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Wiley, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 4(25), p. 432-437, 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2009.01253.x

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Growth pattern of all-female perch (Perca fluviatilisL.) juveniles - is monosex perch culture beneficial?

Journal article published in 2009 by V. Stejskal ORCID, J. Kouřil, J. Musil, J. Hamáčková, T. Policar
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Abstract

The study objective was to evaluate the enhanced profitability of monosex all-female stock (MS) culture compared to bisexual stock (BS) of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) under intensive conditions. Monosex all-female stock was produced by mating masculinized females (neomales) with common females of a local strain; the bisexual stock was obtained from a local strain perch broodstock. Preceded by pond-nursing (60 days) and habituating (14 days) periods, the experiment lasted 126 days. Perch were held in six 50-L aquaria connected to a recirculation system, with each group tested in triplicate. No significant differences (P = 0.07) in total survival were observed between all-female and bisexual stock after 126 days of rearing, but MS gained 20% more (P = 0.04) in total body weight (final weight 25.2 ± 9.7 g; mean ± SD) than BS fish (21.0 ± 7.5 g). It is suggested that the culture of monosex female perch might therefore be of significant economic benefit. Overall feed conversion ratio for tanks with BS (1.43 ± 0.21) was significantly (P = 0.02) higher than in tanks with MS (1.30 ± 0.11) perch.