This module provides students with the opportunity to understand the connections between aquaculture and post-production operations as well as the financial, economic and marketing issues. This module will focus on basic business principles, marketing and economics, including that of the aquaculture markets in Singapore. The issues of sustainable development are elaborated here with the help of case studies relating to aquaculture development. Practical planning issues such as sourcing materials, farming regulation and set-up, energy flows and ecological systems as well as some systems based approaches are also introduced to the students. Students will ultimately be able to draft out a Best Management Practices (BMP) for the aquaculture industry.