Semester 1, 20162017

Course Overview

EAB 4304 AQUACULTURE

ENGINEERING

Course Title: Aquaculture Engineering

Course Code: EAB4304
Credit: 3(3+0)
Prerequisite: EAB3604
Class: Thursday 2 pm 4 pm (BK6)
Friday

3 pm - 4 am (BK3)

Course Instructor

Dr. Muhamad Saufi Mohd Kassim

Department of Biological and Agricultural

Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti
Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor
Darul Ehsan

Bac. Engineering (Agricultural)

MSc (Agricultural Automation and Robotics)

PhD (Agricultural Mechanization and

Automation)

Field: Mechanization and Automation in

Agriculture

Synopsis
This Course Covers The Learning Of Biological And Technical
Processes In Aquaculture. Students Will Design An Aquaculture
Production System Which Includes Closed System, Opened System
And Integrated System. Students Will Be Exposed With The
Management Principles In Aquaculture
Kursus Ini Meliputi Pembelajaran Tentang Proses-Proses Biologi Dan
Teknikal Yang Terlibat Dalam Akuakultur. Pelajar Akan Mereka Bentuk
Sistem Pengeluaran Akuakultur Yang Terdiri Daripada Sistem
Tertutup, Sistem Terbuka, Dan Sistem Integrasi. Pelajar Akan
Didedahkan Dengan Prinsip Pengurusan Dalam Akuakultur.
1. Menghurai Proses Biologi Di Dalam Sesebuah Sistem
Akuakultur
2. Mereka Bentuk Sistem Pengeluaran Akuakultur
3. Menilai Sistem Pengurusan Dan Penyelenggaraan
Pengeluaran Akuakultur

REFERENCES :

1. Hutchinson, L , (2006). Ecological Aquaculture: A Sustainable

Solution. Hampshire.Permanent Publications.
2. Lekang, O.I., (2007). Aquaculture Engineering. Singapore:
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
3. Lim, C. And Webster, C. D., (2006). Tilapia: Biology, Culture,
And Nutrition (1st Edition ). New York: The Haworth Press Inc.
4. Pillay, T.V.R & Kutty, M.N., (2005). Aquaculture Principles And
Practices (2nd Edition). Malden: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Ltd.

Evaluation
1Coursework
Test
1
Test
2
Mini Project

20
20
20

60
2

Final
Exam

40
Overall:

100

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Aquaculture

Farming the Waters

Aquaculture is the farming of
aquatic organisms such as fish,
shellfish and even aquatic plants.
The term aquaculture refers to the
cultivation of both marine and
freshwater species and can range
from land-based to open-ocean
production

Definitions of Aquaculture

The rearing of
aquatic
animals or the
cultivation of
aquatic plants
for food under
controlled or
semi
controlled
conditions.

Possibilities of utilizing aquatic

organisms include:
1. Increasing the worlds food supply
2. Identifying novel compounds for the
benefit of human health and medical
treatment
3. Monitoring aquatic pollution

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1. Increasing the worlds food

supply
SOME FACTS ABOUT
WORLD FISHERIES AND
AQUACULTURE

reached 62.7 million tonnes

in 2011

projected to reach 172

million tonnes in 2021

aquaculture contributed
40.1% to the world total fish
production

providing 55 million jobs

supports livelihoods of 1012% of the worlds

population

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exports of fish and fishery
products for 2011 exceeded

2. Identifying novel compounds for

the benefit of
human
health
and
medical
A wide
number
of aquatic
species
contain or are
suspected to contain compounds of biomedical
treatment
interest (antibiotics, antiviral molecules,
anticancer compounds and insecticides)

Examples of some medical compounds derived from

aquatic organisms

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Fishery and Aquaculture Industries in

Malaysia. (Statistical Data)

Selected Agricultural indicators 2013

DASAR AGROMAKANAN NEGARA ( 2 0 1

12020)
Program akuakultur akan ditumpukan
kepada penghasilan benih ikan dan udang
yang berkualiti dan tahan penyakit,
rumusan makanan ternakan yang berkos
efektif serta aktiviti pemprosesan
berasaskan hasil akuakultur.

Pembangunan industri akuakultur

akan ditumpukan kepada
peningkatan pengeluaran dan
pengukuhan daya saing melalui
strategi berikut:
meningkatkan pengeluaran
hasil akuakultur bernilai tinggi;

menjamin bekalan benih yang

konsisten dan berkualiti; dan
mempertingkat pengeluaran
bahan makanan untuk industri
akuakultur.

Meningkatkan Pengeluaran Hasil

Akuakultur Bernilai Tinggi
Pengeluaran akuakultur bernilai tinggi
akan ditumpukan kepada spesis bernilai
eksport tinggi seperti :
Penternakan
ikan
ikan tilapia
sangkar
secara
kerapu
bersepadu
akan
siakap
udang galah dan dilaksanakan termasuk
di
Tasik
Kenyir,
udang laut.
Terengganu; Tasik Pedu
dan Pulau Langkawi,
Kedah; Tasik Bakun dan
Batang
Ai,
Sarawak

Menjamin Bekalan Benih yang Konsisten

dan Berkualiti
Pusat pembiakbakaan
ikan akan dibangunkan
di Rompin, Pahang;
Tasik Kenyir,
Terengganu dan
Kuching, Sarawak bagi
mengeluarkan benih
ikan tilapia, siakap dan
kerapu di bawah
inisiatif NKEA. Sebuah
pusat R&D dan makmal
diagnostik akan juga
dibina dengan tumpuan
kepada aktiviti
pembiakbakaan benih
dan diagnostik

Mempertingkat Pengeluaran
Bahan Makanan Akuakultur
Pengeluaran bahan makanan
akuakultur yang berkualiti dan berkos
efektif akan dipertingkat bagi
memastikan makanan akuakultur
yang dikeluarkan adalah mencukupi
dan memenuhi piawaian keselamatan
makanan melalui usaha berikut:

mempergiat aktiviti R&D untuk

menggunakan bahan sampingan
pertanian dan makanan tempatan
sebagai sebahagian daripada
rumusan makanan akuakultur;

memperkukuh kerjasama antara

pengilang makanan akuakultur
dengan pusat R&D dan IPT; dan

menggalakkan pihak swasta melabur

dalam industri pengeluaran bahan
makanan akuakultur secara usaha
sama dengan penternak akuakultur
terutama di kawasan ZIA

IKAN
HIASAN

Usaha memperkukuhkan
industri ikan hiasan akan
ditumpukan kepada
strategi berikut:
meningkatkan hasil
pengeluaran ikan hiasan
bernilai tinggi;
meningkatkan syer
pasaran ikan hiasan
tempatan di pasaran
dunia; dan
mempergiat aktiviti
R&D.

RUMPAI LAUT
Pembangunan industri
rumpai laut akan
dilaksanakan melalui
strategi berikut:
meningkatkan
produktiviti rumpai laut;
membangunkan Zon
Industri Rumpai Laut; dan
memantapkan R&D
rumpai laut.

Aquaculture
Engineering

Aquaculture engineering covers a very large

area of knowledge and involves many general
engineering specialisms such as mechanical
engineering,
environmental
engineering,
materials technology, instrumentation, and
monitoring,
and
building
design
and
The primary aim of aquaculture engineering is to
construction.
utilize technical engineering knowledge and
principles
in
aquaculture
and
biological
production systems.
It is therefore a challenge to bring together both
technological and biological knowledge within
the aquaculture field.

Mini Project:
Students are required to do a mini project (in group)
Students need to form a group of not more that 4 members

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Assignment 1
WHY AQUACULTURE NEED
ENGINEER ?
Answer in a paragraph not less
than 200 words.