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Mass marking of stocked European glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) with alizarin red S
Authors:Jean‐Marie Caraguel  Fabien Charrier  Virgile Mazel  Eric Feunteun
Affiliation:1. Bureau d’étude FISH PASS, Laillé, France;2. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Station de Biologie Marine, Concarneau, France;3. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CRESCO, Dinard, France
Abstract:This study describes a mass marking method suitable for European glass eel Anguilla anguilla, avoiding osmotic shock and reducing fish stress. During a single day, 360,000 glass eels intended for a stocking operation were bathed into an alizarin red S (ARS) solution, at a density of 346 ind.·l?1 before being released into a freshwater marsh along with unmarked glass eels. After 15 days, examination of marked and unmarked eels kept in enclosures in the marsh showed 100% of otoliths had been successfully marked and that no excess deaths related to marking process had occurred. Seven months after stocking, results from biometric measurements and otolith analysis, carried out on a sample of 53 elvers caught by electrofishing and belonging to the size class of the 0+ cohort, suggest that: (i) the proportions of marked and unmarked remained unchanged, hence suggesting that the marking process had not caused excess mortality, (ii) there was no difference in length, body mass or condition factor between marked and unmarked individuals, demonstrating that marking had caused no harmful effect after 7 months, and (iii) ARS marks in otoliths remained clearly visible. The benefits of this ARS mass marking technique are discussed through a stocking operation.
Keywords:mass marking  glass eel  alizarin  stocking  otolith
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