Experiments on rearing exotic carp fingerlings in composite fish culture in India

The results of four field experiments on rearing fry to fingerlings of mainly exotic carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Ctenopharyngodon idella and Cyprinus carpio var. communis conducted for three- and six-month periods during 1971–1975 are presented. In one experiment Labeo rohita, an indigenous species was also introduced as a compatible species. Fry were stocked at densities of 200 000 and 250 000 per hectare in the three-month period and at 100 000 and 250 000 per hectare in the six-month period.Under pond fertilization and supplementary feeding a high percentage of fingerling survival was recorded; the aggregate percentages ranging between 71.50 and 91.16 in the three-month period and 61.26 and 89.03 in the six-month period.