Carp and Pond Fish Culture provides a detailed and practical guide to the principles and practices of farming cyprinid fish, using traditional and modern pond culture techniques.

Carp and Pond Fish Culture describes the full cycle of fish culture, from selection and spawning of brood stock through techniques of early fry rearing, growing and harvesting.

Contents

Introduction

• Characteristics of Carp Farming
• Historical Background of Carp Husbandry
• The Development of Cyprinid Farming in Europe
• Current Status

The Principles of Carp Farming

• Ecological Characteristics
• Growth of Carp in Fish Ponds
• The Farming Cycle
• Farm Production
• Planning the Stocking of Ponds
• The Fish Farm
• The Ponds

The Technology of Seed Production

• Extensive Methods
• Development of Propagation Methods
• Broodstock Maintenance
• Preparation of Broodstock for Artificial Propagation
• Stripping and Fertilising the Eggs
• Egg Incubation
• Control of the Hatching Process
• Larval Rearing in the Hatchery

The Technology of Fry Rearing

• Selection and Preparation of Ponds
• Transport and Stocking of Feeding Fry (Larvae)
• The Development of the Plankton Population
• Twp-Step Rearing
• Single-Step Rearing

The Annual Cycle of Carp Husbandry: Ongrowing Fingerlings Fish to Market Size

• Pond Preparation
• Fertilising and Natural Food Development
• Stocking and Transportation
• Supplementary Feeding
• Yield Estimation and Sample Fishing
• Oxygen Supply
• Health Control
• Autumn Harvesting and Sorting
• Wintering as a Technological Operation

The Propagation of Other Pond Fish Species

• The Propagation and Rearing of Herbivorous Fish
• The Propagation and Rearing of Tench
• The Propagation and Rearing of Pike
• The Propagation and Rearing of Zander (Pike Perch)
• The Propagation and Rearing of Wels Catfish
• The Propagation and Rearing of Goldfish
• The Propagation and Rearing of African Catfish
• The Propagation and Rearing of Sterlet

Appendices

1. Reproduction Biology of Pond Fish
2. hatchery Propagation of Pond Fish
3. Fry Rearing in Farm Ponds
4. The Yield of Carp (in Monoculture) in Farm Ponds
5. The Yield of Carp (in Monoculture) in Farm Ponds: Semi-Intensive Management
6. The Yield of Fish Ponds Under Extensive Management (Polyculture)
7. The Yield of Fish Ponds Under Semi-Intensive Management (Polyculture)
8. Long-Term Treatments in Pond Conditions (Without Water Exchange)
9. Rapid Treatments of Fish in Tanks

Index

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