Topic outline
This course is part of a series of four e-learning courses on bivalve mollusc sanitation for growing areas.
The fourth course in the e-learning series details "Growing area classification" and "Growing area management" in a bivalve mollusc sanitation programme. The course describes the process of risk categorization for a growing area as well as the overall management of a growing area in a bivalve mollusc sanitation programme.- Policy makers.
- Responsible authorities.
- Development practitioners and programme managers.
- Sectoral specialists and researchers.
- Bivalve mollusc producers.
- Trainers and extension agents.
- The purpose and methodology behind the classification of bivalve mollusc growing areas.
- The components of the classification process, the criteria for each classification category, and the standard approach for defining these criteria in the absence of existing regulatory requirements.
- How to classify a growing area using example data sets.
- Effective growing area management strategies, including elements of expected and unexpected event management plans, surveillance plans, and communication strategies.
This course consists of three lessons of approximately 30-60 minutes each:
- Lesson 1 - Classification principles
- Lesson 2 - Classification in practice
- Lesson 3 - Growing area management
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