Improvement in the efficiency of stocking lakes with larvae of Coregonus albula L. by delaying hatching |
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| Authors: | M Luczynski |
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| Institution: | Institute of Ichthyobiology and Fisheries, Academy of Agriculture and Technology, 10-957 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Bl. 37 Poland |
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| Abstract: | Low survival of vendace (Coregonus albula) eggs incubating on natural spawning grounds (due to silting, oxygen deficits and action of predators) is discussed as one of the reasons for the great fluctuation in numbers of commercial fish. Incubation of eggs in hatcheries where the survival rate averages 60% could compensate for the great numerical disparity between the eggs spawned naturally and those taken for hatcheries. In the absence of the effects of mass stocking of lakes with vendace larvae, one can conclude that apparent mortality during the larval stage also determines the strength of the successive year-class.Vendace larvae are usually stocked immediately after the ice cover recedes from lakes. At this time they often face a period of cold weather when water temperature is low and food organisms are scarce. Poor environmental conditions cause slow growth of larvae. This increases the period of highest vulnerability of the larvae to predation.It is possible to accelerate the growth of larvae by synchronizing the time of stocking with the development of favourable thermal conditions and food availability in lakes. In Polish climatic conditions the first 10 days of May seem to be a suitable time for stocking lakes.A technique for delaying vendace egg hatching by cooling the hatchery water has been developed. It enables hatching of vendace to be delayed from the beginning of April until the beginning of May, thereby inducing mass hatching of larvae when lake conditions are optimal for stocking. |
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