Senior High School Specialized Subject: Aquaculture (Fish Nursery Operation)
Aquaculture (Fish Nursery Operation) is one of the specialized subjects under the technical-vocational livelihood (TVL) career track. Some examples of the things that you will learn from taking this subject include:
- Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECS)
- Assessment of personal competencies and skills
- Environment and Market
- Product development
- Key concepts of developing a product
- Finding value
- Innovation
- Unique selling proposition
- Selecting business idea
- Key concepts of selecting a business idea
- Criteria
- Techniques
- Branding
- Prepare and Maintain Fish Nurseries
- Feeds and Feeding
- Water Quality and Fish Health Management
- Harvest and Post-harvest Handling
While studying, you will also be asked to demonstrate what you have learned by participating in class activities that may include the following:
- Generating a clear appealing product brand
- Preparing the pond for the fish
- Sampling and analyzing composition of commercial feeds
- Formulating feed with the desired crude protein content using local ingredients
- Computing daily feed ration
- Monitoring water quality
- Maintaining optimum water quality
- Monitoring and observing occurrence of diseases
- Diagnosing infected fish
- Identifying appropriate treatment
- Practicing preventive measures against disease
- Scheduling harvest
- Preparing harvesting materials and supplies required in the harvest operation
- Observing proper handling while harvesting
- Demonstrating proper grading, counting, and packing of live fish
These examples only cover the scope of the specialized subjects under the technical-vocational livelihood career track. For the scope of the core and contextualized subjects under the senior high school curriculum, please refer to their respective lists.
