trawler Operation.

Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems

Introduction to recirculating aquaculture technology, water quality, fluid mechanics and pumps,
mass balances, loading rates and fish growth, culture units, solids capture, biofiltration, gas
transfer, system monitoring and control, waste management & disposal, system management and
operations, ozonization and UV-radiation, fish health monitoring and management, economic
realities and management issues, fish nutrition and feeds, software for oxygen requirements, fish
tank design and cost analysis.

Unit Operations in Aquaculture Products Processing

Engineering Factors in Processing Aquacultural Products, Concept of Unit operation, Heat
Transfer-Steady State and Unsteady State Heating, Radiation Heating, Heat Exchanger
Calculation. Low Temperature Operation -Chilling and Freezing, Freezing Rate, Design of Chill
Store, Cold Store and Freezing Plants. Thermal Processing -Kinetics and Heat Penetration into

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Fish, Thermal Process Evaluation, Sterilization Equipment, Drying-Principles, Types of Dryers,

Solar Hot Air System, Freeze Drying, Mechanical Operations-Cleaning and Handling.

Modelling of Aquaculture & Fisheries Systems

Modelling Modelling terminology - systems and models constraints to modelling aquaculture
systems. Modelling aquaculture systems need tools for theoretical analysis study of
interactions, use of mathematics and computers. Empirical modelling collection and organizing
data and calculations, Theoretical models developing a frame of reference, defining model
objectives, determination of model components relationship between model components
estimation of model parameters and calibration of model testing and validating of model
simulation and forecasting. Application of modelling in Aquaculture fish growth model pond
ecosystem model dissolved oxygen model, ammonia model, water temperature model, salinity
model, recirculating aquaculture model.

Transfer Processes in Food Engineering

Momentum transfer - Equation of continuity, equation of motion, pipe flow, channel flow. Flow
through porous media, Erguns equation, fluidization of solids, principle of extrusion. Heat
Transfer- Fouriers law, conduction, convection and radiative heat transfer. Steady state and
transient heat transfer. Heat transfer in Cartesian and cylindrical coordinates. Analytical and
numerical solutions to transient state heat transfer. Heat exchangers without and with heat loss,
effectiveness and transfer units. Mass transfer - Molecular diffusion, Ficks law, diffusion in
solids, liquids and gases, heat and mass transfer analogy.

Water Resources System Analysis

The nature of water resources systems: Systems analysis - the jargon used. The methods of
systems analysis. Linear programming models - concept of simplex tableau, its working
principles - the two phases of simplex method - revised simplex method - duality, decomposition
principle - post optimality analysis. Transportation problem. Non-linear programming of simple
cases. Dynamic programming - multi stage decision process - computational procedure in
Dynamic programming - basic concepts of probability - Stochastic linear and Dynamic
programming - application of systems analysis to water resources systems in particular.

Water Quality Management Practices

Water quality criteria for industrial, drinking, irrigation and aquatic life. Concept of water reuse
and recirculation. Pond dynamics. Water Treatment Methods: Aeration, nitrogen removal,

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carbonate system and pH control, solids removal, disinfection and ion exchange. Design and
Operation of Water Quality Management System and Equipment: Aerator, mechanical and
biological filters, settling basin, water exchange and water reuse system. Mixing and water
circulation in ponds, tanks and raceways. Effects of interacting factors on water quality
management.

Processing & Preservation of Aquaculture Products

Nutritional Aspects of Fish and Fishery Products, Causes of Spoilage of Fresh Fish, Principles of
Preservation and Processing. Handling and Transport of Wet Fish-Icing, Containers and
Packages. Chilling and Freezing- physical aspects, Methods of Freezing, Typical Frozen Products.
Thermal Processing-Principles of Canning, Canning Process, Canned Products. Drying of FishFundamentals, Salting, Methods of Drying, Smoking, Typical Dry Products. Miscellaneous
Products-Crabs, Molluscs. Fishery Byproducts-Fish Meal, Oil and Others. Quality Control in
Fishery Industry.

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