Optimal harvesting of farmed Atlantic salmon at two cohort management strategies and different harvest operation restrictions

Abstract

The main harvest planning problem in commercial fish farms is to determine the best time‐sequence of harvesting different fish cohorts in order to maximize the overall farm profit. Due to both annual and fish‐size variations in market prices, future forecasts of fish growth and size distribution are required to optimize harvest plans. Two management strategies for harvesting size‐structured fish cohorts are considered. The first strategy allows the fish farmer, at any time, to size‐grade, harvest and sell the most profitable fish sizes from the standing stock. The second strategy allows the fish farmer to harvest and sell a fish batch with similar size distribution as that of the standing stock. In this paper, two size‐structured fish growth models have been built to fit the two management strategies. The growth models are integrated in a multiperiod linear programming model that optimizes the harvest outputs for each of the two management strategies. Model outputs demonstrate clearly that it is more profitable to size‐grade fish prior to harvest compared to harvesting a batch of fish with similar size distribution to that of the standing stock. Five different harvest operations constraints have been identified for commercial salmon farming. The decrease in profitability of fish farming is shown for a variety of harvest operation constraints.     

Y-S-Y12发酵液和生物质热解液混配对辣椒炭疽病的防治及作用机理

为探究解淀粉芽孢杆菌Y-S-Y12拮抗菌发酵液和生物质热解液混配对辣椒炭疽病的协同防病作用及其作用机理,对不同浓度生物质热解液、拮抗细菌Y-S-Y12菌株的发酵浓缩液及其混配溶液对辣椒炭疽病的抑菌作用进行检测,计算出毒力方程,根据EC50值将两种溶液进行混配,求得最佳配比。通过活体试验检测Y-S-Y12菌株对辣椒炭疽病果实的防治效果,测定叶片超氧化物歧化酶（superoxide dismutase,SOD)、过氧化物酶（peroxidase,POD）和过氧化氢酶（hydrogen peroxidase,CAT）活性,并探究各药剂对辣椒炭疽病病菌菌丝的细胞膜通透性、生理代谢和菌丝形态的影响。结果显示,Y-S-Y12菌株发酵浓缩液和生物质热解液以1∶9混配具有明显的协同增效作用;混配的防效显著高于单剂,防效达到79.62%,进一步说明混配具有增效作用。混剂处理的辣椒炭疽病菌菌丝中的几丁质酶活性、β-1,3-葡聚糖酶活性和蛋白酶活性显著高于对照和单剂处理,处理后菌体的保护屏障被打破,使培养液的电导率、外渗液中蛋白质和核酸含量上升。混剂处理的辣椒叶片中SOD、POD、CAT酶活性显著高于对照和单剂处理,说明辣椒植株抗病性增强。综上,Y-S-Y12菌株发酵液和生物质热解液混配对辣椒炭疽病有协同防病作用,可能是因为Y-S-Y12菌株具有破坏辣椒炭疽病菌菌丝和诱导辣椒植株抗病性作用。研究为辣椒炭疽病无公害防治提供理论依据。     

Risk factor analysis for sea lice, Caligus rogercresseyi, levels in farmed salmonids in southern Chile

Sea lice, Caligus rogercresseyi, are ectoparasitic copepods, which severely affect the salmon farming industry in southern Chile, reducing the health status of fish and producing both direct and indirect economic losses. Local farmers have reported increasing infestation levels since 2004, reaching a peak in 2007. In response to this situation, the Chilean Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) developed a surveillance programme; the first step of which consisted of a general survey of salmon farms. This survey included documenting counts of parasite burdens on fish and measurements of several husbandry and environmental factors providing an evaluation of risk factors for the observed infestation levels. The information collected was analysed using a linear mixed model technique, which takes into account the clustered structure of data, decomposing the unexplained variation and assigning it to different aggregation levels of the productive system. Geographical zones, fish species, treatment against sea lice performed 1 month before sampling, stocking density, fish weight and water salinity were the variables significantly associated with sea lice burdens. In contrast, treatments performed 2-3 months before sampling, use of photoperiod in sea cages and water temperature, were not significant. There was significant unexplained variation at all aggregation levels, i.e. sub-zone, fish farm and cage level, with the fish farm level showing the greatest variation.     

杉木—千年桐人工混交林种内种间竞争关系分析

采用Hegyi单木竞争指数模型对闽北地区3-5年生杉木—千年桐混交林及杉木纯林的种内种间竞争强度进行定量分析。结果表明,杉桐混交林的竞争强度均高于同龄纯林,随林龄增长,竞争强度逐渐减弱。杉桐混交林中以杉木之间的种内竞争为主导。无论纯林还是混交林,对象木受到的竞争强度基本随径级的增加而减少。杉木对象木的胸径大小与杉木种内、杉桐种间的竞争强度呈幂函数关系,其胸径大小与竞争强度之间呈现显著的负相关关系。由预测结果可知,当杉木胸径达到30 cm后,林分竞争强度趋缓。     

复合侵染水茄的两种菜豆金色花叶病毒属病毒基因组结构特征分析

为明确水茄Solanum torvum植株叶片邹缩、褪绿是否由菜豆金色花叶病毒属病毒侵染引起,从云南省西双版纳傣族自治州田间采集具有疑似感染症状的水茄植株叶片样品,应用菜豆金色花叶病毒属病毒简并引物和特异性引物进行PCR扩增、克隆和测序,通过生物信息软件分析比较其核苷酸序列特征,并对其进行系统发育分析。结果显示,从采集的疑似病叶中共克隆获得了5条菜豆金色花叶病毒属病毒DNA-A全序列和3条DNA-B全序列,经全序列分析发现,侵染水茄的2种菜豆金色花叶病毒属病毒分离物分别属于中国南瓜曲叶病毒(squash leaf curl China virus,SLCCNV)和野茼蒿黄脉病毒(Crassocephalum yellow vein virus,CraYVV)。SLCCNV水茄分离物的基因组具有典型的菜豆金色花叶病毒属病毒双组分结构特征,与来自泰国的SLCCNV分离物(AB330078)亲缘关系最近,相似性最高达到99.0%;CraYVV水茄分离物的基因组具有典型的菜豆金色花叶病毒属病毒单组分结构特征,与来自云南省景洪市的CraYVV分离物(EF165536)亲缘关系最近,相似性最高达到97.6%。表明水茄是这2种菜豆金色花叶病毒属病毒的新寄主,并首次发现双组分和单组分菜豆金色花叶病毒属病毒可复合侵染水茄。     

不同杀虫剂及其组合对梨小食心虫初孵幼虫的毒力及田间防效

采用浸泡幼果法测定了6种杀虫剂及其两元复配组合对梨小食心虫初孵幼虫的毒力, 并将筛选出的增效组合在田间进行防效验证。结果表明, 阿维菌素、氯虫苯甲酰胺、高效氯氟氰菊酯、呋虫胺、噻虫嗪和溴氰虫酰胺对梨小食心虫初孵幼虫的致死中浓度(LC50)分别为：0.691、4.883、5.350、10.326、13.966和27.942 mg/L。两元复配组合中, 阿维菌素与呋虫胺复配组合(8∶1、2∶1、1∶1、1∶2和1∶4)、呋虫胺与氯虫苯甲酰胺复配组合(1∶4、1∶2、1∶1、2∶1和4∶1)、阿维菌素与氯虫苯甲酰胺复配组合(4∶1、1∶1和1∶4)和高效氯氟氰菊酯与呋虫胺复配组合(1∶4)具有增效作用。在梨小食心虫暴发为害年份、于梨果不同发育阶段进行田间防效验证, 阿维菌素与呋虫胺1∶4（12.5 mg/kg+50 mg/kg）、呋虫胺与氯虫苯甲酰胺2∶1(25 mg/kg+12.5 mg/kg)和阿维菌素与氯虫苯甲酰胺1∶1(12.5 mg/kg+12.5 mg/kg)对梨小食心虫的防效分别为75.02%~94.81%、50.04%~89.15%和42.90%~90.57%, 其中, 阿维菌素与呋虫胺(1∶4)的防治效果最好。     

Cohort‐specific variation in juvenile coho salmon habitat use

In this study, we examined summer and fall freshwater rearing habitat use by juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in the quickly urbanising Big Lake drainage in south‐central Alaska. Habitat use was assessed by regressing fish count data against habitat survey information across thirty study sites using generalised linear mixed models. Habitat associations were examined by age‐0 and age‐1+ cohorts separately, providing an opportunity to compare habitat use across different juvenile coho salmon life stages during freshwater rearing. Regression results indicated that the age‐0 cohorts were strongly associated with shallow, wide stream reaches with in‐stream vegetation, whereas age‐1+ cohorts were associated with deeper stream reaches. Furthermore, associations between fork length and habitat characteristics suggest cohort‐specific habitat use patterns are distinct from those attributable to fish size. Habitat use information generated from this study is being used to guide optimal fish passage restoration planning in the Big Lake drainage. Evidence for habitat use partitioning by age cohort during freshwater juvenile rearing indicates that pooling age cohorts into a single “juvenile” stage for the purposes of watershed management may mask important habitat use dynamics.     

Vertical distribution of jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus larvae in the southern part of the East China Sea

ABSTRACT:   The vertical distribution of jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus larvae was described based on discrete depth sampling using a MTD net system from the surface down to 100 m depth at 13 stations in the southern East China Sea between 27 February and 10 March 2002. Of the 20 782 fish larvae collected, T. japonicus larvae were most abundant, accounting for 37.0% of the total catch. The average abundance of the larvae was 419.0 individuals/10 m², with the average (± standard deviation [SD]) body length of 2.6 ± 0.3 mm (range 1.8–7.5 mm). The larvae were concentrated in the mixed layer, with peak densities in the 10–30 m layer. The average (±SD) weighted mean depth was 21.5 ± 7.8 m. There was no evidence of either diel or ontogenetic vertical migration for the early larvae of <5 mm. More than 90% of the T. japonicus larvae were collected in the water temperature ranging from 21 to 23°C. Vertical profiles of the larval densities and chlorophyll a coincided with each other, which might reflect the abundance of their main prey organisms, copepod nauplii and copepodites, since copepod production is known to be closely related with the chlorophyll a concentration.     

苏麦3号抗赤霉病性的主基因+多基因混合模型分析

应用植物数量性状主基因＋多基因混合遗传模型对苏麦3号（抗病亲本）与白免3号（感病亲本）杂交组合的RIL群体进行了小麦赤霉病抗性的遗传分析。结果表明,苏麦3号&#215;白免3号重组自交系群体的小麦赤霉病抗性符合3对主基因＋多基因控制的加性-上位性模型（G-1模型）,主基因遗传率为75％左右,主基因间的互作效应也较显著,而且与主基因的加性效应相反,使赤霉病抗性减弱;赤霉病抗性的多基因效应较大,但其遗传率很小。因此在抗赤霉病育种时不仅要考虑基因间的加性效应,也要注意基因间的互作,同时也要加强微效多基因的效应累加。     

Transport of subarctic large copepods from the Oyashio area to the mixed water region by the coastal Oyashio intrusion

The lateral transport of organic carbon in large grazing copepods ( Neocalanus cristatus, Neocalanus flemingeri, Neocalanus plumchrus and Eucalanus bungii ) from the Oyashio area to the mixed water region (MWR) by the coastal Oyashio intrusion was estimated using the data of VMPS (vertical multiple plankton sampler) and 1500 dbar-referred geostrophic transport from the CTD (conductivity temperature depth sensor) data of five cruises during June 2001 to April 2002 on a repeat observation section OICE (Oyashio Intensive observation line off Cape Erimo), which extends southeastward from Hokkaido Island, Japan. The transport to MWR by the coastal Oyashio intrusion was estimated to be 5.3 × 10¹¹ g C for the four species. Data from profiling floats also indicated that the copepods were advected from OICE to MWR by the coastal Oyashio intrusion within about 2 months. This transport is considered to be one of the significant sources of organic carbon in MWR as it is larger than the amount of large zooplankton consumed by Pacific saury ( Cololabis saira ) in MWR, one of the dominant copepod predators in this region.