International Educational Project on Fish Farming
More than 300 students, as well as teachers from 14 universities in the EAEU countries who train specialists in the field of fish farming and aquaculture, took part in the educational project “Growing valuable species of fish in recirculating aquaculture systemы.”
The course opened on March 13, 2024. Deputy Head of the Federal Fisheries Agency V.I. Sokolov addressed the participants of the educational program with a welcoming speech. According to him, courses of this type effectively solve the main problems facing the fishing industry - the development of import substitution, technological modernization, and improvement of human resources.
The course program presents current topics necessary for the formation of the most important competencies in future specialists - growing, feeding, breeding fish, selection work in fish farming, as well as the use of information technologies and modern equipment in the cultivation of aquatic organisms in closed water supply installations. Representatives of universities from countries participating in the project share their experiences and results of their work.
Petrozavodsk State University is represented as a lecturer by the Head of the Department of Animal Science, Fish Farming, Agronomy and Land Management of the Institute of Biology, Ecology and Agricultural Technologies, Associate Professor A.Yu. Volkova. A lecture was given to 27 fish farming students on the topic "Technology for obtaining planting material for rainbow trout in RAS." Technical support and assistance in organizing the online broadcast were provided by the staff of the Boiling Point - Petrozavodsk center.
“I am confident that the knowledge gained from the new joint educational project in the field of aquaculture production will help improve the competitiveness of the entire industry,“
said Armen Arutyunyan, Director of the EEC Department of Agro-Industrial Policy.
