FISHERIES (ALTERNATIVE B)**
(For candidates in Nigeria only)
- PREAMBLE
This syllabus has been designed to assess Fisheries as a trade for livelihood with emphasis on the acquisition of knowledge and skills in Fisheries and entrepreneurial skills associated with the content.
Candidates will be expected to answer questions on all the topics set out in the column headed Syllabus. The notes therein are intended to indicate the scope of the questions which will be set, but they are not to be considered as an exhaustive list of limitations and illustrations.
- AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The syllabus will therefore seek to assess candidates on:
- the importance of fisheries in the socio-economic development of West Africa;
- skills in fish farming;
- basic entrepreneurial skills in fisheries related vocations;
- the effects of water pollution on fishery resources;
(5) fish preservation and processing techniques.
- 3. REQUIREMENTS
(1) Schools offering Fisheries must have at least a small glass/plastic tank/aquarium and a fish pond/concrete tank.
(2) The study should be supplemented by visits to well established fish farms, fisheries research institutions, fishing companies and other institutions related to fisheries.
(3) It is recommended that candidates keep practical notebooks which should contain records of activities based on laboratory and individual observations carried out in glass tanks/aquaria and fish farms, field trips and also records of specimens collected.
(4) Schools should prepare an album of fishery organisms, fishing gear and craft and different fish rearing facilities and equipment for teaching purposes.
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