Artificial propagation of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon Idellus).

Abstract Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) has become the main aquaculture species in freshwater areas in Vietnam. This study reviews grass carp biology, growth, habitat, mature age/spawning season, seed, culture, diseases, breeding trechniques, fry rearing and nursery trechniques, and hatcheries in Vietnam.