FORMER STUDENTS’ OPINION ABOUT THE PROGRAMME SOME LECTURERS OF FORMER EDITIONS PROGRAMME OF THE POSTGRADUATE SPECIALISATION COURSE “The Course was a nice experience which allowed me to know the • Acosta Arbelo, Félix • León, Carmelo world of international co-operation and to get enough experience for (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) I. INTRODUCTION TO AQUACULTURE (1 ECTS) my present work in projects for aquaculture development in Africa”. • Afonso, Juan Manuel • Lie, Oyvind Relevance of Aquaculture. Current status of the various production (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) (Inst of Nutrition, Bergen, Norway) categories. Aquaculture evolution in geographic regions. Giorgia Monti, AFGRP Project officer, Institute of Aquaculture, • Basurco, Bernardo • López-Fanjul, Carlos ( University of Stirling, Scotland. (CIHEAM-IAMZ, Zaragoza, Spain) Univ. Complutense, Madrid, Spain) • Barja, Juan Luis • Martinez Palacios, Carlos (INIRENA, México) II. NUTRITION (12 ECTS) (Univ.Santiago Compostela, Spain) • Masuda, Reiji (Kyoto University FRS, Japan) Physiology of nutrition. Nutritional requirements and dietary ingredients: • Blazer, Vicky (NBSUSDI, Kearneysville, USA) • Millamena, Oseni(SEAFDEC AQD, Philippines) lipids, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, nutritional Energy. “Professionally speaking, to attend this Course gave to me the • Bostock, John (University of Stirling) • Molina, Lucia (ICCM, Telde, Spain) oportunity to get my first job, even before finishing it, at a Center • Caballero Cansino, Mª José • Molina Alcalá, Antonio III. HEALTH MANAGEMENT (12 ECTS) for Applied Research in Aquaculture. It also provided me with the (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) (Universidad de Córdoba, Spain) Animal welfare in aquaculture. General and specific anatomic pathology in required knowledge to start up my professional career and start • Carrillo Estévez, Manuel (CSIC, Castellón, Spain) • Montero, Daniel fish cultured. Immunology. Major viral diseases. Major bacterial diseases. getting experience. From a personal point of view, I knew many and • Castilho, Rita (Univ. Algarve, Faro, Portugal) (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) Parasitic diseases caused by fungi. Non-infectious diseases. Prevention and very good friends which I still enjoy”. • Cavari, Benzion (I.O.L.R., Haifa, Israel) • Mozes, Noam • Conijeski, Daniel (National Center for Mariculture, Israel) treatment of diseases. (National Center for Mariculture, Israel) • Moyano López, Francisco J. Juana Durán Chica, Laboratory of Marine and Aquaculture • Dinis, Mª Teresa (Universidad de Almería, Spain) IV. REPRODUCTION (4 ECTS) Research, Andratx Port, Mallorca. (Universidade do Algarbe, Faro, Portugal) • Neira, Roberto (Universidad de Chile) Physiology and control of reproduction in Shellfish and crustaceans. • De Blas Giral, Ignacio • Padilla Castillo, Daniel Physiological regulation mechanisms of reproduction in Teleosts. Induced (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain) (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) reproduction in bivalve molluscs and crustaceans decapod. Induced “The Master Degree allowed me to introduce myself to the world of • Ellis, Tony (SOAEFD, Aberdeen, Escocia, UK) • Padrón Robaina, Victor reproduction in Teleosts. Broodstock management in fish. Design of facilities. aquaculture at the international level, to work with top experts and • El-Sayed, Abdel (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) (United Arab Emirates University, Egypt) • Padrós Bover, Francisco Food and nutritional requirements of broodstock. build a brilliant scientific career, allowing my access to the best labs • Fernández Martín, Jesús (INIA) (Universidad de Barcelona, Spain) in the world; also has been an enriching personal experience, as I • Fdez-Palacios, Hipólito (ICCM, Telde, Spain) • Papandroulakis, Nikos V. GENETIC IMPROVEMENT (6 ECTS) have worked and made friends with people from around the world”. • Fdez-Palacios, J.Enrique (ICC, Telde, Spain) (Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, Greece) Population genetics. Quantitative genetics. Biotechnology. Improvement in • Fernandez Aldana, Juan M. (APROMAR, Spain) • Pereira Dopazo, Carlos aquaculture. Genetic improvement in fish. Microsatellite techniques applied Rachid Ganga. Grupo de Investigaciçon en Acuicultura, ULPGC & • Fernández Vaquero, Agustín (BIOMAR, Spain) (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain) to marine cultivation. ICCM. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. • Flores Aguilar, Roberto A. • Pestano Brito, José Juan (Universidad de los Lagos, Chile) (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) • García García, José (IMIDA, Murcia, Spain) • Pottinger, Tom (IFE, Windemere, UK) VI. FACILITIES (3 ECTS) • Gasca-Leyva, Eucario (CINVESTAV, México) • Real, Fernando Pipe water systems. Pumping systems. Aeration and oxygenation systems. “Thanks to the Master Course I have been able to work in the culture • Gijón, Herminia (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) Hatchery design, nurseries and on-growing facilities. of sole, which it is what I always wanted”. (ULL, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain) • Robaina, Lidia UNIVERSITY MASTER in • Gijón Preciado, Daniel (Skretting, Spain) (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) VII. ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (3 ECTS) Ricardo Zerolo, Center for Research and Training in Fisheries and • Ginés, Rafael • Rosenlund, Grethe (NUTRECO, Norway) Financial-economic assessment of projects. Design and project development. Aquaculture “El Toruño”, Cádiz, Spain. (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) • Rotllant, Josep • Gómez Cabrera, Serafin (Univ. Murcia, Spain) (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain) MARINE AQUACULTURE Feasibility studies. Marketing and commercialization. Management of • Gómez Pinchetti • Santaella, Eladio (IEO, Madrid., Spain) research projects. (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) • Simard, Francois October 2012 - June 2014 • Guersi, José L. (UICN, Centro de Cooperacion del Mediterraneo, III VIII. TECHNICAL HATCHERY PRODUCTION (8 ECTS) (ADSA, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) SPAIN) Auxiliary cultures. Compared production techniques. Larval development • Haro, Enrique (Tinamenor, Santander, Spain) • Socorro, Juan (ICCM, Telde, Spain) histology. Mesocosmos technology. Algae culture. Recent advances in larval • Haroun, Ricardo • Tacon, Albert Las Palmas de Gran Canaria SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE feeding. Hatchery techniques. (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) (Aquatic Farms Ltd, Hawaii, EE.UU.) • Hernández-Cruz, Carmen Mª • Thongrod, Supis (HK, Bangkok, Tailandia) Spain (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) • Toro, Miguel A. IX. ON-GROWING TECHNIQUES (5 ECTS) • Dr. B. BASURCO • Hernández Ferrer, Mariano (Universidad Politecnica de, Madrid, Spain) On-growing in extensive systems. On-growing in intensive on-land systems. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza, CIHEAM, Spain. (ULL, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain) • Tort Bardolet, Lluis On-growing in intensive sea farming systems. Pellets in aquaculture: nutritive • Hernández Guerra, Juan (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain) value and fish colour. Overall fish fillet quality. On-growing techniques. • Dra. M. T. DINIS (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) • Vergara, Jose Manuel University of El Algarve, Faro, Portugal. • Iglesias Estévez, José (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) X. DIFFERENT SPECIES CULTURE TECHNIQUES (3 ECTS) (Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Spain) • Zamorano Serrano, Mª Jesús Macroalgae Culture. Mussel culture. Oyster culture. Clam and cockle culture. • Dr. A.F.M. EL-SAYED • Izquierdo, Marisol (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) (ULPGC, Las Palmas de G.C., Spain) • Zanuy Doste, Silvia (CSIC, Castellón, Spain) Scallop culture. Peneids and Machrobrachium culture. Catfish culture. Tilapia United Arab Emirates University. • Kjorsvik, Elin • Zapata, Agustín culture. Carp culture. Salmonid culture. Halibut culture. Turbot culture. (Universidad de Trondheim, Norway) (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) Sea bass and sea bream culture. New species culture. Alternative culture • Dr. H. FERNÁNDEZ-PALACIOS • Kolkovski, Sagiv systems. Fish Aquaria. Canarian Institute of Marine Sciences, Telde, Spain. (Department of Fisheries, Western Australia) XI. ENVIRONMENT (3 ECTS) • Dra. M.S. IZQUIERDO Aquaculture and the environment. Biodiversity associated with marine University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. aquaculture. Sustainability of marine aquaculture. Conduct Codes. Aquaculture as a tool for preserving endangered species. • Dr. S. KAUSHIK INRA, St. Pée-Sur-Nivelle, France. XII. INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH (30 ECTS) Complementary Courses. Project planning, processing, interpretation and • Dr. A. TACON presentation of data. Optical histology techniques. Electron microscopy Aquatic Farms Ltd, Hawaii, EE.UU. techniques. Fish physiology. • Dra. C. M. HERNÁNDEZ-CRUZ XIII. MASTER THESIS (30 ECTS) University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. PRESENTATION OBJECTIVES ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION SCHOLARSHIPS Aquaculture constitutes the production of food that has most grown over Provide a specialization in Aquaculture through: The first part, the Postgraduate Specialization Course, will include lectures, practical Various public and private agencies may grant scholarships to participate in the the past 30 years and currently is a consolidated activity able to supply the work and field visits and laboratory techniques. These activities are supplemented programme. These scholarships may cover all or part of the registration fees. growing demand for fish products, as opposed to the stagnation of catches • An updated content of the most innovative scientific and technological