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FEBRUARY 1979

THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
RESEARCH ON BREEDING AND LARVAL REARING OF CULTIVATED FISHES IN HUNGARY

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A report prepared for the
Development of Fish Culture Project


by


V.R.P. Sinha
Fish Seed Production Consultant


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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1979


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PRESENT STATUS OF FISH SEED PRODUCTION

2.1 Species Cultivated in Hungary
2.2 Induced Breeding of Cultivated Species
2.3 Natural Propagation
2.4 Import of Larvae
2.5 Hatchery Management

3. CURRENT RESEARCH PROGRAMMES FOR IMPROVING SEED PRODUCTION

3.1 Induced Breeding
3.2 Hatchery Management
3.3 Multiple Yearly Spawning
3.4 Nutritional Studies
3.5 Nursery Management

4. FUTURE RESEARCH

4.1 Research Needed
4.2 Fish Gonadotropin
4.3 Fish Gonadotropin Amino-acid Composition and Sequence
4.4 Fish Gonadotropin and Acceleration of Sexual Development
4.5 European Catfish
4.6 European Freshwater Eel
4.7 Fish Gonadotropin - Hydration - Spawning
4.8 Larval Rearing
4.9 Nutrition of Brood Stock

5. INITIATION OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH

5.1 Observations and Results

6. TRAINING

7. REFERENCES

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 PERCENTAGE OF LOSS AND GAIN OF WEIGHT (IN g) OF FEMALE SPAWNERS DURING HYPOPHYSATION

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 SEPHADEX G-100 FRACTIONATION OF CARP PITUITARY EXTRACT
Figure 2 DIAGRAMMETIC REPRESENTATION OF THE CENTRIFUGAL PATTERN OF UNFERTILIZED EGGS OF DIFFERENT CARP SPECIES