The Fish
Culture Research and Development Station Nucet was come
into being in 1941 year at the initiative of Grigore Antipa.
In
more then 60 years of existence,
Nucet
Center
had an essential contribution to development of fish culture
from Romania.
About all had been concrete and important made in Romanian
fish culture (aclimatization of new species, original
technologies for artificial reproduction (with licenses),
policulture rearing technologies, making of industrial races
and metises of carp genetic manipulations), had been made inside of
Nucet Center.
One
of the most important achievements of post 1990 phase is the
foundation and development of fresh-water fish species and
races collection, which actually adds in close to 30 genetic
entities, represented by close to 90 batches of different
ages, being distantly the most important from country and even
from Europe.
As
from 1992, the principal attention, of ample freshness and
economically importance for Romanian economy, became the
acclimatization of North-American sturgeon, Polyodon spathula,
originary from hydrographic
basin
of Mississippi
River.
It’s a fresh water sturgeon with a big size (as 2 m length and
70 kg weight), fast growing, and the most important angle for
technological and economic part, is not a forage
consumer.
In
2002 have been achieved the first artificial reproduction
experiments with affirmative results, which represent a big
achievement for fish culture research from Romania, the
biological material achieved to be populate these year,
prevail almost 20 fish farms from Alba, Arad, Calarasi, Arges,
Iasi, Vaslui, Constanta, Dolj and Tulcea counties. By results
of the research made on 10 years and by number of exemplars
from this species that is detain, S.C.D.P. Nucet come into
third place in the world after
U.S.A.
and China
and is on first place from Europe.
The
present scientific research programs refer to:
·
Application
of genetic manipulations (gynogenesis, androgenesis,
poliploidy, reversal of sexes);
·
Conservation
of fresh-water fish “Genetical
collection”;
·
Optimization
of artificial reproduction technologies for cultured
fish;
·
Elaborate
of ecological technologies for rearing of
fish;
·
Elaborate
of artificial reproduction and rearing technologies for
valuable species of fish, as wels,
tench, pike, pikepearch;
·
Insertion
of North-American sturgeon Polyodon spathula in
rearing farms of Romania.
About
specifically outcomes for scientifically work, as especially
articles, publications, scientific communications,
the Station also make an important small-scale production
of selected biological material – fresh water fry, fingerlings
and breeders.
The
Center produces and sells yearly about 200 millions of fry and
about 40 tones of fingerlings for next
species:
·
Carp
(Cyprinus
carpio) – 3 races (Frasinet, Ineu, Ropsa) and 6
industrial metises;
·
Koi
carp (Cyprinus
carpio) – diferent
colours;
·
Paddlefish
(Polyodon
spathula);
·
Silver
carp (Hypophthalmichthys
molitrix);
·
Big
head carp (Hypophthalmichthys
nobilis);
·
Grass
carp (Ctenopharingodon
idella);
·
Black
carp (Mylopharyngodon
piceus);
·
Tench
(Tinca
tinca);
·
Crucian
carp (Carasius
auratus gibelio);
·
Pike
(Esox
lucius);
·
Pike
perch (Stizostedion
lucioperca);
·
Wels
(Silurus
glanis).
This
entire species and moreover, crayfish, frogs, shells and
different species of zooplankton are available on demand as
experimental material for biological and toxicological
laboratories.
S.C.D.P.
Nucet owns the greatest batches of Polyodon spathula from
Europe.
Polyodon spathula
is a fresh water sturgeon, native from North-America which
presents a big aquaculture potential. It is stipulate to
introduce this species in rearing culture on next 2 – 3
years.
The Station
provides technical assistance for aquaculture, controlled and
artificial reproduction of fish, efficient aquaculture
exploitation of dams, and ecological rehabilitation of aquatic
ecosystems. Station’s specialists can provide assistance and
quickly interventions for aquaculture farms and also can make
feasibility studies for setting up or rearrangement of
aquaculture
exploitations. |