haemato-biochemical studies in rainbow trout infected with saprolegnia were carried out under temperate climatic conditions of kashmir valley to find out the variation in blood parameters. the trial was carried out on 405 cultured rainbow trout fish ranging in length from 47.8 to 69.8 cm and in weight from 1300 to 1920 g. the same experiment was carried out on 2,70000.00 trout fish eggs from no...

Fish consumption is associated with both health benefits from high-quality proteins, minerals, vitamins, and fatty acids and risks from contaminants in fish. Fish consumption advisories are issued by many government agencies to keep exposure to contaminants at a safe level. Such advisories are typically based on fillets and neglect consumption of other fish parts such as eggs by certain subpopu...

Dispersal of Eriocheir sinensis from its native habitat is a worldwide concern. As one of the most invasive species known, this crab causes significant disruption to foreign ecosystems. In particular, populations in the United Kingdom (UK) are increasing in number and E. sinensis has been reported from many river catchments (www.mittencrabs.org.uk). The ecological implications of this invasion ...

The high price of flying fish eggs in Japan encourages South Sulawesi fishermen in Indonesia to harvest increasing quantities of eggs every year. Similarly, the increasing local demand for flying fish encourages Indonesian fishermen to use gill nets to catch more fish. As a consequence of this increasing quantity of eggs harvested and fish caught, Indonesia has become concerned about the overex...

M74 syndrome is a thiamine responsive disease of Baltic salmon (the Baltic group of Salmo salar L.) leading to the death of nearly all yolksac fry of certain females (see e.g. Koski et al. (1999)). Börjeson et al. (1995) reported that M74 syndrome in Baltic salmon in Swedish rivers was bound to the females, while milt from wiggling males – fish showing symptoms of a thiamine related-illness (La...

Buoyancy acting on plankton, i.e. the difference in specific gravity between plankton and the ambient water, is a function of salinity and temperature. From specific gravity measurements of marine fish eggs salinity appears to be the only determinant of the buoyancy indicating that the thermal expansions of the fish egg and the ambient seawater are equal. We analyze the mechanisms behind therma...

The aim of this work was to study the influence of bacterial epiflora on egg hatching of the sardine (Sardina pilchardus) obtained from a natural environment (Ría de Vigo, Spain) during the spawning season of the sardine (from January to June). Total bacteria, viable bacteria or the presence of specific potential pathogens for eggs, such as Pseudoalteromonas piscicida and Tenacibaculum (Flexiba...