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what is the most widely enhanced perciform fish in USA?

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bass. hybrids most commonly used.
- all in genus Morone
- Family Moronidae

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what are genus Morone fish usually confused with?

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Centrarchids, like pumpkin seeds, large and smallmouth bass

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what species of Moronidae is european?

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Dicentrarchus labrax

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Name the four bass that we are covering, including latin names.

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Morone saxailus - striped bass
M. chrysops - white bass (not cultured for meat)
M. americana - white perch
M. mississippiensis - yellow bass

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Heterosis def’n

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hybrid vigour. hybrids do better than the plain species do.

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four reasons why Morone spp display heterosis

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i. increased survival
ii. higher early growth rates
iii. increased disease resistance
iv. better conversion efficiency (FCR)

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name 5 hybrid bass

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palmetto - original hybrid. most important
sunshine - reciprocal hybrid. most important
virginia
maryland
paradise

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cross what to get a palmetto bass

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female striped bass and male white bass.

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cross what to get a sunshine bass

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female white bass with male striped bass

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cross what to get a virginia bass

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female striped bass with male white perch

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cross what to get a maryland bass

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female white perch with male striped bass

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cross what to get a paradise bass

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female white perch with male yellow bass

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name three facts for hybrids

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  • are intruders morphologically
  • have broken stripes
  • F2 hybrids possible
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Palmetto bass

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  • most widely used in enhancement
  • female str. bass - non-adhesive eggs and large fry. take artemia from start.
  • hardier than parent
  • grow faster up to 3-4 lbs
  • max size 25-30lbs
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Sunshine Bass

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  • most common in commercial culture
  • eggs adhesive and must start fry on rotifers
  • takes about one month longer in grow out
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Striped Bass

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  • > 100lbs
  • only females >20lbs
  • range gulf of st. lawrence to N. florida
  • introduced to W. coast 1879, range columbia to california
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Striped bass: Spawning info

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spring spawners
-short migration
-stocked in FW bodies and resevoirs
-complete life cycle in FW
-iteroparous, anadromous
-females mature in 5-7years
males mature in 3 years
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Striped bass: eggs

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scatter non-adhesive eggs near surface over deep water
-fercundity = 15,000 for 1.5females
3,000 000 for 20kg females
normal ~ 200,000- 700,000
-egg size 3.3-5.7mm hardened
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Striped bass: eggs. Hatch schedule

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hatch in 2-3 days
button up 4-5 days later
must have live food. artemis
strictly carnivores. small fish, benthic inverts, annelids.

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what type of stomach do striped bass have?

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Carnivores. Large stomach and short intestine. Meal feeders.

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White bass: general info

  • where do they occur
  • how long till maturity
  • max size
  • when spawn
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  • occur in marine, primarily FW fish
  • native to St. lawrence, Mississippi/ohio drainage, south to mexico
  • mature at 2-3 years
  • max 6lb 13oz
  • spring spawners, same time as striped bass
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white bass: general info

  • what type of eggs
  • how many eggs
  • what size eggs
  • how long incubation
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  • scatter adhesive eggs over plants
  • 1.5kg female 400,000-600,000 eggs
  • eggs 2.8-3.1mm
  • 2-3 day incubation
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Temperature for Morone:

Tolerance, Optimum

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T: 15-24
O: 17-19

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DO for Morone:

Tolerance, Optimum

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T: 4ppm
O: saturated

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pH for Morone: | Tolerance, Optimum
T: 6.5-9.0 O: 7.5-8.5
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``` Optimum range for: Ca+2 Salinity NO3 NO2 Unionized NH3 TGP Ns Suspended Solids ```
Ca+2= 200-250ppm Sal= 0-5%o NO3 <80ppm
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What type of bass has the biggest problem with broodstock?
palmetto
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what type of bass is difficult to predict ovulation in captivity?
female striped bass
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where is the brood held, and fed what?
12' circulars, fed trout pellets, fresh squid, herring.
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what is the PC?
pellet concentration
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what is the [PC] for O2?
5-6ppm
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where do you get white bass brood?
the wild
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Brood Capture: - taken from where - using what
- spawning grounds | - pounds net, trammel nets, gill nets
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what hormones are brood given at capture?
HCG or LHRHa
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what are the peramitors for truck transport? | O2, Salinity, temperature, CaCl2, Maranil
Pure O2, 5-10%o sal, CaCl2 100ppm, <18*C, Maranil 1/3ppm, 30-45kg/m3
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are bass sexually dimorphic?
no, but females have bulging bellies when ripe, and males begin to express milt before females are ripe.
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how do you spawn pure striped bass?
manual spawning, tank spawning. Manual is the only option for hybrids
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Describe Tank Spawning for Bass
- easiest, most successful. No staging of females. - 6-8ft FRP tanks w internal standpipes - air curtain around screen prevents eggs from being stuck - 2 males/1 female per tank - covered tanks, siphon left in to check for eggs and do egg inventory - sac fry and eggs incubated in tanks then siphoned or netted into pond or aquaria
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Manual spawning for bass | -what hormone is given?
LHRHa 5-20 ug/kg male and female
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how do you sample eggs for bass?
insert 3mm OD tube or 2mm ID tube 2-3" into female genital opening - pressure on belly fills tuve - examine at 30x in ovarian fluid
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how to fertilize bass
- hand stripping - usual precautions (no water, blood, feces, light (critical) - dry fertilized - sperm activates with water - use lots of milt - add water after stirring - drain water and put into incubator with NaCl sol, then drain. - add tannic acid, aerate 10 minutes
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how do you incubate bass?
- usually in McDonald Jars - eggs weigh ~1000/g activated - 200g/Jar = 200,000/jar - flow should roll eggs - incubators drain into aovadia or tanks
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what are the eggs like for white bass?
eggs are opaque and adhesive
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Early rearing for bass
- sac ry are held in aquaria until button up - no direct sun - fry can feed at 5 days post hatch and must feed by 7 days - OR put button ups into blooming pond with rotifers
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what do you feed early reared bass?
- artemia for striped bass and palmetto bass - rotifer for sunshine and white bass - need enrichment with omega 3 and 6 fatty acids
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HUFA
highly unsaturated fatty acids
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what are the three phases for grow-outs?
semi intensive enhancement and fry for commercial; phase 1: juves up to 7.5cm 30-60days Phase 2: juves 7.5-25cm 5-9months after phase 1 phase 3: juves 25 and yearlings
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what are the rearing conditions for phase 1 juves?
0. 5 - 2.5 acres ~1m deep - usually drained after harvest, limed. - for surface water is filtered 250-500u - removes predacious insects and fish - ponds filled 5-7 days before fish in and fertilized - allows rotifers to develop before daphnia and bosmina - stock at 15-21*C - DO >or greater than 6ppm - fertilization and feed rate determined by oxygen
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when do you transport your fry to the pond in phase 1?
at night, 5-10 days post hatch.
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what is the stocking density for fry in phase 1?
100,000 - 600,000 fry/ha | usually 100,000 - 200,000
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how do you do mort checks for bass in phase 1?
i) light: flash light on water at night and count fry seen ii) caged fry - subsample held and small cages observed iii) plankton tow: 1mm mesh, specialized distance and count fry
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when does feeding begin for bass in phase 1?
- 3cm or greater - after 3-4weeks - fed 2-4 times a day - 1-5lb/acre - no food in later afternoon - fish sampled weekly
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Harvest for phase 1:
- usually done on cool days - usually new fw added - DO's must be hight - usually use seine and harvest sump - fish dip netted out of sump - transport by truck 7-10%o and pure oxygen, CaCl2 @ 100ppm - inventory = weight method
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Phase 2: describe
- same size ponds as phase 1 - ponds filled, not fertilized - phase 1 fish are graded into ponds - mort usually float 1-2 days for inventory
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stocking density for phase 2
``` for small fish up to 15cm -25-50,000/acre for bigger fish up to 25cm -10-15,000/acre density controls size as food is limited ```
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how to feed fish in phase 2
trout or striped bass food - usually use floating pellets - 1st month 15-25% bw/d - after 2-3weeks food is decreased to 3% bw/d - initially fed 3-4x/day, later 2x/day - CE=1.5-3.0
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how often do you sample phase 2 fish?
monthly, less in summer | -fish 15cm individual sample
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why do you sample fish >15cm individually?
spine damage
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growth rate for phase 2 fish
- can reach 100g in 150days at modest density - can double at lower densities - fish released or put into phase 3
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Phase 3 general info:
- commercial culture only - sometimes ponds or recirc - fry purchased. cold banking. - most go to restaurants - target wt. 500-700g
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what is cold banking?
holding fry at low temp and limited food to produce fish year round
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