Textural quality of fish and shellfish is the most important factor because it limits consumer acceptance as well as market price. The muscle softening or mushiness of fish and shellfish during storage or distribution in ice is generally occurred. This phenomenon is considered as the muscle protein degradation due to the proteolytic activity. The presence of active proteases in muscle and diges...

The more frequent occurrence of both marine and freshwater toxic algal blooms and recent problems with new toxic events have increased the risk for illness and negatively impacted sustainable public access to safe shellfish and recreational waters in Washington State. Marine toxins that affect safe shellfish harvest in the state are the saxitoxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP),...

Fish rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have been suggested to have a favorable effect on bone health, but previous epidemiologic studies have shown inconsistent results. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the hypothesis that the consumption of fish and shellfish is positively associated with bone mass and negatively associated with the risk of osteoporosis in Koreans and ...

A study designed to characterize the effects of shellfish products on the chemical properties of fluvisols gleyic and yield of rice was carried out in Toumbokro, Yamoussoukro’s region, Côte d'Ivoire. The work has been focused on soil amendment by three types of shells (Achatina spp Donax spp and Ostrea spp). Three doses of shellfish products (500, 1000 and 1500 kg.ha) and NPK fertilizer were te...

Received Jul 29, 2016 Revised Sep 20, 2016 Accepted Sep 26, 2016 Fish and shellfish contaminated by Arsenic (As) heavy metals from people activity discharge into the coast. Coastal community was exposure risk by As due to consumption of marine products. This study aimed to determine of human health risks level who consume fish and shellfish that contain As in Kaluku Bodoa and Untia coastal, Mak...

With an annual production of >10 million t (Mt), China is the largest producer of cultivated shellfish and seaweeds in the world. Through mariculture of shellfish and seaweeds, it is estimated that 3.79 ± 0.37 Mt C yr–1 are being taken up, and 1.20 ± 0.11 Mt C yr–1 are being removed from the coastal ecosystem by harvesting (means ± SD). These estimates are based on carbon content data of both s...

Shellfish aquaculture is an expanding industry in coastal British Columbia, Canada, and occurs in important wintering areas for surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) and white-winged scoters (M. fusca). We quantified habitat use by scoters in relation to natural environmental attributes and habitat modifications associated with shellfish aquaculture. We found that, despite the extensive clam a...

The development of shellfish allergy usually begins in adulthood and tends to be a life-long problem. The prevalence of shellfish allergy is relatively high in Asian countries compared to the western world and symptoms may develop at the early age. 1 This phenomenon may simply reflect the geographic consumption of shellfish, however, other factors possibly play a role since low prevalence of sh...

In the context of the French Phytoplankton and Phycotoxins Monitoring Network (REPHY) programme, shellfish samples were harvested from different locations where harmful algae blooms were known to have occurred. For all shellfish samples found positive by the mouse bioassay for diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins, liquid chromatography (LC) coupled with mass spectrometry (MS) was used to...