EXPERIENCE OF REARING OF RUSSIAN STURGEON JUVENILES IN CAGES FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELEASING INTO RESERVOIRS OF ASTRAKHAN REGION
This article provides with data of experimental rearing of juveniles of the Volga population of Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt, 1833) in cage conditions. The major aim of this work was to determine the normative parameters of rearing of sturgeon juveniles in freshwater cages. As the results the research identified the principal design features of rearing cages, the specific type of fish treatment, the optimal initial stocking density of juvenile sturgeon (1000 individuals/m<sup>2</sup>) and other standards of rearing.