SMALL-SCALE PRAWN HATCHERY OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
(04 August - 25 September 1986)
Course Timetable
| DATE/DAY | TIME | ACTIVITIES | LECTURER/RESOURCE PERSON(S) | ||
| 04 August (M) | 3:00–9:00 | AM | Registration | M. Fernandez/E. Mendeza | |
| 9:00–10:00 | Course Orientation | ||||
| 10:00–12:00 | Orientation of Facilities | M. Fernandez/C. Franco L. | |||
| 1:00–5:00 | PM | Group Dynamics | |||
| 6:00 | Opening Ceremonies - Hotel del Rio | ||||
| 05 August (T) | 8:00–10:00 | AM | Lecture | Overview of Aquaculture Practices with emphasis on prawn hatcheries | J.H. Primavera |
| 10:30–12:00 | Lecture | Penaeid Biology | J.H. Primavera | ||
| 1:30–3:00 | PM | Lecture | Larval/postlarval rearing of penaeids- 1 | A.A. Villaluz | |
| 3:30–5:00 | Lecture | Prawn Maturation | J.H. Primavera | ||
| 06 August (W) | 8:00–9:30 | AM | Lecture | Larval/postlarval rearing of penaeids- 2 | F.D. Estepa |
| 9:30–10:00 | VTR | The Farming of Tiger Shrimps | (Conference Room) | ||
| 10:30–12:00 | Lecture | Site Selection | F.P. Sunaz | ||
| 1:30–3:00 | PM | Lecture | Evaluation & Screening of Natural Food | Dr. C.T. Villegas | |
| 3:00–3:30 | VTR | Plankton Culture | (Conference Room) | ||
| 4:00–5:30 | Lecture | Culture of Natural Food Organisms (Phytoplankton) | M.R. de la Pena | ||
| 07 August (Th) | 8:00–11:00 | AM | Practical | Eyestalk Ablation/Egg Quality (Group - 1) | A.T.G. Young/ R. A. Posadas |
| 8:00–11:00 | Practicals | Anatomy of Prawn/Species Selection (Group - 2) | J.H. Primavera/R.A. Cabella | ||
| 1:30–3:00 | PM | Lecture | Culture of Natural Food Organisms (Zooplankton) | M.R. de la Pena | |
| 3:30–5:30 | Lecture | Artemia as food for Shrimps Larvae | R.F. Bombeo | ||
| 08 August (F) | 8:00–11:00 | AM | Practicals | Eyestalk Ablation/Egg Quality (Group - 2) | A.T.G. Young/R.A. Posadas |
| 8:00–11:00 | Practicals | Anatomy of Prawn/Species Selection (Group - 1) | J.H. Primavera/R.A. Posadas | ||
| 1:30–3:00 | PM | Lecture | Water Quality | I.G. Borlongan | |
| 3:00–5:00 | Lecture | Analytical Techniques | I.G. Borlongan | ||
| 09 August (Sat) | 8:00–12:00 | AM | Practicals | Counting Techniques/Identification of Food Organisms (Group - 1) | L. Ver M. M |
| 8:00–12:00 | Practicals | Media Preparation (Group - 2) | M. R. de la Pena | ||
| 1:30–5:30 | PM | Practicals | Counting Techniques/Identification of Food Organisms (Group - 2) | L. ver M. M | |
| 1:30–5:30 | Practicals | Media Preparation (Group - 1) | M.R. de la Pena | ||
| 10 August (S) | 8:00–12:00 | AM | Practicals | Phytoplankton Culture Techniques/Scale-up every 2 days (Group -1) | M.R. de la Peha |
| Day-O/Dextrose Bottles/Set-up Algal culture for cell density Monitoring in dextrose bottles every 6 hours | |||||
| 8:00–12:00 | Practicals | Decapsulation of Artemia ¢yst (Group - 2) | R.F. Bombeo | ||
| 1:30–5:30 | PM | Practicals | Phytoplankton Culture Techniques/Scale-up every 2 days (Group -2) Day-O/Dextrose Bottles/Set-up Algal Culture for cell density Monitoring in dextrose bottles every 6 hours | M.R. de la Pena | |
| 1:30–5:30 | PM | Practicals | Decapsulation of Artemia Cyst (Group - 1) | R.F. Bombeo | |
| 6:00–7:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting -2 (Group -1) | Staff | ||
| 11:00–12:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting -2 (Group -2) | Staff | ||
| 12:00–1:00 | AM | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting -3 (Group -1) | Staff | |
| 11 August (M) | 5:00–6:00 | AM | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting -3 (Group - 2) | Staff |
| 6:00–7:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting -4 (Group -1) | Staff | ||
| 10:00–12:00 | Practicals | Artemia -2 (Group -1) | R.F. Bombeo | ||
| 11:00–12:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting -4 (Group -2) | Staff | ||
| 12:00–1:00 | PM | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 5 (Group - 1) | Staff | |
| 3:00–5:00 | Practicals | Artemia - 2 (Group - 2) | R.F.Bombeo | ||
| 5:00–6:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 5 (Group - 2) | Staff | ||
| 6:00–7:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 6 (Group - 1) | Staff | ||
| 11:00–12:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 6 (Group - 2) | Staff | ||
| 12:00–1:00 | AM | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 7 (Group - 1) | Staff | |
| 12 August (T) | 5:00–6:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 7 (Group - 2) | Staff | |
| 6:00–7:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 8 (Group - 1) | Staff | ||
| 7:00–8:00 | Practicals | Phytoplankton Culture Techniques/Scale up Day -2/Gallons (Group - 1) | M.R. de la Pena | ||
| 8:30–12:00 | Practicals | Zooplankton Culture Techniques/Day - 0 (Group -1) | M.R. de la Pena | ||
| 8:00–12:00 | Practicals | Monitoring & Sampling/Instrumentation (Group - 2) | I.C. Berlongan | ||
| 11:00–12:00 | PM | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 8 (Group - 2) | Staff | |
| 12:00–1:00 | PM | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 9 (Group - 1) | Staff | |
| 1:30–5:30 | Practicals | Monitoring & Sampling/Instrumentation (Group - 1) | I.C. Berlongan | ||
| 1:00–4:30 | Practicals | Zooplankton Culture Techniques/Day - 0 (Group - 2) | M.R. de la Pena | ||
| 5:00–6:00 | Practicals | Phytoplankton Culture Techniques/Scale up Day - 2/Gallons (Group - 2) | M.R. de la pena | ||
| 5:00–6:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 9 (Group - 2) | Staff | ||
| 6:00–7:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 10 (Group - 1) | Staff | ||
| 11:00–12:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 10 (Group - 2) | Staff | ||
| 12:00–1:00 | AM | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 11 (Group - 1) | Staff | |
| 13 August (W) | 5:00–6:00 | AM | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 11 (Group - 2) | Staff |
| 6:00–7:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 12/Zooplankton - 1 (Group - 1) | Staff | ||
| 8:00–9:00 | Lecture | Nursery Culture Practices in Tanks | F.D. Estepa | ||
| 9:30–11:30 | Lecture | Nursery Culture Practices in Ponds | F.D. Apud | ||
| 11:00–12:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 12 (Group - 2) | Staff | ||
| 12:00–1:00 | PM | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 13 (Group - 1) | Staff | |
| 1:00–3:00 | Lecture | Nursery Culture Practices in Floating Cages | A.T.G. Young | ||
| 3:30–5:30 | Lecture | Disease Prevention and Control | C.L. Baticados | ||
| 5:00–6:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 13/Zooplankton - 1 (Group - 2) | Staff | ||
| 6:00–7:00 | PM | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 14 (Group - 1) | Staff | |
| 11:00–12:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 14 (Group - 2) | Staff | ||
| 12:00–1:00 | AM | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 1 /Termination of Experiment (Group - 1) | Staff | |
| 14 August (Th) | 5:00–6:00 | Practicals | Cell Density Monitoring & Counting - 15/Termination of Experiment (Group - 2) | Staff | |
| 6:30–7:30 | Practicals | Phytoplankton Culture techniques/Scale up Day-4/20 -JL | M.R. de la Pena | ||
| Zooplankton - 2 (Group 1) | Staff | ||||
| 8:00–12:00 | Practicals | Larval Monitoring (Group - 1) | C.L. Baticados | ||
| 8:00–10:00 | Lecture | Feed Formulation & Feeding (Group -2) | M.R. Catacutan | ||
| 10:00–12:00 | Practicals | Feed Formulation & Feeding (Group - 2) | M.R. Catacutan | ||
| 1:00–5:00 | PM | Practicals | Larval Monitoring (Group - 2) | C.L. Baticados | |
| 1:00–3:00 | Lecture | Feed Formulation & Feeding (Group - 1) | M.R. Catacutan | ||
| 3:00–5:00 | Practicals | Feed Formulation & Feeding (Group - 1) | M.R. Catacutan | ||
| 5:30–6:30 | Practicals | Phytoplankton Culture Techniques/Scale up Day-4/20-L | M.R. de la Pena | ||
| Zooplankton - 2 (Group - 2) | Staff | ||||
| 15 August (F) | 6:30–7:30 | AM | Practicals | Zooplankton Culture Techniques/Day - 3 (Group - 1) | Staff |
| 8:30–10:00 | Lecture | Design and Construction of Prawn Hatcheries | Engr. R.R. Platon | ||
| 10:30–12:00 | Lecture | Design and Construction of Prawn Hatcheries | Engr. R.R. Platon | ||
| 2:00–5:00 PM | Practicals | Designing Prawn Hatcheries | Engr. R.R. Platon | ||
| 5:30–6:30 | Practicals | Zooplankton Culture Techniques/Day - 3 (Group - 2) | Staff | ||
| 8:00–6:00 | Practicals-Overnight for P monodon/indicus Spawning & Egg Development (Group - 2) | A.I.G. Young/R.A. Posadas | |||
| 16 August (Sat) | 6:30–7:30 | AM | Practicals | Zooplankton Culture Techniques/Day - 4 (Group - 1) | Staff |
| 8:30–9:30 | Practicals | Phytoplankton Culture techniques/Scale up Day-6/200-L (Group - 1) | M.R. de la Pena | ||
| 10:00–11:30 | Lecture | Feasibility Study Format | D.C. Israel/R.F. Agbayani | ||
| 1:30–4:30 | Lecture | Production Economics of Prawn Hatcheries | D.C. Israel/R.F. Agbayani | ||
| 5:30–6:30 | PM | Practicals | Phytoplankton Culture Techniques/Scale up Day-6/200-L | M.R. de la Pena | |
| Zooplankton - 4 (Group - 2) | Staff | ||||
| 8:00–6:00 | AM | Practicals-Overnight for P monodon/indicus Spawning & Egg Development (Group - 1) | A.T.G. Young/R.A. Posadas | ||
| 17 August (S) | 6:30–7:30 | AM | Practicals | Zooplankton Culture Techniques - 5 (Group - 1) | Staff |
| 5:30–6:30 | PM | Practicals | Zooplankton Culture Techniques - 5 (Group - 2) | Staff | |
| 18 August (M) | Larval Rearing Practicals to 18 September (Thursday): Group - 1 Leganes; | A.A. Villaluz/E. Borlongas | |||
| Group -2 (Tigbauan) | F.D. Estepa/R.A. Caballere | ||||
| 05 Sept. (F) | 10:00–12:00 | AM | Practicals | Plankton Towing - Anhawan Group -2/Tigbauan Group | M.R. de la Pena |
| 1:30–5:00 | PM | Practicals | Isolation Techniques (Group 2/Tigbauan Group) | M.R. de la Pena | |
| 06 Sept. (Sat) | 10:00–12:00 | Practicals | Plankton Towing - Anhawan Group - 1/Leganes Group | M.R. de la Pena | |
| 1:30–5:00 | Practicals | Isolation Techniques Group - 1/Leganes Group | M.R. de la Pena | ||
| 19 Sept. (F) | Report Writing 1 | ||||
| 20 Sept. (Sat) | Report Writing 2 | ||||
| 21 Sept. (S) | Report Writing 3 | ||||
| 22 Sept. (M) | 8:00–12:00 | AM | Oral Presentation of Hatchery/Nursery Runs | ||
| 1:00–5:00 | PM | Oral Presentation of Feasibility Studies | |||
| 23 Sept. (T) | 8:00–12:00 | AM | Submission of Written Reports | ||
| 1:00–5:00 | PM | Course Evaluation/Recapitulation | |||
| 24 Sept. (W) | Signing of Clearance | ||||
| 25 Sept. (Th) | Graduation Ceremonies | ||||
| To be scheduled: | |||||
| 1. Cultural Tour | |||||
| 2. Post-training tour | |||||
