Review
of captive bred species and fry production of marine fish in China
W.
Hong, Q. Zhang
Aquaculture, 227(1-4): 305-318
Abstract:
The artificial breeding of marine fish in China has
been developed over a period of more than 50 years. Both species diversity
and fry production have greatly increased since the 1980s. By the year 2000,
at least 52 species belonging to 24 families of marine fish had been
successfully bred. Large quantities of cultured fry can meet the needs of
both sea cage culture and pond culture for most species. Fish fry production
has entered a period of sustainable development. The number of artificially
produced fry of large yellow croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea) exceeded
1.3 billion in year 2000. The species for which more than 10 million fry is
produced annually through aquaculture are: red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus),
Japanese sea perch (Lateolabrax japonicus), redeye mullet (Liza
haematocheila), cuneate drum (Nibea miichthioides), red seabream
(Pagrosomus major), milkfish (Chanos chanos) and three-banded
sweetlip (Plectorhynchus cinctus). Several millions of artificial fry
are cultured annually for the following species: Japanese flounder (Paralichthys
olivaceus), black porgy (Sparus macrocephalus), silver sea perch
(Lates calcarifer), Russell's snapper (Lutjanus russelli),
javelin grunt (Pomadasys hasta), miiuy croaker (Miichthys miiuy),
Chinese black sleeper (Bostrichthys sinensis) and skewband grunt (Hapalogenys
nitens). Fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae are now the major
species for artificial propagation.
(Department of Oceanography, Xiamen University,
Xiamen 361005, PR China, e-mail: Wshong@jingxian.xmu.edu.cn)