Fish as a health food – ecotoxicological viewpoint

Fish Feces as Fish Food on a Pacific Coral Reef

The fates of 5,975 feces produced by 88 species of reef fishes were monitored at Palau (western Pacific Ocean). At least 4 5 fishes ate fish feces in addition to other foods. Intraspecific coprophagy and autocoprophagy were very rare and most coprophagous interactions were between members of different trophic groups. Fecal material moved through a feeding network of fishes, from carnivores to h...

FISH, AQUACULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY Sustaining Fish as a Food Supply

Fish as a Source of Food in Antiquity

Fish as a functional food: some issues and outcomes

Introduction Seafoods are inherently functional and possess many components that are good for human health. Seafoods and their by-products are an excellent source of nutraceuticals and bioactives, and these can be extracted/isolated and added to a range of foods thereby enhancing functionality of the foods in terms of human health (Shahidi, 2003; Alasalvar and Taylor, 2002). These aspects are a...

Health Positive Uses of Genetically Modified Food Crops as a Source of

Molecular farming, or bio-pharming, has recently received much of attention for production of valuable recombinant proteins, with a few already being marketed. The use of whole plants for synthesis of pharmaceutical proteins offers various advantages in economy, scalability and safety over conventional production systems. GM plants are suitable for the inexpensive production of large amounts of...