Open AccessSEED STOCK FOR LOBSTER CULTURE: THE ROLE OF TEMPERATURE IN SYNCHRONIZING THE MOLT AND REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE OF CULTURED AMERICAN LOBSTERS
Author(s) -
Waddy S. L.,
Aiken D. E.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of the world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0735-0147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1984.tb00145.x
Subject(s) - biology , broodstock , larva , brood , domestication , stock (firearms) , moulting , fishery , zoology , ecology , aquaculture , fish <actinopterygii> , mechanical engineering , engineering
Female lobsters reared under high culture temperatures (20°C) have been poor producers of eggs and for this reason wild stock have been the source of seed for culture production. However, improvements in our understanding of the temperature control of female reproductive cycles have made it possible to obtain eggs and larvae from cultured brood stock and accelerate the development of a domesticated strain. More than 200 fast‐growing female lobsters hatched and reared in our intensive culture system are now being used as brood stock. During 1983, 2,500 fourth stage larval lobsters were obtained from cultured parental stock. These larvae are the first second generation lobsters reported from culture‐culture crosses and represent the first significant step in the development of domesticated lobsters for intensive culture.