Open AccessBRACKISH WATER CULTURE OF STRIPED BASS IN LOUISIANA
Author(s) -
Perry W. Guthrie,
Carver Dudley C.,
Williams Arthur M.
Publication year - 1977
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.1749-7345.1977.tb00110.x
Subject(s) - brackish water , bass (fish) , stocking , fishery , morone saxatilis , salinity , biology , zoology , ecology
Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) have been cultured in brackish water ponds since 1972 as part of Louisiana's Anadromus fisheries project. Over the past five years, 648,872 fingerlings have been reared to stocking size in ponds with salinities ranging up to 10.8 ppt. Annual percent survival from fry to fingerling ranged from .03% in 1972 to 34.0% in 1976. Increased survival is attributed to improvements in nursery and pond rearing techniques. A bioassey in 1976 indicated two‐day old fry were dead at 30 hours in 24.5 ppt salinity. Fry in 10, 15 and 20 ppt survived two weeks with no apparent harmful effect.