A group of mature fish that is kept separate and used for producing fry.
Those adult salmonid's that are destined to be the parents for a particular stock or smaller group of fish.
Specimen or species, either as eggs, juveniles, or adults, from which a first or subsequent generation may be produced in captivity, whether for growing as aquaculture or for release to the wild for stock enhancement.
a fish, which is kept for the purpose of reproduction and supply of juveniles.
a number of fish kept in a hatchery for breeding purposes.
adult fish retained for artificial propagation; stock on which a hatchery population is founded.
Mature fish that are used for spawning.
Salmon which will be used for reproduction in fish culture facilities or in adult salmon transfers.
Individuals from a natural population that are to be used as parent stock in aquaculture facilities.
those adult organisms that are held and used a parent stock for controlled breeding within a hatchery.
breading animals in a fish pond
Mature salmon from which milt and roe are extracted to produce the next generation of farmed fish. close window
the group of males and females from which fish are bred for aquaculture.
In aquaculture, the broodstock is a group of sexually mature individuals of a cultured species that is kept separate for breeding purposes.
