Information Package / Course Catalogue
Management in Fisheries and Aquaculture
Course Code: SUM299
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

In this course, providing the skill of using economics in seafood enterprize management is aimed. The targets of the course include understanding the basic economic principles and concepts of administration, learning the business planning, efficiency and performance criteria and evaluation for aquaculture enterprizes as well as being able to analyze and evaluate the important accounting data in aquaculture and fisheries enterprizes.

Course Content

Introduction to business economy and implementation to aquaculture sector, business classifications, basic principles in management, making decision, law of substitution, law of diminishing returns, co-marginal revenue principle, planning in aquaculture enterprizes, efficiency, balance sheet in aquaculture companies, calculations of income and expenditure statements, interpretations of these analyzed tables, Net farm income in the aquaculture business accounts, Gross and net output, businesses and entrepreneurs profit calculation, productivite, profitability, production costs

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Deniz ÇOBAN
Learning Outcomes
1.To know the basic concepts related to business administration
2.To know the basic economic principles used in business administration
3.To know the basic principles of aquaculture enterprises
4.To be able to make the necessary calculations in order to increase profitability of fisheries enterprises
5.Knowledge of keeping records in aquaculture enterprises
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Fisheries Management: A Manual for Still-Water Coarse Fisheries, Ash Girdler CBiol, FIBiol, MIFM, FIFM, CEnv, Ian Wellby FIFM, CEnv, Robin Welcomme PhD, 2010
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to business economy and implementation to aquaculture sector, business classifications, law of diminishing returns
Week 2 - Theoretical
law of substitution, co-marginal revenue principle
Week 3 - Theoretical
Practices on co-marginal revenue principle
Week 4 - Theoretical
Phsiycal planning units in aquaculture companies
Week 5 - Theoretical
Practices on law of diminishing returns, law of substitution
Week 6 - Theoretical
Record keeping methods in aquaculture companies and balance sheet calculations
Week 7 - Theoretical
Practice on balance sheet calculations
Week 8 - Theoretical
Income- outcome items in aquaculture enterprizes
Week 9 - Theoretical
Income- outcome items in aquaculture enterprizes
Week 10 - Theoretical
Preparing income-expenditure statements , calculations for enterprize economic analyzes benefit from balance-sheet and income-expenditure statements
Week 11 - Theoretical
Income – expenditure analyzes practices
Week 12 - Theoretical
Applications on calculating productivity and profitability in aquaculture companies
Week 13 - Theoretical
Applications on calculating productivity and profitability in aquaculture companies
Week 14 - Theoretical
Production costs in aquaculture farms
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Lecture - Practice141242
Midterm Examination1112
Final Examination1213
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)103
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
4
4
4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026