Course Number: FT130
Course Title: Fishing Gear Design and Machinery

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

General

This course is designed to provide the learner with the basic knowledge and skills regards fishing gear designs, fishing machineries and fishing instruments.

Specific

Students will be able to:

1. Describe the main characteristics of materials used for fishing gear
2. Describe the major components of netting yeans, fiber ropes and wire ropes
3. Describe basic fishing gear
4. Make a simple fishing gear design drawing
5. Describe basic concept of mesh size selectivity
6. Describe sound wave propagation in the water
7. Analyze typical echo of fish finder
8. Describe sonar basics
9. Describe classification of fishing machineries
10. Outline power supply system of fishing machinery
11. Outline hydraulic systems