Information Package / Course Catalogue
Broodstock Menagement
Course Code: SUM315
Course Type: Area 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

Management and definition of the period from breeding selection of individuals to be taken to the culture activity, until the attainment of larvae will be presented with the latest technology used on the subject.

Course Content

In cultivated fishes; embryonic and larval features, shapes, and reproductive organs of the reproductive structures of eggs, pre-post-larval stage, larvae morphology, general characteristics of larvae, capture and adaptation of breeders, biotechnological applications for breeders, spawning techniques, and embryonic development, incubation parameters

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Describing the reproductive physiology of breeders
2.Monitoring the process of gonadal development, sexuel maturity and embryonic development,
3.Knowledge of techniques to choose fish breeding and spawning
4.Broodstock conditioning
5.Sex changing laboratory techniques are applied on egg, larvae and juvenile fish
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Bromage, N. R., R. N. Roberts. 1995. Broodstock Management and Egg and Larval Quality. Blackwell Science.
2.Potts, G.W., Wootton. 1984. Fish Reproduction. Academic Press
3.Shepherd, C. J., Bromage, N.R. 1995. Intensive Fish Farming. Blackwell Science Ltd.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Hermaphroditism in family sparidae
Week 2 - Theoretical
Reproductive cycle of cultivated fishes
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 3 - Theoretical
Endocrine control of spermatogenesis and oogenesis
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 4 - Theoretical
Reproductive behavior and spawning in family sparidae
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 5 - Theoretical
Acclimation of wild stocks
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 6 - Theoretical
Incubation unit and environmental conditions
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 7 - Theoretical
Hormonal manipulation of reproduction in family sparidae
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 8 - Theoretical
Live prey
Week 9 - Theoretical
Anatomical development, general characteristics and sensory organs in early development
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 10 - Theoretical
Embryonic Development
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 11 - Theoretical
Embryonic DevelopmentEmbryonic Development
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 12 - Theoretical
Embryonic Development
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 13 - Theoretical
Larval growth
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
Week 14 - Theoretical
Larval nutrition
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Text book readingInternet browsing
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 Examination1112
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)102
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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3
5
5
3
5
5
5
5
3
3
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3
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3
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3
5
5
3
5
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5
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1
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2
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3
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3
OÇ-5
2
2
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3
3
4
2
2
3
3
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4
4
2
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026