AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Forestry
& Natural Environment
Management

Freshwater fish farming

Course Content

General physicochemical properties of inland waters, external morphology of fish. Anatomy and elements of physiology. Zoogeographical distribution and migration of fish. Ichthyological zones of flowing waters. Fisheries Biology and Fish Population Dynamics. Reproduction. Age and growth, height-weight ratios, robustness index and specific growth rate. Dietary habits and diet of fish. Methods for estimating fish populations. Inland fisheries management (rivers, lakes and coastal lakes).

Learning Results

Upon successful completion of the
course the student will be able to:
• has knowledge of fish and fish farming,
Uses methodologies for processing biological and growth data, fish nutrition and fisheries
management for ecological and environmental studies
• collaborates with his / her fellow students to create and present a blueprint for an
ecological study which, in the future in the course of his work as a Forester, will be part of a
blueprint for an ecological, environmental, management or other related study

NEWSLETTER

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 

The Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management joined the Faculty of Plant Sciences of the AUA. The Department operates from the academic year 2019-2020 and is based in Tthe city of Karpenisi. Housed in the building facilities of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management of the former Technical Scool (TEI)  of Central Greece.
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