Richard,
Common carp can grow quickly but the rate depends on several factors including climatic such as water temperatures, oxygen content, food availability and composition, pond size, competition of other species and genetics. They can attain more than 20 years in age and appro. 50 lbs in size while keeping growing throughout their lives although at various rates. Possibly the easiest way is to subscribe to AQUA-L@killick.ifmt.nf.ca and inquire there.
http://www.mi.mun.ca/mi-net/aquacult/aq_aqual.htm
Andrew Strak
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Chivers
To: seafood
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 6:26 AM
Subject: Caro Growth Rates
Sorry, this one is a little outside of seafood but perhaps someone may have a link.
A colleague of mine wishes to grow carp in a lake. He has heard that they only grow for the first 10 years of their lives and now wonders if he is better purchasing one year olds, rather than 5 year olds that may not have achieved maximum growth potential.
Does anyone know where information on carp growth rates may be found?
Thanks to all.
By the way his plan is not for food fish, he is an angler. He intends to harvest them one afternoon from a local pond and having accumulated several hundred in a seine net he is to release them into a 3 acre lake; he will then sit for days trying to recapture them with a hook about half an inch long. Anglers eh!
Richard Chivers
Fisheries Consultant
Seafood Audit International
www.fishonline.co.uk
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