Open AccessSpecific features of long-term domestication of australian crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus in conditions of the western part of Russian Federation
Author(s) -
Dina Ilyinichna Shokasheva
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
izvestiâ tinro/izvestiâ tihookeanskogo naučno-issledovatelʹskogo rybohozâjstvennogo centra
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-5510
pISSN - 1606-9919
DOI - 10.26428/1606-9919-2018-194-188-192
Subject(s) - crayfish , cherax quadricarinatus , domestication , biology , russian federation , ecology , term (time) , fishery , geography , physics , quantum mechanics , regional science
Natural populations of crayfish are in depression in Russia and local species are not cultivated. In this situation, experimental cultivation of allochtonous australian crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus is conducted. This species is distinguished by high reproductive abilities and good consumer properties. It has domesticated in Russia spontaneously and produced 9–10 generations in Astrakhan Region. Certain natural selection in the process of domestication provides adaptive ability of this species to local environments and its capability to reproduce a viable progeny, so there is no doubts in good prospects of its cultivation in industrial conditions.