"Jim tenHaaf" said:
Okay, but the eggs we are getting might be coming from VHS positive fish. So what's the difference if we take the eggs, or take the whole fish? I'm sure there could be testing done before they would actually be stocked, right? Wouldn't it be MUCH cheaper to do it this way also, and then cross our fingers for natural reproduction?
Treatment of the eggs to kill VHS has been proven successful, so that's what they are sticking with. Before the VHS outbreak the original intention was to move adults into a broodstock lake and begin the egg taking process from there.
Let's hope that the 2011 LSC egg take goes well (and the rearing…) so this step change in our state's musky production won't keep getting delayed!
"Pete" said:
[quote="Jim tenHaaf"]Okay, but the eggs we are getting might be coming from VHS positive fish. So what's the difference if we take the eggs, or take the whole fish? I'm sure there could be testing done before they would actually be stocked, right? Wouldn't it be MUCH cheaper to do it this way also, and then cross our fingers for natural reproduction?
Treatment of the eggs to kill VHS has been proven successful, so that's what they are sticking with. Before the VHS outbreak the original intention was to move adults into a broodstock lake and begin the egg taking process from there.
Let's hope that the 2011 LSC egg take goes well (and the rearing…) so this step change in our state's musky production won't keep getting delayed!
Ok, that makes sense. That would've been awesome to just plant adults into a lake though… Man. Stupid VHS.
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