A pilot study of the performance of captive-reared delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus in a semi-natural environment

Tien Chieh Hung; Marlin Rosales; Tomofumi Kurobe; Troy Stevenson; Luke Ellison; Galen Tigan; Marade Sandford; Chelsea Lam; Andrew Schultz; Swee Teh

doi:10.1111/jfb.14162

A pilot study of the performance of captive-reared delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus in a semi-natural environment

Tien Chieh Hung, Marlin Rosales, Tomofumi Kurobe, Troy Stevenson, Luke Ellison, Galen Tigan, Marade Sandford, Chelsea Lam, Andrew Schultz, Swee Teh

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A captive breeding programme was developed in 2008 for delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus in reaction to dramatic population decline over several decades. We took 526 sub-adult captive-reared delta smelt and cultured them for 200 days without providing artificial food or water quality management to assess their performance once released in the wild. The results indicated captive-reared sub-adult delta smelt could survive in a semi-natural environment with uncontrolled water quality and naturally produced wild prey through spawning and into their post spawning phase.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Journal of Fish Biology
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14162
State	Accepted/In press - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

captive
delta smelt
refuge population
reintroduction
semi-natural environment

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Aquatic Science

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A pilot study of the performance of captive-reared delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus in a semi-natural environment. / Hung, Tien Chieh; Rosales, Marlin; Kurobe, Tomofumi; Stevenson, Troy; Ellison, Luke; Tigan, Galen; Sandford, Marade; Lam, Chelsea; Schultz, Andrew; Teh, Swee.

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