Aquaculture Teaching Lab

…where students learn by doing, having fun putting lecture theory into practice. This customed designed work space has all the necessary gear and scientific hardware to conduct challenging experiments on all kinds of shellfish and finfish.

In the weekly 3 hour lab classes for each course students learn the fundamentals of being a scientist, including methodology, data analysis and preparation of scientific reports.

Skills learned:

• osmometry
• microscopy
• dissecting
• water quality testing
• necropsies
• blood sampling
• determining algal cell densities
• micro and macroalgae identification