Abstract
A study was conducted to examine the effects of physical disturbance on Jasus edwardsii spiny lobster broodstock during ovarian recrudescence through to larval hatch. Undisturbed brood‐stock were held in relative isolation and subjected to minimal human disturbance, which contrasted with weekly air exposure and handling of the disturbed animals. Broodstock behavioural response, phyllosoma number, competency, and survival in culture were examined. A higher proportion of broodstock from the undisturbed treatment were active during daylight hours compared with those in the disturbed treatment. All ovigerous females in the undisturbed group produced phyllosoma larvae compared with 72.7% of animals in the disturbed treatment. Individual undisturbed females produced greater numbers of phyllosoma larvae, which in turn performed better in larval competency tests, were larger at hatch, and survived better in culture than those from disturbed females. This study demonstrated that physical disturbance altered reproductive performance and larval competency of J. edwardsii. Protocols are suggested to minimise disturbance associated with handling in crustacean broodstock.
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