The goal of this paper is to improve the assignment of sex and stage of maturity for
sturgeons and paddlefish by providing both an overview of the gonadal stages of maturity …

Abstract The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that
in 2012 aquaculture production of fish will meet or exceed that of the capture fisheries for the …

Long lifespan and late maturation make it difficult to establish gamete maturity and breeding
age of captive endangered Chinese sturgeon, Acipenser sinensis. This greatly handicaps …

Abstract Machine learning is a powerful tool to improve efficiency of industrial processes, but
it has not yet been well utilized in aquacultural and hatchery applications. The goal of the …

The giant gourami Osphronemus goramy Lacepède (1801) is one of the main freshwater
commodities of economic importance in Indonesia. This species has been produced in small …

In the context of the severe decrease in temperate eel abundance, understanding and
control of eel maturation has strong interest for scientific and commercial purposes. Possible …

The present trial was conducted to evaluate two rearing systems (the recirculating
aquaculture system “RAS” and a combined technique of RAS and cages) on the growth …

In sturgeon aquaculture, high‐priced caviar production requires accurate sexing technology
as early as possible. Although early sex determination is generally reported in sturgeon …

In this study, there was the first attempt to sex immature European river lampreys Lampetra
fluviatilis, classified as Agnatha using ultrasonography. This species starts a spawning …

Early gender identification is economically advantageous in sturgeon aquaculture to
facilitate the targeting of food and spatial resources to females for caviar production. In …