Nutritional value of Mysis diluviana for the growth, development and reproduction of hatchery-reared salmonids.

沼虾是奥卡纳干湖的一种入侵物种，形似虾类。作为不列颠哥伦比亚省政府减少这种物种对自然湖泊生态系统影响的战略的一部分，Pisine Energetics Inc.自2000年以来一直从奥卡纳根湖捕捞Mysis，并将收获的Mysis作为鱼类饲料零售给理论观赏水族馆行业。有迹象表明，Mysis也可能是孵化场饲养鲑鱼和鲑鱼的有效营养来源。如果是这样的话，这可以提供三个重要的好处：它可以为Mysis捕鱼业提供更多的经济机会，帮助BC孵化场摆脱含有不可持续的海洋鱼粉的鱼类食品，以及减少这种入侵物种在Okanagan湖的数量。因此，该项目将确定来自奥卡纳根湖的Mysis的营养价值及其对不列颠哥伦比亚省淡水渔业协会管理的孵化场中养殖的鲑鱼和鲑鱼生长和存活的影响。

Mysis diluviana, a shrimp-like crustacean, is an invasive species in Okanagan Lake. As part of a strategy by theBC government to reduce the impact of this species on the natural lake ecosystem, Piscine Energetics Inc. hasbeen harvesting Mysis from Okanagan Lake since 2000 and retails the harvested Mysis as fish food to theornamental aquarium industry. There are indications that Mysis could also be an effective source of nutritionfor rearing trout and salmon in hatcheries. If so, this could provide three important benefits: it could provideincreased economic opportunities for the Mysis harvesting industry, help BC hatcheries transition away fromfish foods containing unsustainable marine fish meal, and decrease the population of this invasive species inOkanagan Lake. This project will therefore determine the nutritional value of Mysis from Okanagan Lake andits effects on the growth and survival of trout and salmon reared in hatcheries managed by the FreshwaterFisheries Society of British Columbia.