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Section 1: Classroom lectures
Module 1. Seed production
- Status of marine finfish hatchery and growth-out in Vietnam
- Biology of cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
- Mass production of live feed and enrichment: micro algae, rotifer and Artemia
- Site selection and hatchery design
- Broodstock management and induced spawning
- Embryonic, larval morphological and behavioral development of cobia
- Egg quality evaluation (floating rate, fertilization rate, hatching rate, etc.)
- Disease prevention and treatment in hatchery
Module 2. Grow-out techniques
- Site selection, cage design and set-up
- Nutrition requirement of cobia
- Feed and feeding strategy for cobia
- Cage operation and management
- Fish health management and environmental monitoring
Section 2: Hand-on practices
Module 1. Seed production
- Selection of broodstock for spawning
- Hormone stimulation and spawning
- Egg harvesting, evaluation of egg quality, disinfection and incubation
- Live feed production and enrichment for nursing cobia larvae
Module 2. Grow-out techniques
- Feeding practice
- Growth measurement
- Net changing and cleaning operation
- Fish health and environmental monitoring
Section 3. Field trip and study tour
- RIA-1 Headquarter in Bac Ninh and its Sub-institute in the central province of Nghe An
- National Broodstock Center for Marine Species, Cat Ba, Hai Phong
- Brackish Aquaculture Center, Quy Kim, Hai Phong.
- Sight-seeing visit to President Ho Chi Minh’s home village in Nam Dan, Nghe An
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