Over the previous decade aquaculture industries eclipsed wild capture fisheries as the dominant source of global seafood production. This trend will only continue further. For aquaculture to sustainably increase capacity, we need to acknowledge and mitigate its impacts on environmental integrity, the health and welfare of farmed animals, and human health. Our collective experience with the COVID-19 pandemic has made this clear – the emergence and spread of viral pathogens is at the forefront of these impacts from human development. This elective course provides applied experience exploring how virus ecology and evolution respond to aquaculture expansion and other human activities in our oceans.
Syllabus
Case Study Assignment
1. Course introduction and oyster herpesviruses
2. Oyster herpesviruses overview (lecture recording)
3. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (lecture recording)
4. Haliotid herpesvirus-1 (lecture recording)