Date: 16 Jan 1998
From: CastellJ@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
To: Katerina.Gamrotova@UGent.be
COMMENTS 7:
On the topic of cryopreservation of fish eggs, in 1981 Pullin, R.S.V. & Baily, H. presented a report on attempts to store plaice eggs at the Early life History of Fish, workshop. "Progress in storing marine flatfish eggs at low temperatures." They reported that: spermatozoa of several teleost species have been stored for long periods at liquid gas temperatures, but eggs have been considerably unlikely candidates for cryopreservation. The paper describes brief cooling trials to assess the cryopreservation of plaice eggs. The proceedings are published. Blaxter, J.H.S. (Ed.).
On the east coast of Canada, the cryopreservation expert is Dr. Olga Kukal. She and her husband have a company called Atlantic Low Temperature Systems Limited and are working on technologies for storage and shipment of aquacultured species. Try contacting them at:
alts.simmons@ns.sympatico.ca.
John Castell