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WAEC Syllabus is a subject outline that contains topics that a candidate intending to seat for an examination for that particular subject is required to cover prior to the exam in order to stand a chance of performing excellently in the exam.

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WAEC Syllabus For Fisheries

Without wasting much time, the syllabus for Fisheries are as follows:

Aims And Objectives / Preamble

(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.

SCHEME OF EXAMINATION

There will be three papers, Papers 1, 2 and 3 all which must be taken.  Papers 1 and 2 will be a composite paper to be taken at one sitting.

PAPER 1:       Will consist of forty multiple choice objective questions all of which should be answered within 40 minutes for 40 marks.

PAPER 2:       Will consist of six essay questions.  Candidates will be required to

Answer four questions within 2 hours for 80 marks.

PAPER 3:       Will be a practical paper for school candidates and alternative to practical work paper for private candidates. Each version of the paper will consist of four questions all of which should be answered within 1½ hours for 60 marks.

DETAILED SYLLABUS

CONTENTSNOTES
A.    BASIC CONCEPTS IN FISHERIES

1.       Introduction to Fisheries

(a)    Meaning of fisheries.

(b)         Sub-divisions of fisheries.

2.   Importance of fisheries.

B.   PROCESSES OF FISH PRODUCTION

1.   Capture fisheries

(a)     Different methods involved in

capture  fisheries.

(b)     Materials  required for capture

fisheries and their uses.

 

 

 

Explanation of the terms fishery and fisheries. Fisheries refer to all processes involved in fish production, processing, marketing and distribution. Fishery is one aspect of fish production.

Knowledge of the following is required

(i)                 Capture fisheries (fishing):

–          subsistence fisheries;

–          artisanal fisheries;

–          industrial fisheries.

(ii)               Culture fisheries (aquaculture).

Importance of fisheries e.g. food, employment, income generation, social-cultural activities, aesthetics, medicinal etc.

Various methods of capture fisheries such as hook and line, cast netting, set netting, trap/trapping, trawling, harpooning should be assessed.

Assessment  should include hooks, cages, knives/cutlasses, traps/basins, spears, cast nets, gill nets, seine nets, drag nets. Knowledge of the uses of the materials is required.

                 CONTENTSNOTES
  1. Culture fisheries.

(a)     Identification of common qualities of

culturable fish species.

(b)   Identification of common culturable

fishery organisms.

(c)    Culture facilities.

C.    TYPES OF FISH CULTURE     FACILITIES AND CULTURE SYSTEMS

1.    Fish ponds.

(a)   Types of fish ponds.

(b)       Components of fish ponds.

  1. Systems of aquaculture.

(a)    Types of aquaculture.

(b)    Management systems in aquaculture.

  1. Water quality control and monitoring.

(a)     Definition of water quality.

(b)   Water quality parameters.

 

 

Students should have the knowledge of the qualities of culturable fish species such as hardiness, acceptability of artificial fish feeds, tolerance to poor water quality, ability to reproduce in captivity.

Students should be able to identify common culturable fishery organisms such as Clariasspp, Tilapia, Heterobranchus, shrimp, sea weeds.

Assessment should include description of culture facilities such as ponds, tanks, race ways, cages, pens.

Knowledge of different types of fish ponds: earthen ponds, concrete tanks, plastic tanks, fibre glass tanks etc is required.

Assessment should be limited to the components of fish ponds: inlets, outlets, dykes/embankments/walls, monks and spillways.

Explanation of monoculture, poly culture and integrated fish farming is required.

Assessment should include the extensive, intensive and semi intensive systems of aquaculture management.

Conditions of water that promote good health of fishery organisms for survival should be assessed .

Assessment should cover the various water  quality parameters such as dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, temperature, turbidity, conductivity.

CONTENTSNOTES
(c)    Methods of monitoring water quality.

(d)   Water pollution.

(e)    Optimum water parameter ranges

D.  FISH FEEDS AND FEEDING

1.   Fish feed/food materials.

(a)   Identification of different fish feed/food

materials

(b)   Nutritive value of fish feed ingredients

2. Fish feeding.

(a)  Feeding regime for fish.

(b) Ideal feeding periods for fish.

Knowledge of the methods used in monitoring water quality: DO meter, wrinkler method, pH meter, litmus test etc is required.

Knowledge of water pollution should be assessed under the following headings:

–              causes (poisons, sewage, debris, household refuse);

–          prevention and control.

Knowledge of optimum water parameter ranges is required:

–           DO(5.0 – 8.0 mg/l);

–          pH(6.5 – 8.0);

–          turbidity (secchi disc measurement less than 30 cm).

Knowledge of natural fish food (phytoplankton and zooplankton) and artificial fish feed should be covered.  A clear distinction between food and feed  should be made.

Assessment should cover energy yielding ingredients (corn, wheat bran, garri, rice bran etc.) and protein yielding ingredients (soya bean, fish meal, groundnut cake etc.). Details of ration formulation and biochemical details are not required.

Knowledge should cover explanation of feeding regime such as 3% – 5 % of fish body weight based on age/size is required.

Knowledge of ideal feeding periods based on age/size is required.

CONTENTSNOTES
           (c) Methods of feeding.

E. FISH POND PREPARATION AND  MANAGEMENT

1.  Fish pond construction

2.  Pond preparation

(a)   Tools  required for pond preparation.

(b)   Preparation  of ponds for stocking.

3. Pond management.

(a)   Meaning of pond management.

(b)  Pond management practices.

F.   FISH HARVESTING AND POST HARVESTING PROCESSES

1.  Materials and methods for harvesting fish.

(a)  Fishing gear

(b)   Construction and mending of fishing

gear.

(c)    Methods of fish harvesting.

(d)  Fishing crafts

Assessment should cover feeding methods such as broadcasting, spot/point feeding, automated feeding.

Assessment would cover site selection; construction of earthen ponds: land measurement/mapping, staking, excavation, building of dykes etc; construction of concrete ponds: land measurement/mapping, staking, stripping of the top soil, concrete base or casting, building with correct mixtures of sand, gravel and cement etc.

Knowledge of tools such as digger, head pan, cutlass, wheelbarrow, spade, hand trowel is required.

Knowledge of maintenance activities of old and new ponds should include:

–      flushing of water;                           –      repair of  leakages/cracks;                  –      liming and fertilization                                          –      drying and cleaning etc.

Assessment should cover monitoring water quality, daily checking of leakages/seepage, methods of feeding and stocking, stocking rate and time etc.

Knowledge of the various fishing gear is required.

Knowledge of the materials used for construction and mending of fishing gear is required. Details of construction and mending are required.

Assessment should cover the various methods of harvesting fish

Knowledge of the various types of fishing crafts is required.

             CONTENTSNOTES
          2.  Post-harvest handling of fish

(a)  Materials and methods for

processing fish.

(b)  Methods of fish preservation.

(c)  Packaging materials for fish

(d)   Marketing channels for fish.

G.  FISH SEED PRODUCTION

1.  Brood stock selection and handling.

(a)  Differences between male and female sexually matured fishes.

(b)  Qualities of good breeders.

(c)  Ways of handling brood stock .

2. Artificial breeding

(a)  Meaning and importance of artificial breeding.

(b)      Steps involved  in artificial breeding of

fishes.

 

 

Assessment should cover the different methods of fish processing and preservation.

A clear distinction between fish processing and fish preservation should be made.

Knowledge of the qualities of good breeders should include hardiness, ability to breed in captivity, large size, without defects etc.

Assessment should cover ideal period of transporting fish; duration in confinement and careful handling of brood stock.

Assessment should cover: the meaning of artificial breeding as ‘manipulating the sexually matured fish to spawn or reproduce in captivity’; importance of artificial breeding such as to:

–          obtain high quality hybrids;

–          obtain large quantity of fish seed;

–          make fingerlings readily available.

Brood stock selection, conditioning, inducement, stripping, fertilization and incubation of fertilized eggs should be assessed.

 

CONTENTSNOTES
       (c) Equipment and materials used in  the

artificial breeding of fish

3.      Managing and nursing fish seed

Assessment should cover knowledge of equipment and materials such as basins, happa net, hatching troughs, syringes, aquaria tanks, microscope.

Assessment should include maintaining optimum water condition (aeration), feeding with natural food organisms (plankton), introduction of artificial feed based on size, separation of dead/unfertilized eggs  from hatchlings, transferring to production/grow- out ponds/tanks, sorting of shooters/jumpers etc.

 

PRACTICAL FISHERIES

CONTENTSNOTES
  1. FISH  CULTURE

1.      Environmental conditions in fish habitats.

2.      Tools and equipment used in fish culture.

3.      Common culturable fish species.

4.      Fish feed and materials.

5.  Materials for  pond preparation

 

  1. FISHING GEAR AND CRAFT

1.       Fishing gear.

2.      Fishing craft.

 

  1. FISH PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION 

1.  Fish processing and preservation.

2. Equipment used in fish processing and

preservation.

3. Fish products and by-products.

4. Fish packaging materials.

 

Measurement of environmental conditions is required: temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH and turbidity.

Identification, uses and maintenance of fishery tools and equipment e.g. secchi disc, water pump, pelleting machine, aerators.

Identification of common culturable fish species in your country is required.  Knowledge of scientific names is required.

Identification of types of fish feed and uses of fish feed materials is required.

Identification and uses of materials for pond preparation: lime , fertilizers etc is required

Identification, description and uses of fishing gear e.g. gill net, cast net, seine, traps.  Identification of parts and their functions should be assessed. Maintenance of fishing gear is also required.

Identification, description, uses and maintenance of fishing craft should be assessed.

Assessment should include the identification of common processed and preserved fish; identification and uses of common processing and preservation methods.

Identification and uses of fish processing equipment e.g. knives, measuring bowls, weighing balances, hand gloves; fish preservation equipment e.g. freezer, smoking kiln.

Identification and uses of fish products and by-products e.g. fish scales, fish oil, fish skin.

Identification of fish packaging materials e.g. fish boxes, nylon, baskets, cardboard

LIST OF FACILITIES AND MAJOR EQUIPMENT

ITEM NO.EQUIPMENTQUANTITY REQUIRED
1DO(Dissolved Oxygen) meter2
2.pH meter2
3.Conductivity meter2
4.Thermometer50
5.Water Test Kits2
6.Microscopes4
7.Magnifying Glass30
8.Aquaria Tanks5
9.Hatching Troughs5
10.Nursery Tanks/Ponds3
11.Demonstration Ponds1 or more
12.Scoop Nets10
13.Aerators and Accessories10
14.Plastic Sieves10
15.Compounded FeedsMany bags
16.Grinding Machines2
17.Charts and PicturesAssorted
18.Video Clips in FisheriesAssorted
19.Pelleting Machine1
20.Dissection Kits2
21.Water Pumps2
22.Secchi Disc2
23Model Gillnet1
24Model Cast net1
25Model Siene net1
26Model  trapsAssorted
27Model hooks and line2
28Model trawl net1
29Netting materialsAssorted
30Hooks packets20(nos 1-20)
31Nylon ropes1
32Mounting twine1
33Canoe1
34Paddles2
35Gutting knives10
36Measuring boards5
37Weighing balances2
38Hand gloves30
39Freezers2
40Ovens2
41Kilns2
42Fish drying racks2
43Fish boxes5
44Salting trays/basins5
45Sun-drying mats5
46Cardboards box5
47Nylon10(bundles)
48Baskets10

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