Seed production of common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) in Cuba
Seed production of common snook ( Centropomus undecimalis ) in Cuba Masatoshi Futagawa December 3, 2013 Since 2008 JICA-CIP project is running, development of seed production technique about mutton snapper ( Lutjanus analis ) and common snook ( Centropomus undecimalis ), at Santa Cruz del Sur in Cuba. The project produced some snapper and snook juveniles in 2013 with semi intensive seed production method with copepods (SISPC). It is the first history of successful marine seed production about both species in Cuba, and second of the world about common snook especially. Common snook has high demand in the market and sports fishing in Central America. However, seed production of the species is very difficult due to its small mouth which unable to intake rotifer at larva stage. The project introduced maturation inducement by HCG (Human chorionic gonadotropin) for broodstock and SISPC, rearing large pond and fed wild copepoda nauplius, for larva culture. The project collecte