A comparison of loading densities for sockeye salmon in a gravel incubator / by Judy E. McDonald.: Fs143-2/77-2E-PDF

"An upwelling gravel incubator was operated at Fulton River, B. C., to establish optimum egg densities for sockeye salmon production. Load levels were 5,000 to 11,000 eggs per layer, eggs were planted while soft, in gravel 2.5 to 3.2 cm in diameter with an approximate total inflow of 795 1/min. for 1.5 million eggs. Comparisons were made of egg-to-fry survival, emergence timing and fry quality between egg densities. Satisfactory survivals to the fry stage were obtained at all load levels, although fry emerging from egg densities of 11,000 eggs per layer were shorter. Furthermore, fry migrations were contracted in those sections planted at 9,000 and 11,000 eggs per layer. It was concluded that practical egg densities for sockeye production are considered below 11,000 eggs per layer under the above conditions"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Fisheries and Marine Service. Pacific Region, issuing body.
Title A comparison of loading densities for sockeye salmon in a gravel incubator / by Judy E. McDonald.
Series title Technical report series ; PAC/T-77-2
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references (page 15).
Publishing information [Vancouver] : Canada Department of Fisheries and the Environment, Pacific Region, [1977]
Author / Contributor McDonald, Judy E., author.
Description 1 online resource (iv, 21 pages) : charts.
Catalogue number
  • Fs143-2/77-2E-PDF
Subject terms Fishes -- Eggs.
Sockeye salmon.
Fish culture -- British Columbia.
Poissons -- Oeufs.
Saumon rouge.
Pisciculture -- Colombie-Britannique.
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