Health of two farmed species of tuna was evaluated in farm surveys in Australia, Croatia and Spain. The results were discussed at tuna health workshop during EAFP 12th International Conference. While a wide range of parasites was found, few problems occurred during the surveys. The information obtained will be useful for future monitoring and research on health of farmed tuna. Introduction Fish...

To analyze the effects of mesoscale eddies, sea surface temperature (SST), and gear configuration on the catch of Atlantic bluefin (Thunnus thynnus), yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), and bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the U.S. northwest Atlantic longline fishery, we constructed multivariate statistical models relating these variables to the catch of the four speci...

CONTENTS CLIOTOP/PFRP Workshop: The Role of Squid in Pelagic Marine Ecosystems ............................... 2 Papua New Guinea Tuna-Tagging Project ................. 5 Upcoming Events .................................................. 5 Erratum ................................................................ 7 Pelagic Fisheries Science in the Pacific, 2005 and Beyond—PIFSC and PFRP ............

Parabens are alkyl esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid which extensively used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs due to their antimicrobial properties. The most commonly parabens methyl-(MeP), ethyl-(EtP), propyl-(PrP) butyl-(BuP) paraben. Most human exposure is achieved through the consumption food or pharmaceutical products use personal care products. However, studies on dietary associa...

Background: Anecdotal information has suggested that sodium benzoate is used with more than permissible doses during production steps of food products especially pickles and pickled cucumbers in food producing factories in Markazi province and other food producing factories . The present study was done to evaluate factual concentration of sodium benzoate in these products. Methods: In this ...

Maize is one of the oldest and most productive popular grains and can be consumed as food at various developmental stages from baby corn to mature grain. The maize can be processed in different products at traditional level as well as industrial scale. Due to vast corn consumption by people in this research the concentration of histamine ,some trace and essential mineral and also heavy metals h...

We measured the horizontal and vertical movements of ®ve adult yellow®n tuna (Thunnus albacares, estimated body mass 64 to 93 kg) near the main Hawaiian Islands, while simultaneously gathering data on oceanographic conditions and currents. Fish movements were recorded by means of ultrasonic depth-sensitive transmitters. Depth±temperature and depth±oxygen pro®les were measured with vertical cond...

Within the tropical and subtropical oceans, tuna forage opportunistically on a wide variety of prey. However, little is known about the trophic ecology of the smallest size classes which play an important role in stock assessments and fisheries management. The foraging behavior of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares (23.5–154.0 cm FL), collected from nearshore Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) arou...