Mat-spawning of Florida bass tested at Arkansas hatchery

摘要

At the Mid-continent warm water fish culture conference held earlier this year at Mount Magazine State Park, Paris, Arkansas, Kelly Winningham from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commissions' Andrew Hulsey Fish Hatchery described recent experiments to improve spawning success of Florida strain largemouth bass. The protocol being used is a modified version of spawning protocols used by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Florida Bass Conservation Center located in Webster, Florida. The Hulsey hatchery is located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and has 42 outdoor earthen ponds averaging two acres apiece.