Abstract
The effects of release habitat on the effectiveness of stocking were evaluated in Miyako Bay, Iwate, Japan. Hatchery-reared black rockfish juveniles were released at four different stations characterized by different habitat conditions from 2002–2007, and a survey was conducted of landed fish at Miyako Fish Market. Growth rate and feeding condition of wild and released juveniles sampled from two known wild nursery areas (Stn. 1 and Stn. 2) were also examined to elucidate the conditions that form optimal habitat. Comparisons of growth and feeding condition of juveniles between Stn. 1 and Stn. 2 indicated that Stn. 1, with its brackish waters, seagrass beds, abundant mysids, and large gammarids, supported better growth and survival of released fish, which in turn led to a higher market return rate. The highest market return rate was estimated as 8.3% (for 45-mm total length juveniles released at Stn. 1 in 2007), corresponding to a maximum economic return rate (value of recaptured fish divided by hatchery and release costs) of 1.32.
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