DEPARTMENT OF COASTAL AQUACULTURE

Background

The missions of the department are to offer education, research and technology transfer in seed production and brackish water aquaculture.

Education

The teaching subjects of department to undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students are hatchery seed production and farming of crustaceans, marine fish, mollusk, shellfish, seaweed, and live food culture.

Research

The main research fields of the department are focused on development of new applied technologies for seed production and farming systems of important marine and brackish water species such as black tiger shrimp, whiteleg shrimp, giant freshwater prawn, pompano, eel, kingfish, oyster, mangrove snail, geoduck, seaweed, and artemia.

Training and technology transfer

The department regularly organizes training courses on technology transfer with topics following:

Seed production of whiteleg shrimp, black tiger shrimp, giant freshwater prawn, mud crabs, and marine fish in different farming systems such as RAS, Bio-floc.

Shrimp farming practices, giant freshwater prawn, marine fish, a mollusk with integrated farming system, RAS, Bio-floc.

Artemia culture

Study tour on coastal aquaculture in the Mekong Delta.

Facilities