scholarly journals Fish and Ships: Impacts of Boat Noise on a wild Fish and its Predators (supplemental data)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarika Cullis-Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Wild Fish

Natural mortality from poor condition in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

2000 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 826-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Denis Dutil ◽  
Yvan Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Atlantic Cod ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Fish Muscle ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Wild Fish ◽  
Natural Mortality ◽  
Muscle Lactate ◽  
Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity ◽  
Poor Condition

The extent of energy depletion was assessed in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in spring and early summer (1993-1995) to assess relationships between poor condition and natural mortality. Several indices of condition were compared in wild fish in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and in fish exposed to a prolonged period of starvation in laboratory experiments. Discriminant analyses classified only a small fraction of the wild fish as similar to cod that did not survive and a much larger fraction as similar to cod that survived starvation. This percentage increased from April to May and peaked in June 1993 and 1994. Condition factor and muscle somatic index allowed a clear distinction between live and dead fish. Muscle lactate dehydrogenase activity suggested that cod had experienced a period of negative growth early in 1993, 1994, and 1995. Fish classified as similar to starved individuals were characterized by a higher gonad to liver mass ratio than others. Reproduction may have a negative impact on survival not only in spring but also later into summer, as some individuals were found not to have recovered by late summer. This study shows that natural mortality from poor condition contributed to lower production in the early 1990s.

scholarly journals Sexual Reprogramming and Estrogenic Sensitization in Wild Fish Exposed to Ethinylestradiol

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 1219-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anke Lange ◽  
Gregory C. Paull ◽  
Tobias S. Coe ◽  
Yoshinao Katsu ◽  
Hiroshi Urushitani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wild Fish

Interference of cage fish farm on diet, condition factor and numeric abundance on wild fish in a Neotropical reservoir

Aquaculture ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 414-415 ◽  
pp. 56-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor P. Ramos ◽  
Heleno Brandão ◽  
Augusto S. Zanatta ◽  
Érica de O.P. Zica ◽  
Reinaldo J. da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Condition Factor ◽  
Fish Farm ◽  
Wild Fish ◽  
Cage Fish

Coastal fish farming does not affect the total parasite communities of wild fish in SW Mediterranean

Aquaculture ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 300 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 10-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damian Fernandez-Jover ◽  
Elisabeth Faliex ◽  
Pablo Sanchez-Jerez ◽  
Pierre Sasal ◽  
Just T. Bayle-Sempere
Keyword(s):  
Fish Farming ◽  
Wild Fish ◽  
Coastal Fish ◽  
Parasite Communities

scholarly journals Documentation of multiple species of marine fish trapped in Atlantic salmon sea-cages in Norway

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Per Gunnar Fjelldal ◽  
Monica F. Solberg ◽  
Kevin A. Glover ◽  
Ole Folkedal ◽  
Jonatan Nilsson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Salmon ◽  
Salmo Trutta ◽  
Gadus Morhua ◽  
Mesh Size ◽  
Anguilla Anguilla ◽  
Wild Fish ◽  
Melanogrammus Aeglefinus ◽  
European Eel ◽  
Farmed Salmon ◽  
Sea Trout

The production of salmonids in sea-cages has been developed for monoculture of the target species. However, we show here for the first time, that wild fish may enter sea-cages used for farming of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Norway, out-grow the mesh size, and thereafter become permanently trapped. Within seven different sea-cages located in western Norway, eight different species of wild fish were identified; European eel (Anguilla anguilla), sea trout (Salmo trutta L.), cod (Gadus morhua), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), saithe (Pollachius virens), pollack (Pollachius pollachius), hake (Merluccius merluccius) and whiting (Merlangius merlangus). In the two most extreme cases, a 5 × 5 × 7 m cage with 311 farmed salmon (903 g) also contained 542 whiting (79 g), 77 haddock (43 g), and 5 cod (26 g), and a 12 × 12 × 15 m cage with 1695 farmed salmon (559 g) also contained 1196 haddock (35 g), 1115 whiting (31 g), 46 cod (23 g), 23 saithe (48 g), 15 pollock (22 g), 5 sea trout (54 g), and 2 hake (29 g). The present study thus demonstrates that aquaculture cages designed for monoculture may attract and effectively ‘trap’ wild fish. We did not investigate the frequency of this occurrence, and the ecological significance of these observations remains unclear. However, with the ever-increasing number of sea-cages used for global aquaculture, this is clearly a topic for further research.

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