Senior High School Specialized Subject: Aquaculture (Fish or Shrimp Grow-out Operations)
Fish or Shrimp Grow-out Operations 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 Grow-out Facilities
- Stocking of Fingerlings and Stock Sampling
- Perform Feeding Operations and Maintain Good Water Quality
- Perform Common Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- 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
- Installing pens and cages
- Cleaning the tanks
- Determine the stocking density considering the pond capacity
- Assess fingerling quality
- Undertake regular stock sampling
- Sampling and analyzing feeds
- Monitoring water quality using appropriate measuring instruments
- Monitoring disease through physical appearance and behavioral patterns of the stock
- Diagnosing Infected fish
- Identifying and implementing recommended treatment
- Preventing/safeguarding the stock against occurrences of viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases
- Scheduling harvest and market of products
- Using seine in pond and cages to harvest the stock
- Lifting the cages to collect the stock
- Packing and transporting harvested fishes
- Preparing cost and return analysis of the project
- Keeping financial records
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.