Are Hatchery Fish Sterile?
What Are Triploid Trout and How Do Commission Biologists Create Them? Triploid Trout Are Sterile and Cannot Reproduce Successfully Because They Have Three Sets...
What are triploid trout and how do Commission biologists create them? Triploid trout are sterile and cannot reproduce successfully because they have three sets of chromosomes (triploid) instead of the normal two sets (diploid).
Are stocked fish sterile?
Rainbow trout are a premier fish desired by anglers for recreational fishing in California. Rainbow trout are provided for recreational angling are now sterile triploid (PDF).
Do stocked fish reproduce?
A substantial amount of stocking in this contry is for "put-and-take" fisheries, where the fish aren't likely to survive or reproduce successfully in the long term so they are replaced by hatchery stock every season.
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