Influence of environmental factors on the development and conservation of sturgeon young

Abstract

Commercial sturgeon breeding is one of the promising areas of aquaculture. This is not only an integral part of the production of valuable protein products, but also the main source of replenishing the number of sturgeon fish, especially rare and endangered species. This paper examines studies on the influence of environmental factors on the development and safety of sturgeon fry in a sturgeon breeding enterprise in the Krasnodar Territory, carried out on juvenile Russian sturgeon. It was found that the control group was reared for 213 days, the experimental group for 152 days. The average water temperature during the growing period was 20.39°C for the control group and 21. 19°C for the experimental group. The oxygen concentration was at the level of 73.6% in the control group and 76.6% in the experimental one. The pH level in water for the control group was 8.15, for the experimental one – 7.51; the concentration of nitrites for the control group was 0.025, for the experimental group it was 0.017. The average nitrate index is 0.96 and 0.84, in the control and experimental groups, respectively. The weight growth of sturgeons of the first group was higher, with the same initial weight, the final weight of juveniles in the experimental group was 97.4 grams, which is 14.8 grams more than juveniles in the control group. And the weight gain was 174.4% in the control group, and 222.5% in the experimental group. The average linear growth was also higher in the experimental group – 25.8 cm, in the control group – 24.1 cm. The increase in length was 76.7% in the experimental group, 68.5% in the control group. The survival rate of juveniles in the experimental group was 90.7% (136 specimens of Russian sturgeon out of 150), in the control group it was 86%.