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Introductions of distinct stocks of chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum), into natural populations of the species
Author(s) -
Altukhov Yu. P.,
Salmenkova E. A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1990.tb05017.x
Subject(s) - oncorhynchus , spawn (biology) , biology , hatchery , fishery , alien , stock (firearms) , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , population , geography , demography , archaeology , sociology , census
Populations of chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta , are recognizable by the allelic frequencies of allozyme loci. Identification of these was used to assess the return of spawning adults to alien rivers into which they were introduced via hatchery‐reared, artificially‐fertilized eggs obtained from populations elsewhere in the Soviet Far East. Coefficients of return to spawn in the alien rivers were much lower than returns for the native fish, and in succeeding generations the alien fish disappeared from the spawning runs. It is concluded that transplanting salmonid eggs between populations is ineffective as a means of establishing new stock in territory already occupied by another stock, and the practice is deplored on grounds of conserving unique gene pools within species.