The first spontaneous spawning of European hake Merluccius merluccius L.: characteristics of eggs and early larval stages.

摘要

Interest has recently increased in the cultivation of hake on an industrial scale. The attempt to grow hake in captivity has been reported in Chile using Merluccius australis (Hutton, 1872) albeit with limited success (Bustos & Landaeta 2005). Regarding the European hake, larval rearing experiments were carried out using stripped eggs from wild specimens in Norway, reporting the growth of juveniles up to 250 days (Bjelland & Skiftesvik 2006). In Spain, Iglesias, Lago, Sa′nchez and Cal (2010) described the conditions of capture, transport and conditioning, as well as the diets used and the rst data on growth of adult hakes in captivity.