populations. An alternative approach to farming is to rehabilitate lo

• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: aggression; anti-predator response; behaviour; cod; enrichment; escapement; fish farming; restocking; salmon; spatial landscape; atlantic cod
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.594.8867; http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/63/2/345.full.pdf

ow nloaded from through restocking. To date, however, this approach has had mixed success. Fish behaviour develops during early life stages through a combination of innate characteristics and expe-rience. Apparently, the capacity for behavioural flexibility later in life is affected by the ear-ly experiences of juvenile fish. Here, we review the literature concerning the role of population origin and juvenile experience on fish behaviour. We highlight our recent studies on Atlantic cod, which demonstrate that variability in the nursery habitat generates behav-iourally flexible fish. We discuss these issues in the context of gadoid mariculture and re-stocking. We conclude that behavioural studies are an important part of applied research for developing an industry of fish farming in gadoids, as well as for research concerning re-stocking and conservation of marine resources.