REPRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS AND OPTIMIZATION OF EGG FERTILIZATION IN NORTHERN PIKE (Esox lucius L.)

摘要

Northern pike (Esox Lucius L.) is known as a popular sport fish, as well as promising species for aquaculture production (Mak et al., 2008).It is popular for food and sport angling. The need for fry stocking and for aquaculture has driven researchto improve methods of artificial reproduction (Billard et a., 1980; Lahnstainer et al., 1998). Reproduction characteristics and different amount of sperm/ova in fertilization success were evaluated.