Journal Reviews
• Evaluation of hydrogenated soybean oil in feeds for hybrid Striped Bass fed in conjunction with finishing periods of different durations • Dietary supplementation with allspice Pimenta dioica reduces the occurrence of streptococcal disease during first feeding of Mozambique Tilapia fry The science of aquaculture has been on a long journey toward sustainable practices, and... Read More
Cast nets are commonly used by both sport and commercial anglers in estuarine habitats along the southern U.S. coast, but they are rarely used by fisheries scientists, especially when compared to other gears. This is due to the fact that they require practice and skill to deploy, but also because sampling with them is considered... Read More
Traditionally, dietary studies of sharks have been based on stomach content analysis, which often involves the lethal practice of cutting open a shark. This method, while effective, only provides a snapshot of ingested food in the days prior to death. Furthermore, it is a practice that often requires sacrificing a large number of sharks in... Read More
Abstract Recent progress in animal welfare legislation relating to invertebrates has provoked interest in methods for the anesthesia of cephalopods, for which different approaches to anesthesia have been tried but in most cases without truly anesthetizing the animals. For example, several workers have used muscle relaxants or hypothermia as forms of “anesthesia.” Several inhalational anesthetics are known to... Read More
Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) is one of the most highly sought-after fish in the Gulf of Mexico and also one of the most heavily managed. Considered overfished since the 1980s, anglers have had to endure shortened fishing seasons in an effort to rebuild the stock. Last year, the Red Snapper recreational season was reduced to... Read More
