Captive breeding and restocking of running water cyprinids in Belgium (poster)

The communication reports on captive breeding operations performed in Wallonia, Southern Belgium, on 5 species of running water cyprinids : Barbus barbus, Leuciscus cephalus, Leuciscus leuciscus, Chondrostoma nasus and Alburnoïdes bipunctatus. The study mainly focuses on technics of gamete production and intensive fry rearing for stocking. The potential and limits of these technics for the rehabilitation of endangered European cyprinids are discussed.