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Sheepshead culture and preliminary evaluation for farming
| Title: | Sheepshead culture and preliminary evaluation for farming. |
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| Name(s): |
Tucker, John W., Jr. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 1987 | |
| Publisher: | American Fisheries Society; Taylor & Francis | |
| Place of Publication: | Bethesda, MD | |
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| Extent: | 6 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007442 (IID), 10.1577/1548-8640(1987)49<224:SCAPEF>2.0.CO;2 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Sheepsheads (Archosargus probatocephalus)
were spawned and reared under aquacultural conditions,
yielding more than 6,000 juveniles. Survival from
fertilization to 101 d was 39.7%; mean weight was 7.6
g. Survival and growth were better in saltwater ponds
than in freshwater ponds. After 9 months, the sheepsheads
weighed as much as 450 g, and an average 295-g
fish was growing 1.9 gld. In 15.5 months (three with
little feeding), average weight was 573 g. Sheepsheads
are omnivorous, tolerate extreme conditions, grow rapidly,
and are of high food quality. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 608 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Tucker, John W., Jr. (1987). Sheepshead culture and preliminary evaluation for farming. Progressive Fish-Culturist 49(3), 224-228. doi: 10.1577/1548- 8640(1987)49<224:SCAPEF>2.0.CO;2 |
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| Subject(s): |
Freshwater drum Sheepshead Fish culture Aquaculture |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007442 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
