Aquaculture and Fisheries Management

Aquaculture & Fisheries Management prepares students to work in the aquaculture and fisheries industries as culturists, biologists, nutritionists, processors, hatchery managers or research specialists.  
 
Many program graduates work for state and federal fisheries agencies within the various wildlife divisions. During this hands-on program, students learn about fish biology, fish breeding and production, recirculating environments, disease control and prevention and feeding. Upon completion of the program, students will be competent in the rearing of commercial fish crops from fry or larvae to adult.  
 
Arizona Game and Fish Partnership  
Arizona Game and Fish Department's Page Springs Hatchery, in cooperation with Yavapai College, serves as a primary training agency for students pursuing degrees in aquaculture. Page Springs produces over one million Rainbow Trout annually and cultures endangered species such as the razorback sucker in the Bubbling Ponds warm-water facility.  

Yavapai College is one of only 10 community colleges with aquaculture training facilities in the United States. The facilities include large-scale commercial tilapia production tanks, trout-rearing raceways, fresh-water prawn tanks and a recreational lake containing large mouth bass, bluegill and minnows. Aquaculture & Fisheries Management classes are offered at the Chino Valley Agribusiness & Science Technology Campus and the Verde Valley Campus.