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broodfish

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broodfish
mature fish used for the production of eggs or sperm. Called also spawners.


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Florida pompano eggs normally have a single oil globule, although eggs from some broodfish reportedly have several small oil globules.
We have developed procedures that involve a combination of hormone treatments and breeding strategies that have resulted in the production of large numbers of broodfish with the YY sex genotype.
Catfish Production Forecasted Up in 2000 Catfish growers indicated that their stocks of broodfish, foodsize fish, stockers, and fingerlings were all higher than in 1998.
 
 
 
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