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Brackish Water Cage Culture of Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri), in South Alabama
Author(s) -
Tatum Walter M.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1973)102<826:bwccor>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - rainbow trout , salmo , brackish water , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , zoology , environmental science , ecology , salinity
Experiments in the brackish water culture of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) were conducted from 25 November 1971 to 24 March 1972 to determine the feasibility of providing a supplemental cash crop in the coastal water of Alabama during the winter. During this period trout were raised from an initial weight of 93.8 g to 354.8 g when stocked at 196 fish/m 3 and 322.3 g when stocked at 392 fish/m 3 . Rainbow trout acclimated easily to brackish water and their potential to southern mariculture appears promising.