COVERAGE OF PRC FISHERIES TECHNOLOGIST EXAM
AQUACULTURE CAPTURE FISHERIES
1.Foundations of Aquaculture
Productivity; Carrying capacity; Nutrients
and fertilizers; Fish growth and cost of
production; Feeds and feeding; Water
quality (and instrumentation); Stock
manipulation; Monoculture; Polyculture
2.Freshwater Aquaculture
Tilapia culture/Monosex Prodn; Catfish
culture;
Milkfish culture; Macrobrachium culture;
Other freshwater culture (Giant gourami)
3.Brackishwater Aquaculture
Milkfish culture in ponds; Tilapia culture
in ponds; Penaeus monodon & other
shrimp culture
4.Mariculture
Oysters; Mussels; Milkfish; Seaweeds
5.Aquaculture Engineering
Site selection; Pond design/Engineering;
Cage design/Engineering; Pen
design/Engineering;
Pond aeration
6.Diseases
Parasite (caused diseases); Bacterial
diseases;
Viral diseases
7.Fish Genetics (Tilapia strains)
8. GAqP
9. Cryopreservation
10. Invasive species
11. Major Aquaculture commodities (FW,
BW & Marine)
AQUATIC RESURCES & ECOLOGY
1.Fish Biology and Ecology
Fish taxonomy; Fish
anatomy/morphology;
Fish adaptation to environment;
Fish physiology; Reproduction and early
life history
2.Fishing Gears/Fishing Methods
*Passive gears (hook and line, corrals,
weirs, beach seine, otoshi-ami, lift nets,
gill nets, etc.)
*Active gears (Ring nets, Trawls, Seines,
Push nets); FADs (Payao); Fish
attraction/lure
3.Commercial Fisheries
Definition; Production; Major species
caught; Fish stock situation
4.Municipal Fisheries
Definition; Production; Major species
caught; Fish stock situation
5.Fisheries Management and
Conservation
*Environmental profiling (Assessment of
fish habitats, Assessment of water quality
and pollution sources, Number of fishing
boats (by types) and number of
Fisherfolk);
*Fish stock assessment (Stock
assessment methods, Fish population
estimates, breeding season and growth
rate, Carrying capacity);
*Management and conservation
measures (Fisheries laws, fishing
pressure, fishing net meshes, Closed
and open seasons, Fish
sanctuaries/marine reserves,
Enforcement of regulations; Licensing of
Fisher folk; Fish stocking);
*Monitoring, Control and Surveillance
6.Meteorology
Satellite weather report;
Typhoons/cyclones; Monsoons; Clouds;
Humidity; Barometric pressure.
POST-HARVEST FISHERIES
1.Aquatic Resources (Freshwater and 1.Methods of Fish
Marine) Preservation/Processing
*Non-fish aquatic resources of *Handling of fresh (wet) aquatic product
commercial value (Sponges, Echinoderms (Spoilage, Cleanliness/sanitation)
– holothurians, sea urchins etc., Mollusks *Curing of fish (Salting, Drying, Smoking
– bivalves and gastropods, Corals and Chilling; Freezing; Fermentation;
coral reef, Seaweeds and seagrasses, Pickling/marinating; Minced fish
Flowering plants, Birds – ducks, migratory processing; Canning; Use of additives)
birds, seagulls, etc., Reptiles – snakes, 2.Processing of Other Aquatic products
crocodiles, turtles, etc., Mangroves and Seaweeds; Fish meal; Fish silage; Fish
mangrove forests/swamps, Deep-sea oils
resources, Mammals); 3.Quality control of fish and fishery
*Production and other statistics products
*Biology of non-fish aquatic organisms Quality assessment and control; Quality
(Distribution and taxonomy Life cycle; assurance and inspection; Plant hygiene
Community relationships; Reproduction and manufacturing process
and recruitment; Ecological Adaptations 4.Packaging of Fishery Products
and contribution to ecology; Threatened Packaging materials; Types of
species) packaging; Eco-labeling
2.Fish Habitats and Rehabilitation 5.Marketing of Fish and Fishery products
*Coral reefs (Coral reef zonation, Laws Fresh (wet) fish; Processed products;
and regulations, Conservation and Imports and exports
management); 6.Waste Management in Processing
*Mangrove/nipa swamps (Laws and Plant
regulations, Conservation and
management)
*Seagrass beds (Laws and regulations,
Conservation and management)
*Marine Parks/Sanctuaries;
*Artificial reefs and sea ranching
3.Aquatic Ecology
*Oceanography/Limnology
(Biological, Chemical, Physical)
*Primary production and trophic levels;
*Types and characteristics of aquatic
environment
*Freshwater (lakes, rivers, ponds,
reservoirs, marshes)
*Estuary or Brackishwater (rivers,
lagoons, swamps)
*Marine (coastal and oceanic)