Reproduction of the dog snapper Lutjanus jocu in captivity, linking ecological, and production observations
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https://doi.org/10.20950/1678-2305/bip.2024.50.e878Keywords:
Reproduction, Snapper, Fish culture, Egg production, Broodstock managementAbstract
Snappers’ domestication for reproductive purposes is a first step to allow future offering of high quality, more sustainable fish products, generating ecological advantages to the marine ecosystem such as the reduction on the pressure of current stocks. The dog snapper Lutjanus jocu is a very important species with very little information on its capability for domestication. For that reason, dog snappers were collected in the coastal area and maintained in laboratory to verify their capacity to be domesticated and achieve reproductive success. A specific protocol was designed for their maintenance in recirculating aquaculture systems and is presented in the methods section. The domestication of wild specimens until they achieved reproductive success and produced viable eggs in captivity took approximately 2.5 years. Spawning events produced an average of about 25,000 eggs, or about 2,100 eggs·kg-1 of broodstock, with an average of three events per week. During new and full moon, the viability of eggs was higher, showing a strong influence of the lunar cycle in their reproduction. Spawning activities only happened during the night, and embryo development took about 535 degree-hours. Our results concluded that the dog snapper L. jocu can be conditioned in captivity for reproductive purposes, with consistent production of eggs in a weekly basis, enabling the possibility of a large-scale production to help reduce the pressure on the natural stocks.
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