Fisheries (Alternative B) Waec Syllabus

Below is this years Waec Syllabus for Fisheries (Alternative B). Note that this syllabus is for both internal and external candidates.

Aims and Objectives

  • 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
  • fish preservation and processing techniques

Scheme of Examination

There will be three papers, Papers 1, 2 and 3, all of 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: This will be a practical paper for school candidates and an alternative to a 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.

REQUIREMENTS

  • Schools offering Fisheries must have at least a small glass/plastic tank/aquarium and a fish pond/concrete tank.
  • The study should be supplemented by visits to well-established fish farms, fisheries research institutions, fishing companies and other institutions related to fisheries.
  • 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.
  • Schools should prepare an album of fishery organisms, fishing gear and craft and different fish-rearing facilities and equipment for teaching purposes.

Detailed Fisheries (Alternative B) Syllabus

BASIC CONCEPTS IN FISHERIES

  1. Introduction to Fisheries
    • Meaning of fisheries
    • Sub-divisions of fisheries
  2. Importance of fisheries

PROCESSES OF FISH PRODUCTION

  1. Capture fisheries
    • Different methods involved in capture  fisheries.
    • Materials  required for capture fisheries and their uses
  2. Culture fisheries
    • Identification of common qualities of culturable fish species
    • Identification of common culturable fishery organisms
    • Culture facilities

TYPES OF FISH CULTURE FACILITIES AND CULTURE SYSTEMS

  1. Fish ponds
    • Types of fish ponds
    • Components of fish ponds
  2. Systems of aquaculture
    • Types of aquaculture
    • Management systems in aquaculture
  3. Water quality control and monitoring
    • Definition of water quality
    • Water quality parameters
    • Methods of monitoring water quality
    • Water pollution
    • Optimum water parameter ranges

FISH FEEDS AND FEEDING

  1. Fish feed/food materials
    • Identification of different fish feed/food materials
    • Nutritive value of fish feed ingredients
  2. Fish feeding
    • Feeding regime for fish
    • Ideal feeding periods for fish
    • Methods of feeding

FISH POND PREPARATION AND  MANAGEMENT

  1. Fish pond construction
  2. Pond preparation
    • Tools  required for pond preparation
    • Preparation  of ponds for stocking
  3. Pond management
    • Meaning of pond management
    • Pond management practices

FISH HARVESTING AND POST-HARVESTING PROCESSES

  1. Materials and methods for harvesting fish
    • Fishing gear
    • Construction and mending of fishing gear.
    • Methods of fish harvesting
    • Fishing crafts
  2. Post-harvest handling of fish
    • Materials and methods for processing fish
    • Methods of fish preservation
    • Packaging materials for fish
    • Marketing channels for fish

FISH SEED PRODUCTION

  1. Brood stock selection and handling
    • Differences between male and female sexually mature fishes
    • Qualities of good breeders
    • Ways of handling brood stock
  2. Artificial breeding
    • Meaning and importance of artificial breeding.
    • Steps involved  in the artificial breeding of fishes.
    • Equipment and materials used in  the artificial breeding of fish
  3. Managing and nursing fish seed

PRACTICAL FISHERIES

  1. FISH  CULTURE
    • Environmental conditions in fish habitats
    • Tools and equipment used in fish culture.
    • Common culturable fish species
    • Fish feed and materials
    • Materials for  pond preparation
  2. FISHING GEAR AND CRAFT
    • Fishing gear
    • Fishing craft
  3. ISH PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION 
    • Fish processing and preservation
    • Equipment used in fish processing and preservation
    • Fish products and by-products
    • Fish packaging materials

LIST OF FACILITIES AND MAJOR EQUIPMENT

  1. Equipment / Quantity Required
    • DO(Dissolved Oxygen) meter : 2
    • pH meter: 2
    • Conductivity meter : 2
    • Thermometer : 50
    • Water Test Kits : 2
    • Microscopes : 4
    • Magnifying Glass : 30
    • Aquaria Tanks : 5
    • Hatching Troughs : 5
    • Nursery Tanks/Ponds : 3
    • Demonstration Ponds : 1 or more
    • Scoop Nets : 10
    • Aerators and Accessories : 10
    • Plastic Sieves : 10
    • Compounded Feeds : many bags
    • Grinding Machines : 2
    • Charts and Pictures : Assorted
    • Video Clips in Fisheries : Assorted
    • Pelleting Machine : 1
    • Dissection Kits : 2
    • Water pumps : 2
    • Secchi Disc : 2
    • Model Gillnet : 1
    • Model Cast net : 1
    • Model Siene net : 1
    • Model  traps : Assorted
    • Model hooks and line : 2
    • Model trawl net : 1
    • Netting materials : Assorted
    • Hooks packets : 20
    • Nylon ropes : 1
    • Mounting twine : 1
    • Canoe : 1
    • Paddles : 2
    • Gutting knives : 10
    • Measuring boards : 5
    • Weighing balances : 2
    • Hand gloves : 30
    • Freezers : 2
    • Ovens : 2
    • Kilns : 2
    • Fish drying racks : 2
    • Fish boxes : 5
    • Salting trays/basins : 5
    • Sun-drying mats : 5
    • Cardboards box : 5
    • Nylon : 10 (bundles)
    • Baskets : 10

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