Aquaculture provides over 50% of the seafood for human consumption. As the fastest growing sector of food production, growing at a rate of ~10% annually, it has reshaped the fishery industry and fisheries management strategies worldwide. The Professional Masters Program in Aquaculture focuses on the environmental, technological, social, economic, legal, and political aspects of sustainable aquaculture. The program covers all stages of planning and development, from site and species selection to feasibility studies, resource evaluation, hatchery and grow-out technology, and commercialization. Emphasis is placed on the environmental sustainability of commercially important marine fish species, as well as shrimp and mollusks.
The program combines extensive laboratory courses with substantial hands-on experiences at the University of Miami Experimental Hatchery (UMEH), working with broodstock, spawning, larval rearing, live feed production, nurseries, and shipping/transport. Furthermore, students participate in a field course (MES 619: Aquaculture III) organized in collaboration with the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and conducted simultaneously with the Annual Workshop on the “Physiology and Aquaculture of Pelagics with Emphasis on Reproduction and Early Developmental Stages of Yellowfin Tuna”. This 2-week, intensive field course takes place at the world renowned Achotines Laboratory in Provincia de Los Santos, on the Pacific coast of the Republic of Panama.
The MPS in Aquaculture focuses on the environmental, technological, social, economic, legal, and political aspects of sustainable aquaculture. The program covers all stages of planning and development, from site and species selection to feasibility studies, resource evaluation, hatchery and grow-out technology, and commercialization. Please see our departmental website for more information about this program.
Dr. Daniel Benetti
Aquaculture Management Track
Dr. John D. Stieglitz
Aquaculture Management Track
Fall
Credit Hours
MES 612
Aquaculture I
3
MES 660
& MES 661Introduction to Marine Geographic Information Systems
and Introduction to Marine Geographic Information Systems - Laboratory (or ELECTIVE)3
MES 602 or 625
Economics of Natural Resources
or Fisheries Socioeconomics and Management3
MES 617
Aquaculture IV: Aquaculture Business, Regulatory, and Environmental Considerations
3
Credit Hours
12
Spring
Credit Hours
MES 613
Aquaculture II: Advanced Techniques in Sustainable Aquaculture (Lab Course)
3
MES 628
Seafood Market and Marketing
3
MBE 686
or MES 629Environmental Biology of Fishes (or ELECTIVE)
or Biology, Ecology, and Management of Mangrove Ecosystems3
Credit Hours
9
Summer
Credit Hours
MES 619
Aquaculture III: Field Course
3
MES 805
MPS Internship
6
Credit Hours
9
Total Credit Hours
30
Students may take any elective on the RSMAS campus with the consent of their faculty advisor. Below are a few examples of courses past students in this program used as electives.
For more details, visit the UM Bulletin
Code
Title
Credit Hours
BIL 623
Advanced Biology of Marine Invertebrates
4
MES 720
Coastal Law and Policy
3
MBE 676
Diseases of Marine Organisms
3
MES 620
Environmental Law
3
MES 710
International Ocean Law And Governance
3
MES 671
Marine Conservation Biology: An Ecosystem-Based Paradigm
3
MBE 642
Oceans and Human Health
3
MES 616
Ocean Policy and Development and Analysis
3
RSM 649
Scientific Communication
3
RSM 612
Statistics for Environmental Management
3
MBE 614
Tropical Marine Biology: A Field Course
3
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