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White Sturgeon Domestic Broodstock Management

Report of April 1997 to March 1998

Document format: pdf

Publisher: Western Regional Aquaculture Center

Creation date: March 31, 1998

The goal of this project is to develop management practices for domestic sturgeon broodstocks, and specific objectives are: 1) to investigate growth, sexual maturation, fecundity and gamete quality in broodstocks of California and Idaho; 2) to refine methodology of induced spawning; 3) to develop sperm cryopreservation; 4) to determine the effect of broodstock diets on growth and reproduction; 5) to elucidate the vertical transmission of sturgeon viruses and develop prevention methods; 6) to establish breeding objectives, broodfish selection, and initiate studies on genetic inheritance of important traits; 7) to develop a sturgeon broodstock manual for the aquaculture industry.

Key Words: USDA • WRAC • Sturgeon • White Sturgeon • Broodstock Management