Reproductive Cycles in Sturgeons with a Special Focus on the Farmed Siberian Sturgeon

Early gonadal maturation and vitellogenin mRNA expression in Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii cultured in a semi-closed water recirculating system in Korea

“…Reproductive biology of A. baerii has been previously described (Le Menn et al, 2018;Williot and Chebanov, 2018), however, it has been widely agreed that the reproductive performance of farmed sturgeons could be highly influenced by culture environments, as evidenced by repetitive observations that times to sexual maturity could be significantly variable depending on different regions and countries (Chebanov and Galich, 2011;Williot and Chebanov, 2018). Siberian sturgeon is an exotic fish species to Korea, and the reproductive capability of domestically farm-bred individuals has been insufficiently addressed.…”