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March 6 - 10, 2025

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Add To Calendar 07/03/2025 14:45:0007/03/2025 15:05:00America/ChicagoAquaculture 2025LESS IS MORE: SMALLER LOT SIZES IMPROVE TRIPLOID PRODUCTION AND HATCH RATES OF WALLEYE Sander vitreusBalcony MThe World Aquaculture Societyjohnc@was.orgfalseDD/MM/YYYYanrl65yqlzh3g1q0dme13067

LESS IS MORE: SMALLER LOT SIZES IMPROVE TRIPLOID PRODUCTION AND HATCH RATES OF WALLEYE Sander vitreus

Connor Schwepe*

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Aquatic Animal Health and Research Center

1465 W 200 N

Logan, Utah 84321

cschwepe@utah.gov

 



Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (UDWR) has sought to improve triploid induction and hatch rates of Walleye Sander vitreus. To induce triploidy, fertilized Walleye eggs are first subjected to an anti-adhesion treatment before receiving a pressure shock. Historically there has been a desire to treat as many eggs as possible at a time to maximize output. However, this can result in poor induction rates and low egg survival. Over several spawning seasons, UDWR experimented with multiple egg adhesion and pressure treatments and found that smaller lot sizes greatly increased both triploid induction as well as hatch rate of pressure treated eggs.