FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Comparative study of larvae production by the Nile tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus , Linné, 1758) Bouaké strain between earthen ponds and hapas BT AF Djétouan Akian, Dieudonné Quenum, Crespin Luc N’ Zi Koua, Daniel Kouakou Houra, Joël Alain Clota, Frederic Bégout, Marie-Laure Yao, Kouakou AS 1:1;2:2;3:1;4:1;5:5;6:3;7:4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LSEA;7:; C1 Département Eaux, Forêts et Environnement Institut National Polytechnique Félix HOUPHOUËT‐BOIGNY Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire Département Agriculture et Ressources Animales Institut Naional Polytechnique Félix HOUPHOUËT‐BOIGNY Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire MARBEC, Université Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, INRAE, IRD, Chemin de Maguelone Palavas‐les‐Flots , France Laboratoire de Biologie et Cytologie Animales, Unité de Formation et de Recherche Science de la Nature Université NANGUI ABROGOUA Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire MARBEC, Université Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, INRAE, IRD, Chemin de Maguelone Palavas‐les‐Flots , France C2 INP HB, COTE IVOIRE INP HB, COTE IVOIRE IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV NANGUI ABROGOUA UNA, COTE IVOIRE INRAE, FRANCE SI PALAVAS SE PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LSEA UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-p187 copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 2 TC 1 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00789/90133/97547.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;hapa;larvae production;Oreochromis niloticus;pond;reproductive behaviour AB The aim of this study was to contribute to the development of tilapia aquaculture in Côte d’Ivoire by increasing the productivity of Oreochromis niloticus fry in fish hatcheries. Thus, the production of Oreochromis niloticus larvae was compared between two tilapia breeding systems, earthen ponds and hapas in ponds. Over 98 days, 900 broodstock fish were allowed to reproduce in two ponds of 500 m2 and 900 others in 20 hapas of 50 m2, each installed in two ponds of 1200 m2. The sex ratio was one male for two females at a density of 0.9 breeders/m2 at a density of 450 breeders per pond and 45 breeders per hapa. After breeding broodstock in both systems, larvae were harvested and counted every 14 days. The survival rate and growth of the broodstock, as well as the reproductive performance of the females, were evaluated. There was no significant difference between the survival rates of the broodstock in the two breeding systems (98.1 ± 0.4% in ponds and 97.4 ± 0.5% in hapas). Broodstock, however, showed significantly higher growth in ponds than in hapas. The quantity of larvae produced by females in ponds was significantly higher than that of females bred in hapas (p < 0.05). Hence, the best reproductive performance was recorded in broodstock stocked in ponds (absolute productivity: 93.1 larvae per female, relative productivity: 0.3 larvae per g of female, system productivity: 3.9 ± 0.2 larvae·m−2·day−1). PY 2022 PD DEC SO Aquaculture Research SN 1355-557X PU Wiley VL 53 IS 17 UT 000846472200001 BP 6049 EP 6055 DI 10.1111/are.16075 ID 90133 ER EF