Life skills training for hatchery fish: Social learning and survival

Recent investigations of social-learning processes have clear relevance for hatchery practice in the rearing of some species of fish. Research findings show that many fish learn to recognize the stimulus features of food, predators and habitat. The behavior of these fish may then serve as a source from which naïve conspecifics can acquire recognition of the same stimulus. Learned behavior can result from simple exposure of fish to conspecifics...