Preface

This book aims to address the essential EAP needs of the undergraduate students of Fisheries with intermediate to upper-intermediate levels of general English proficiency. It encompasses certain fill-in, cloze, structure, discussion, and multiple-choice tasks as the principal methods of boosting reading comprehension. The choice of authentic texts with the footnote definitions of challenging words can also guarantee the semantic competence of the target group. After they read this book, students can develop an understanding of 

• Aquaculture and its history

• Different species of the cultured aquatic

• Principles of aquaculture

• Design and construction of fish farms

• Extensive, semi-intensive, and intensive aquaculture production systems

• Recirculating aquaculture systems

• Artificial breeding and fertilization methods

• Fishing methods

• Marine and freshwater ecology

• Migration and osmoregulatory adaptation of aquatic animals

• Pen and cage culture

• Hydrochemistry and water quality assessment

• Food chain in water bodies, planktons, nektons and fishes 

• Hardness and alkalinity and their effects on cultivated aquatics and

• Major fish stocks in the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea, and inland waters of Iran through the medium of the English language. 

The author would appreciate the perceptive comments and constructive feedback of instructors and students for subsequent versions. They can reach the author at fzolfaghari@iut.ac.ir or English Language Center, Isfahan University of Technology.

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