Characteristics of the Hatchery-Reared
Black Sea Salmon Salmo trutta labrax

V. Ya. Nikandrov and N. I. Shindavina

Federal Selection-Genetic Center of Fish Husbandry (FSGTsR), Strelninskoe shosse 4,
Ropsha Settlement, Leningrad oblast, 188514 Russia

e-mail: ropshatrout@mail.ru

Received May 19, 2006

Abstract—For conserving the unique representative of salmonids—the Black Sea salmon Salmo trutta
labrax—its hatchery rearing was initiated in 1998 at the Adler trout hatchery farm (Northern Caucasia). Fish
were kept in concrete tanks. The comparative assessment of hatchery-reared fish and salmon from natural pop-
ulations revealed their similarity by dates of the onset of smoltification, ratio of spawners maturing at different
ages, and the weight, sizes, and fecundity of females. The quality of sexual products and progeny obtained from
spawners of the initial brood stock was high. The data obtained indicate that the method of hatchery rearing the
Black Sea salmon is promising.

DOI: 10.1134/S0032945207020063

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