TILAPIA WELFARE
ONLINE COURSES

LOCATION

Online

LANGUAGE

English
Portuguese
Spanish

PROVIDER

FAI Farms

AVAILABILITY

Free Course

WELFARE IN TILAPIA AQUACULTURE

Are you working in the tilapia aquaculture industry? Or studying aquaculture? Then these free online training are for you.

The tilapia welfare online courses will guide you on how to implement welfare practices in your daily routine from hatchery to slaughter.

You will get access to courses on tilapia welfare indicators, nutrition, health, environment, behaviour, and humane slaughter. After completing each course, you have the option to do a final quiz and get a free certificate of completion.

TILAPIA WELFARE INDICATORS

Introduction

In this course we will introduce the welfare indicators related to health, nutrition, environment, and behaviour. We will also show you how to score each welfare indicator using a three-level score system: score 1 – good; score 2 – moderate, score 3 – poor.

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Course Content

What are welfare indicators?
Nutrition Indicators
Environment Indicators
Health Indicators
Behavioural Indicators

TILAPIA NUTRITION AND WELFARE

Introduction

The right nourishment and the right amount of food – not too little and not too much, is the safest way to tilapia health and welfare. In this module we will give you practical tips on how to feed tilapia for better growth, health, quality, and welfare.

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Course Content

Tilapias: what do they eat and why does it matter?
Feeding and nutrition their role in fish welfare
The five nutrients
Choosing the right feed
Feeding methods: tips and tricks
Feeding and the Fish Welfare App

TILAPIA ENVIRONMENT AND WELFARE

Introduction

In this module, we will give you practical tips on how to monitor and manage the water quality parameters: oxygen, pH, alkalinity, TAN, nitrite, and transparency. We will also give you some tips on how to manage predators and off-flavours. You have six months to complete the course.

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Course Content

The farmed aquatic environment
Density, predators, and off-flavours
Water quality in tilapia culture
Implementing environmental assessment at the farm

WEBINAR

Recently FAI hosted a webinar, the event highlighted the latest tilapia research and technology breakthroughs, bringing together tilapia producers, researchers, genetics experts, feed formulators, health specialists, entrepreneurs and equipment companies to help improve tilapia welfare, environmental performance, productivity and profitability.

Recordings from the webinar are available to watch below. Please note the webinar took place purely in Portuguese.

CONTACT US

For any queries feel free to fill the form and send us a message.

+44 (0)1865 790880

info@fai.academy

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