Cultivation of yellowtail amberjack gets underway

The laboratory of marine fish production of the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (Cicese) carried out tests for juveniles of yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi), which was supported by the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries (Conapesca) projected to reach a production of 40,000 juveniles next year.

Benjamín Barón Sevilla, researcher at the Aquaculture Department of Cicese, who along with Juan Pablo Lazo Corvera was in charge of the laboratory of marine fish production since its inception in 2005, explained that after experimenting with species such as sole and totoaba years earlier, in 2010 conducted the first tests of mackerel larval culture.

The researchers explained that they leaned towards the production of this species, also known as dorado, because it has high demand in the U.S. market and there is a possibility of exporting it to Japan. Cicese signed an agreement with the Conapesca for which they received MXN 1 million (US$ 80,000) and undertook to produce 40,000 youth during 2011. Read more...

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