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Title: Culture of the red porgy, Pagrus pagrus, in Crete. Present knowledge, problems and perspectives

Date Published: 1995
Author/s: M. KENTOYR1, M. PAVLIDES, N. PAPANDROULAKIS, P. DIVANACH
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Affiliation: 'DEPARTMENT OF AQUACULTURE
INSTITUTE OF MARII\JE BIOLOGY OF CRETE
IRAKLIO, CRETE
GREECE
P.O. BOX 2214, GR-710 03
'DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
UNIVERSITY OF CRETE
IRAKLIO, CRETE
GREEC
Keywords: Rearing, intensive farming, Pagrus pagrus,, Greece

Abstract:

- The red porgy, Pagrus pagrus, is a protogynous hermaphrodite
sparid of increasing interest to the aquaculture industry. The first efforts for the
intensive culture of the red porgy started at the IMBC in 1989, when
broodstock and fry were caught from the wild and acclimated at on land
installations. The present work describes data on i) reproduction (study of
gametogenesis, age of sex reversal and sexual maturity, spawning strategy), i¡)
larval rearing (stocking density, feeding regime, water quality, timing of the
developmental stages), iii) ongrowing (growth rate, conversion index, mortality,
water requirements) and ¡v) disease problems related to the intensive farming at all stages of production