Rearing Lake Whitefish to Fingerling Size
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Progressive Fish-Culturist
- Vol. 44 (1) , 33-36
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1982)44[33:rlwtfs]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) were reared on Zooplankton after hatching until most fish readily accepted a dry diet by 13 weeks, when they averaged 40 mm (total length). Survival to 24 weeks was 4.0% and the fish then averaged 115.3 mm. The high mortality between 5 and 10 weeks was attributed to insufficient Zooplankton caused by the high density of fry in the rearing containers; gill disease and fin rot also contributed to mortality.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Observations on Some Factors Affecting the Hatching of Eggs and the Survival of Young Shallow‐Water Cisco, Leucichthys artedi LeSueur, in Lake Mendota, WisconsinLimnology and Oceanography, 1956
- The Effect of Fry Plantings on Whitefish Production in Eastern Lake OntarioJournal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1956