A Rearing Trial of Juvenile Murray Cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) in Coastal Saline Land

Abstract

A rearing trial of juvenile Murray cod was conducted in Dongying coastal saline land. The initial average body weight was 0.30 ± 0.05 g. After 167 days of cultivation, the average body weight was increased to 51.2 ± 10.5 g with surviving rate of 71.7% and feed coefficient (FCR) of 0.82. It was preliminarily determined that juvenile Murray cod could adapt to the local groundwater environment and show good growth performance. This species was speculated to be one of the potential fish species for local large-scale farming in the future.