Open AccessTwo Years Of Brackish Water Pond Culture Of Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis) In South Alabama 1
Author(s) -
Powell Madison R.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual meeting ‐ world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0164-0399
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1976.tb00056.x
Subject(s) - bass (fish) , fishery , brackish water , biology , morone saxatilis , zoology , mariculture , predation , serranidae , stocking , fish <actinopterygii> , aquaculture , ecology , salinity
A total of 615, 789, 2.5–5.0 cm striped bass (Morone saxatilis) fingerlings was produced in brackish water ponds at the Alabama Marine Resources Divisions 1 Claude peteet Mariculture Center during the 1974–1975 striped bass production seasons. Due primarily to changes in culture technique, production in 1975 was increased almost five‐fold over 1974 production. During the 1975 season, average percentage survival among fry from thirty, 0.081 ha ponds was 32.3%, producing an average of 199, 977 fingerlings per ha with an average gain of 1.8 kg per ha per day. The fish remained in the ponds an average of 33 days. Fifty thousand 7‐day old striped bass fry stocked into a 0.081 ha pond containing marine predators survived at a rate of 2.7% over a 46‐day period. Differences in survival during pond culture of fry from different female brood fish were observed.