AQUACULTURE Shellfish Ongrowing

Fetac Level 5

Fergal Guilfoyle

Today

• Whats it all about?• FETAC• Me• You• Learners handbook• Your responsibilities• What you want from course• Timetable

Whats it all about?

• Level 5 FETAC course in Shellfish Ongrowing

• Support documents\C20187_AwardSpecifications_English.pdf

• Photos\bim aquaculture leaflet.pdf

Who am I?

• Marine Biologist

• Live in Newport

• Worked for BIM and MI

• Oyster Farmer

• Consultant

• Teacher

• Stop me and ask questions at any stage

Who are you?

• What do you know about aquaculture?

• Name• Where are you from?

• Favourite sport/pasttime and team?

• What do you want to get out of the course?

Your responsibilities

• Learners handbook

• Respect

• Mutual support

• No such thing as a bad question

• Any problems – Me

• -- Mairtin

• -- Rosario

Introduction to course

• 55 hours

• Class room 5 hours ??????10-12.30 and 1.30 – 4 (5 hours)

• Field work – Tiernaur 10-5 (6 hours)

• Main Aim: To give you the theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience to carry out all the necessary jobs on an oyster farm

Provisional Timetable

• Wed 23rd November Classroom• Tues 29th November?? Farm? • Wed 7th December Class• Wed 14th December Farm• Wed 21st December Class• Wed 4th January Class• Wed 11th January Farm• Wed 18th January Class• Wed 25th January Tour (TBC)

Provisional Timetable

• Day 1 Introduction• Day 2 Intro to farm work• Day 3 General equipment and biology• Day 4 Work practices• Day 5 Licenses, tides, planning• Day 6 Business of oyster farming• Day 7 Grading and packing• Day 8 Mussels, scallops, urchins • Day 9 Farm trip to mussel farm??(TBC)• Day 10 Tour of recirc and hatchery (TBC)

Day One

• General overview of aquaculture

• What is aquaculture?

• Where do we carry out aquaculture?

• What do we grow?

• When did it start?

• How much do we grow?

What is aquaculture?

• Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants.

• Growing plants and animals that live in the water.

• Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions, and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the harvesting of wild fish.

• Mariculture refers to aquaculture practised in marine environments.

Examples

• Can you give me examples of animals or plants that are farmed in water.

Aquaculture in Mayo

• Mayo is a coastal county

• Long coastline with many sheltered bays

• Clean water coming straight in from Atlantic Ocean (next stop America)

• Relatively warm (esp in Winter)

• Little industry to pollute

• Active and established aquaculture industry

Aquaculture in Clew Bay

• Salmon

• Oysters

• Mussels

• Scallops

• Abalone

• Urchins

• Lobster

Salmon Farm• Clare Island and Seastream

Salmon Farm 2

Salmon Farm 3

Clare Is 1

Clare Is 2

Clare Is 3

Tiernaur Oysters 1

Tiernaur Oysters 2

Tiernaur Oysters 3

Oysters 4

Clew Bay Mussels 1

Clew Bay Mussels 2

Clew Bay Mussels 3

Clew Bay Mussels 4

Clew Bay Mussels 5

Clew Bay other species

When?

• The history of aquaculture

• The indigenous Gunditjmara people in Victoria, Australia may have raised eels as early as 6000 BC. 

• Aquaculture was operating in China circa 2500 BC.

• Romans bred fish in ponds.

When?

• History in Ireland

• 1800 native oysters were food for the big house and were cultured

• 1970s Ireland trailed aquaculture and since then it has grown.

• Rural and coastal employment

Ireland production

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Total Fisheries Catch (million tonnes)Aquaculture production (million tonnes)Population (billions)

Why?

• Control• Fresh• Convert unwanted fish into highly sought after

product• Protect the fish (ranching)• Protect habitats• Boost wild stocks• Take pressure off wild stocks• Make money

Aquaculture in Ireland

• Other species grown in Ireland– Freshwater

• Perch• Arctic Charr• Trout• Barramundi

Aquaculture Ireland

• Other species grown in Ireland - Marine– Seahorses– Seaweed– Algae - Biofuels– Native Oysters– Cod– Bottom Mussels– Turbot– Clams

Irish Production

• 50,000t per annum

• >€100 million (€100,000,000)

• Shellfish and Finfish

• 2000 people directly employed

• At least another 2000 indirectly employed

Where?

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Irish Production

Shellfish types and volumes

Irish Production

Who is who?

• BIM (An Bord Iascaigh Mhara)

• Marine Institute

• SFPA

• FSAI

• Dept of Environment

• ISA

Global Production

• 140 million tonnes wild and cultured

• 40 million tonnes cultured

• $86 Billion ($86,000,000,000)

• Growing at 8% per year

[hide]Top ten species groups in 2004

Species group Million tonnes[18]

Carps and other cyprinids 18.30

Oysters 4.60

Clams, cockles, ark shells 4.12

Miscellaneous freshwater fishes 3.74

Shrimps, prawns 2.48

Salmons, trouts, smelts 1.98

Mussels 1.86

Tilapias and other cichlids 1.82

Scallops, pectens 1.17

Miscellaneous marine molluscs 1.07

[hide]Top ten aquaculture producers in 2004

Country Million tonnes[18]

China 30.61

India 2.47

Viet Nam 1.20

Thailand 1.17

Indonesia 1.05

Bangladesh 0.91

Japan 0.78

Chile 0.67

Norway 0.64

United States 0.61

Other countries 5.35

Total 45.47