Robert F. Helton, Jr.

Production Of Gulf Killifish In Brackish·water Ponds

Production of gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) was investigated from 17 November 1977 to 10 July 1978 in 0.08 ha, brackish-water, earthen ponds at the Claude Peteet Mariculture Center. Gulf killifish averaging 30.7 g and stocked at 12,500fishjha deposited eggs on Spanish moss spawning mats from 21 March through 16 May 1978. Fifty mats with eggs were transferred to a hatching pond which yielded 82,500 juvenile killifish averaging 0.1 g at harvest on 16 May. Stocked at 250,000 fishj ha in 3 grow-out ponds on 19 May and fed a commercial minnow feed, the juveniles averaged 2.0 g (marketable...