FORE0017-1

Duration

20h Th, 4h AUTR

Number of credits

	Master in forests and natural areas engineering (120 ECTS)	2 crédits

Lecturer

Frédéric Francis

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course will be organized in the form of seminars and visits whose topics will be :
Biology and identification of fish,
Fish breeding (artificial reproduction,...)
Fish breeding : cyprinids and salmonids,
Management of the aquatic environment,
Knowledge of the settlements,
River legislation and competent directions working in Walloon Region,
Fishing in Wallonia,
Management Strategies of the piscicultural stockings in Wallonia,
Piscicultural installations (fish scales).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Understanding the general biology of fish.
Knowledge of the organisation of fish farming.
Grasping the management technics of fish populations.
After completing the course the student is expected to
- Knowing biology and identifying main fish species
- Better understanding working of competent directions in Walloon Region
- Mastering management technics of fish populations
- Identifying characteristics and difficulties of fish breeding

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

-- ZOOL2006-1- Zoology
-- VEGE0021-1- Limnology

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Seminars : 20h
Field-study trip and visits : 4h

Assessment methods and criteria

Personal report (100%)

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Frédéric FRANCIS (Professor)
Bât. GE Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech Passage des Déportés 2 5030 Gembloux Belgique
Frederic.Francis@ulg.ac.be(E.Haubruge@ulg.ac.be)

Fish care management in watercourses