Early-rearing salmonids in Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) fish hatcheries have been consistently affected by bacterial gill disease (BGD) (causative agent: Flavobacterium branchiophilum) for many years. Separate retrospective epidemiological investigations of BGD treatments at two OMNR fish hatcheries (Hatcheries A and B) for the 1999 production year were conducted using on-site h...

We examined the patterns of habitat-specific mortality for newly settled red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) using an experimental mesocosm approach. Experiments were designed to analyze prey vulnerability and fish rearing-type (wild-caught or hatchery-reared) in estuarine habitats of varying structural complexity including marsh (Spartina alterniflora Loisel), oyster reef (Crassostrea virginica Gme...

Starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) is an important sport and food fish found around the margins of the North Pacific. Aquaculture production of this species in Korea has increased because of its commercial value. Microsatellite DNA markers are a useful DNA-based tool for monitoring the genetic variation of starry flounder populations. In this study, 12 polymorphic microsatellite DNA marker...

A 10 week feeding trial was carried out to evaluate the replacement value of hatchery wastes for fish meal in the diet of laying Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). 108 female Japanese quails (36 per treatment) were randomly allocated into 3 dietary treatments A, B and C which are fish meal (FM), whole hatchery waste meal (WHWM) and shelless hatchery waste meal (SHWM) based diets respe...

While two independent Chinook populations have been identified within WRIA 8 by the PSTRT, Marshall (2000) indicated that there might be enough difference between the North Lake Washington Chinook (Bear/Cottage Lake creeks) and fish returning to Issaquah Creek to consider them separate from one another. WRIA 8 would then contain three distinct Chinook populations (Cedar River, Bear/Cottage Lake...

Two facilities, Pahsimeroi Hatchery and Sawtooth Hatchery, operated by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game remain positive for Myxobolus cerebralis. Both facilities rely on river water supplies to complete rearing of ESA-listed Chinook salmon to the smolt stage prior to release. We have previously reported the seasonal pattern of infectivity to rainbow trout sentinels exposed to these waters....

The endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow persists as a remnant population in a highly fragmented and regulated arid-land river system. The species is subject to dramatic annual fluctuations in density. Since 2003, the wild population has been supplemented by hatchery-reared fish. We report on a 12-year (1999-2010) monitoring study of genetic diversity and effective population size (N(e)) of wil...

The population structure of the black rockfish, Sebastes inermis (Sebastidae), was estimated using 10 microsatellite loci developed for S. schlegeli on samples of 174 individuals collected from three wild and three hatchery populations in Korea. Reduced genetic variation was detected in hatchery strains [overall number of alleles (N(A)) = 8.07; allelic richness (A(R)) = 7.37; observed he...

Expert practical knowledge emerges through sustained participation in some community of practice. However, participation alone is not the sole factor that contributes to high levels of expertise in the workplace. Our multi-year ethnographic study of one fish hatchery and associated activity systems shows that deeper experiential (practical) and conceptual (scientific) knowledge emerged when fis...