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CTE Advanced Aquaculture and Fisheries Framework

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Pacific Education Institute

Orig. Pub. Date

8/2025

Date Added

December 23, 2025

  • Type: Career & Technical Education
  • Standards: 21st Century Skills, AFNR Cluster Skills, Agriculture, Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources (AFNR), and Natural Resources (AFNR), and Natural Resources (AFNR); 21st Century Skills; Environment & Sustainability; Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and Natural Resources (AFNR); 21st Century Skills; Environment & Sustainability; Social Emotional Learning (SEL); Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Career Ready Practices, Common Core: Math, Common Core: Math; Agriculture, Common Core: Science, Food, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), NGSS
  • Topic: Agriculture, Aquaculture, Biodiversity, Career Explore, Career Prep, Careers, Climate, Community Science, Conservation and Environmental Education, Ecosystem Services, Estuaries, Food, Food Web, Habitat, Human Impact, Invasive Species, Migration, Ocean, Restoration Ecology, Salmon, Shellfish, Stewardship, Water, Wildlife
  • Grades/Bands: 9th-12ths, 9th-12th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

This course framework applies scientific and mathematical principles to aquaculture and fisheries management. The course includes units on safety, well-being, and ethics; stewardship and sustainability, aquatic organisms’ biology and ecology, water quality and animal husbandry, data science and analysis, facility and equipment operations and maintenance, communication, and marketing, and career pathways. The course aligns with and can be used with the Exploratory Introduction to Aquaculture and Fisheries framework. Students will complete a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) as part of the course. The course is designed to meet requirements for 1.0 credit of lab science or 1.0 credit of Geometry/Integrated Math II.

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