Gonadal Maturation, Fecundity, and Stripspawning of Female Spotted Seatrout
Spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) were collected from Matagorda Bay, Texas, from April 1984 through March 1986 and a gonosomatic index determined. Relative batch fecundity and ooycte maturation size were compared among females collected from April through October 1984, and randomly selected females were subjected to hormone-induced strip-spawning during June and July 1984. All females collected from April through August had yolked eggs and 4%-90% of fish collected in March, September, and October had yolked ova. No yolked ova were present in fish from November through February....
