Modified Commercial Fish Trap to Help Eliminate Salmonid Bycatch Mortality

An interesting feature of the goldfish liver is the morphology of the hepatic plate, which is always formed by a two-cell layer of hepatocytes. Hepatic plates of the goldfish liver contain an infrequently seen second type of cell, in the centers of plates between two hepatocytes. A TEH study by Yamamoto (1) demonstrated ultrastructural differences between hepatocytes and centrally located cells in hepatic plates; the latter were classified as ductule cells of the biliary system. None of the previous studies clearly showed a three-dimensional organization of the two cell types described. In the present investigation we utilize SEM to elucidate the arrangement of hepatocytes and bile ductular cells in intralobular plates of goldfish liver.Livers from young goldfish (Carassius auratus), about 6-10 cm, fed commercial fish food were used for this study. Hepatic samples were fixed in 4% buffered paraformaldehyde, cut into pieces, fractured, osmicated, CPD, mounted Au-Pd coated, and viewed by SEM at 17-20 kV. Our observations were confined to the ultrastructure of biliary passages within intralobular plates, ductule cells, and hepatocytes.

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The influence of sex steroids in commercial fish meals and fish diets on plasma concentration of estrogens and vitellogenin in cultured Siberian sturgeonAcipenser baeri

Aquatic Living Resources ◽

10.1051/alr:1989019 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 161-168 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Catherine Pelissero ◽

Blandine Cuisset ◽

Françoise Le Menn

Keyword(s):

Plasma Concentration ◽

Sex Steroids ◽

Commercial Fish ◽

Fish Diets

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CRITICAL FACTORS OF WATER CONTENT FOR FISH STOCKS IN THE WATER RESERVOIRS OF KAZAKHSTAN

VESTNIK OF ASTRAKHAN STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY SERIES FISHING INDUSTRY ◽

10.24143/2073-5529-2017-1-9-18 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 9-18

Author(s):

Saule Zhangirovna Asylbekova ◽

Kuanysh Baibulatovich Isbekov ◽

Evgeniy Vyacheslavovich Kulikov

Keyword(s):

Water Content ◽

Water Level ◽

Water Availability ◽

Hydrological Regime ◽

Fishing Effort ◽

Water Reservoirs ◽

The Caspian Sea ◽

Annual Fish ◽

Commercial Fish ◽

Fish Stocks

The hydrological regime of water reservoirs in different years has a decisive impact on the abundance of commercial fish stocks and the quality of ichthyocenoses. In this connection in 2015-2016 there was conducted a retrospective analysis and ranking of hydrological regime impact on these factors. The paper gives evaluation of catches and fish stocks under different scenarios of water availability in the main fishing ponds of the Republic of Kazakhstan that give about 80% of the annual fish catch of the country (except the Caspian Sea). There were analyzed 2000 factors of hydrological regime (water level, annual discharge) and 1845 factors of fishing stocks (catches, abundance, fish biomass). The paper determines the critical characteristics of water availability for fish stocks. There have been proposed a number of administrative decisions and actions in case if water content would approach to the critical level. Among them: limitation of fish catches in the following year; widening zones restricted for fishing; intensification of safety measures of the fish young in residual ponds during arid periods; introduction of catch standards for a unit of fishing effort in low-water years, high-water years and years with normal water level in rivers.

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THE NUMBER AND QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF FRY FISH IN SHALLOW COASTAL WATERS OF THE VOLGA IN THE SUMMER-AUTUMN PERIOD OF 2012

VESTNIK OF ASTRAKHAN STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY SERIES FISHING INDUSTRY ◽

10.24143/2073-5529-2017-3-65-73 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 65-73

Author(s):

Edward Vladimirovich Nikitin

Keyword(s):

Fish Species ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Caspian Sea ◽

The Caspian Sea ◽

Volga River ◽

Commercial Fish ◽

Autumn Period ◽

Fish Juveniles ◽

Qualitative Characteristics ◽

Shallow Coastal Waters

Shallow coastal waters of the Volga river is a flooded feeding area for fish juveniles of nonmigratory fish species. There takes place annual downstream migration of fluvial anadromous fish species from spawning grounds of the Volga river to the Northern Caspian Sea. The most important factors determining the number and qualitative characteristics of fry fishes are the level of the Caspian Sea (currently having a tendency to the lowering), hydrological and thermal regimes of the Volga river. Researches were carried out in definite periods of time. In the summer-autumn period of 2012 fry fishes were presented by 19 species (13 of them were commercial species), which belonged to 9 families. The article gives data on all the commercial fish species. In the first decade of July the maximum number of fry fish was registered in the western part of the Volga outfall offshore - in box 247 (19.86 mln specimens/km2), in the eastern part - in box 142 (20.4 mln specimens/km2). The most populous were roach, red-eye, silver bream and bream; size-weight characteristics were better in the areas remoted from the Volga delta. In the third decade of July the quantitative indicators of fry fish on these areas decreased, size-weight characteristics greatly increased. In the second decade of October in the western part of the seaside there were registered increased pre-wintering concentrations of fish juveniles, their qualitative indicators increased, which is evidence to favorable feeding conditions in 2012.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Clinical trial: protective effect of a commercial fish protein hydrolysate against indomethacin (NSAID)-induced small intestinal injury.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.722677375.578882 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Ingvar Bjarnason

Keyword(s):

Clinical Trial ◽

Protective Effect ◽

Protein Hydrolysate ◽

Intestinal Injury ◽

Fish Protein ◽

Commercial Fish ◽

Small Intestinal Injury ◽

Fish Protein Hydrolysate ◽

Small Intestinal

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Chimeric Protein IPath® with Chelating Activity Improves Atlantic Salmon’s Immunity against Infectious Diseases

Vaccines ◽

10.3390/vaccines9040361 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 361

Author(s):

Valentina Valenzuela-Muñoz ◽

Bárbara P. Benavente ◽

Antonio Casuso ◽

Yeny Leal ◽

Cristian Gallardo-Escárate

Keyword(s):

Immune Response ◽

Atlantic Salmon ◽

Iron Metabolism ◽

Iron Transport ◽

Aeromonas Salmonicida ◽

Transcriptional Analysis ◽

Control Fish ◽

Control Group ◽

Commercial Fish ◽

Chelating Activity

Infection processes displayed by pathogens require the acquisition of essential inorganic nutrients and trace elements from the host to survive and proliferate. Without a doubt, iron is a crucial trace metal for all living organisms and also a pivotal component in the host–parasite interactions. In particular, the host reduces the iron available to face the infectious disease, increasing iron transport proteins’ expression and activating the heme synthesis and degradation pathways. Moreover, recent findings have suggested that iron metabolism modulation in fish promotes the immune response by reducing cellular iron toxicity. We hypothesized that recombinant proteins related to iron metabolism could modulate the fish’s immune system through iron metabolism and iron-responsive genes. Here a chimeric iron transport protein (IPath®) was bioinformatically designed and then expressed in a recombinant bacterial system. The IPath® protein showed a significant chelating activity under in vitro conditions and biological activity. Taking this evidence, a vaccine candidate based on IPath® was evaluated in Atlantic salmon challenged with three different fish pathogens. Experimental trials were conducted using two fish groups: one immunized with IPath® and another injected with adjutant as the control group. After 400 accumulated thermal units (ATUs), two different infection trials were performed. In the first one, fish were infected with the bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida, and in a second trial, fish were exposed to the ectoparasite Caligus rogercresseyi and subsequently infected with the intracellular bacterium Piscirickettsia salmonis. Fish immunized with IPath® showed a significant delay in the mortality curve in response to A. salmonicida and P. salmonis infections. However, no significant differences between infected and control fish groups were observed at the end of the experiment. Notably, sea lice burden reduction was observed in vaccinated Atlantic salmon. Transcriptional analysis evidenced a high modulation of iron-homeostasis-related genes in fish vaccinated with IPath® compared to the control group during the infection. Moreover, increasing expression of Atlantic salmon IgT was associated with IPath® immunization. This study provides evidence that the IPath® protein could be used as an antigen or booster in commercial fish vaccines, improving the immune response against relevant pathogens for salmon aquaculture.

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Functionalized Nanoplastics (NPs) Increase the Toxicity of Metals in Fish Cell Lines

International Journal of Molecular Sciences ◽

10.3390/ijms22137141 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 22 (13) ◽

pp. 7141

Author(s):

Carmen González-Fernández ◽

Francisco Guillermo Díaz Baños ◽

María Ángeles Esteban ◽

Alberto Cuesta

Keyword(s):

Sparus Aurata ◽

Gilthead Seabream ◽

Fish Cell ◽

Test Model ◽

Fish Cell Lines ◽

Polystyrene Nanoparticles ◽

Commercial Fish ◽

Cellular Protection ◽

Marine Life

Nanoplastics (NPs) are one of the most abundant environment-threatening nanomaterials on the market. The objective of this study was to determine in vitro if functionalized NPs are cytotoxic by themselves or increase the toxicity of metals. For that, we used 50 nm polystyrene nanoparticles with distinct surface functionalization (pristine, PS-Plain; carboxylic, PS-COOH; and amino PS-NH2) alone or combined with the metals arsenic (As) and methylmercury (MeHg), which possess an environmental risk to marine life. As test model, we chose a brain-derived cell line (SaB-1) from gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), one of the most commercial fish species in the Mediterranean. First, only the PS-NH2 NPs were toxic to SaB-1 cells. NPs seem to be internalized into the cells but they showed little alteration in the transcription of genes related to oxidative stress (nrf2, cat, gr, gsta), cellular protection against metals (mta) or apoptosis (bcl2, bax). However, NPs, mainly PS-COOH and PS-NH2, significantly increased the toxicity of both metals. Since the coexistence of NPs and other pollutants in the aquatic environment is inevitable, our results reveal that the combined effect of NPs with the rest of pollutants deserves more attention.

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