To the Editor-in-Chief of Immune Network I deeply regret but request a retraction of our paper published in Immune Network. Unfortunately, the study described above was plagiarized from the published article titled " Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.) innate immune response after dietary administration of heat-inactivated potential probiotics " in FSI (2006;20:482-492). As a corresponding aut...

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) are known to preferentially occupy the surface mixed layer above the thermocline and it has been suggested that they are physiologically restricted to water temperatures no more than 8 ◦C colder than surface waters. However, we here report for dive data acquired from a large yellowfin tuna which demonstrate for the first time that this species is indeed capabl...

BACKGROUND Seamounts have been identified as aggregating locations for pelagic biodiversity including tuna; however the topography and prevailing oceanography differ between seamounts and not all are important for tuna. Although a relatively common feature in oceanic ecosystems, little information is available that identifies those that are biologically important. Improved knowledge offers oppo...

BACKGROUND Fish are a source of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the human diet. Although species, trophic level, and means of production are typically considered in predicting fish pollutant load, and thus recommendations of consumption, capture location is usually not accounted for. OBJECTIVES Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) are harvested from across the world's oceans and are wid...

Around the Hawaiian Islands, a variety of small and medium-scale fisheries target bigeye (Thunnus obsesus) and yellowfin tuna (T. albacares) associated with offshore seamounts and weather monitoring buoys, an inshore network of fish aggregating devices (FADs), and natural aggregation sites (Itano and Holland, 2000). These fisheries, conducted from longline, troll and handline, and to a lesser e...

Yellowfin assessments depend on accurate data on catch and on good indices of abundance that can be used to fit production models. Current catch statistics compiled by ICCAT seem accurate, but historic catches may have been at least partially under-reported. In this paper we investigate the effect that different historic patterns of under-reporting have in the assessment. We do this by fitting ...

The complete mitochondrial genome of the gilthead seabream Sparus aurata Linnaeus 1758, one of the world's most important mariculture species, was sequenced using next generation sequencing technology. The genome sequence is comprised of 16,652 bp exhibiting the canonical vertebrate mitochondria gene order. Regions of gene overlap, tRNA length, as well as start and stop codon were similar to th...

The history and status of aquaculture genetics in Israel were reviewed a few years ago (Hulata 1995). The current report reviews trends and progress of the second half of the 1990s, and provides the vision and perspective for the next couple of years. Selective breeding work is currently focused mainly on tilapias (Oreochromis sp.) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Edible and ornamental co...

Lipid-related traits are important candidates for a breeding goal gilthead seabream, because they affect both fish and human health, as well production efficiency. However, to date there have been very few estimates of genetic parameters these traits, the relationship between fatty acids other never reported seabream. Therefore, aim this study was estimate genomic heritability relationships fat...

This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the dipeptide form of phenylalanine as a new source of amino acid in terms of growth performance and whole-body amino acid composition in comparison to the free form for red seabream (Pagrus major). Fish (1.46±0.001 g) were fed four isonitrogenous and isocaloric experimental diets containing 0.7 or 1.4% phenylalanine either in free or dipepti...