Interesting relationships were found between feeding
rate and the gonadosomatic index (GSI) of females. The
non-stunted female did not differ in GSI at stocking and
harvesting. The size of the gonad increased proportionately
with the increase in the size of fish for all the rates
used to feed the normal or non-stunted fish. Therefore,
feeding rate did not affect female GSI of this group. The
absence of impact of feeding level on final female GSI in
non-stunted fish contrasts with a decline with feeding
level in stunted females.