F1 fry and fingerlings are available for jade perch and golden perch produced from wild fish collected in the Barcoo River.

What does F1 stand for in biology. F1 stands for the first generation seeds/plants or animal offspring. (From wild fish.)

F1 is a term used for fry produced directly from wild fish. F1 fry/fingerlings are only available from Australia for Australian native fish. It is illegal to sell any freshwater fish caught from the wild in Australia. Without wild fish caught in Australia it is impossible to sell F1 fingerlings/fry. Be careful what you belive if offered F1 outside Australia. A special permit to catch wild freshwater fish issued by an Australian State Government is requrire to collect breeders from the wild. These fish must not be sold. They can only be taken directly from the wild to a licenced hatchery.

This is an extract from the permit: 

11. The holder shall ensure that all fish specimens taken are for broodstock collection purposes only and are not to be sold or consumed.

12. Collected broodstock may be transported to the areas approved on the Development Permit (number).

13. The holder must ensure that all broodstock taken are used for aquaculture purposes in accordance with the Development Permit (number) and must not sell collected broodstock for any purpose. 

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When I supply F1 fry, I guarantee they are F1, I also provide the collection location where the individual fish were captured, and the date they were captured. I also provide the individual micro chip numbers of each fish that was used to produce the fry I supply. You can trust me to be supplying genuine F1 because I will provide all these details.

F1 fry are available for jade perch. Minimum order 10,000 tails. au$1.15 each.

F1 fry are available for Golden Perch from the Barcoo River. Minimum order 10,000 tails. au$0.74 each.

BELOW Collecting jade perch in 2024 at the Barcoo river.

What are F1 fish used for?

In my case, I take a wild fish, and a line bred fish, that has been selectively bred for generations, then spawn them. For other hatcheries F1 fish should be grown and conditioned for breeding with your line bred fish..

Use the F1 fish to reinvigorate the gens of your existing breeders. Breeding F1 to F1 defeats the purpose of line breeding. Also, the fish you received as F1 are probably brothers and sisters, so it would be bad practice to breed F1 over F1. If you have received two shipments of F1 fish this should be OK, provided the microchip numbers are different, and you grew each batch separately. In this case having me provide you with microchip numbers is a real advantage. You can order a special batch of F1 fry and ask me to use different fish to your first batch. Easily done when you tell me the microchip numbers of the first batch, so I can choose different breeders.

YouTube video about two trips to the Barcoo River in 2024 to collect wild breeders.

YouTube video about how to condition breeders. Video is availabel to Premium Clients only, click for details.

Youtube video about jade perch sexing and sampling oocytes (eggs) and injecting hormone. Video is availabel to Premium Clients only, click for details.