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Variation in glucocorticoid hormones (GCs) is often interpreted as reflecting ‘stress’, but this interpretation is subject of intense debate. GCs induce gluconeogenesis, and we hypothesized therefore that GC variation can be explained by changes in current and anticipated metabolic rate (MR). Alternatively, ...
Misconceptions, lack of knowledge, and negative attitudes towards sharks act as barriers preventing actions required to tackle threats to shark populations, limiting the success of global shark conservation initiatives. Peru, a major player for the international trade of shark products, recently approved ...
The Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) is among the most important aquaculture fish species in Eastern Asia. The present study aimed to identify the genetic parameters underlying body size and the timing at metamorphosis from leptocephali to glass eels in captive-bred Japanese eels, with the intent to ...
Endolichenic fungi (ELF) are unexplored group of organisms as a source for the production of bioactive secondary metabolites with radical scavenging activity, antilipase and amylase inhibitory activities. Endolichenic fungi in lichens collected from mangrove or mangrove associated plants are least known ...
Fat particles useful in food compositions as doughs, methods of preparing the fat particles, method of preparing the food compositions (e.g., doughs) that contain the fat particles, and methods of preparing a baked food product from the food composition, wherein the fat particles contain flavorant salt. ...
A fish processing apparatus (11, 200) comprising a first capturing arrangement (110, 210) comprising a first pair of capturing elements (3) spaced apart defining a gap (32) therebetween. The size of the gap (32) corresponds to a predetermined range of sizes of a predetermined fish (4) species (such ...
The invention provides methods and devices for heating or cooling viscous materials such as meat emulsions useful for producing food and other products. The devices include a heat exchanger comprising a first plate, a second plate attached to the first plate, and a first spacer and a second spacer arranged ...
Machine for the manufacture of boilies for sport fishing comprising: - a base frame (2, 3); - a forming roller (4) which has a central axis (A) horizontal and which is associated with the base frame (2, 3) in a rotatable way around the central axis (A), the forming roller (4) comprising a plurality ...
A method of checking for restrictions in a string of tubing formed of a plurality of tubing sections. The method involves providing a profile in the tubing string, providing a drift member adapted to engage with the profile, passing the drift member through the tubing string, and determining whether ...
A fishing lure, including a body (1), positioning means (15) operatively mounted to a first portion of the body, locking means (35) configured to engage a portion of positioning means to prevent rotation of the positioning means, guide means (10) affixed to a portion of the positioning means and extending ...
The present invention relates to a method including heat treatment of a composition including chitin and water-soluble vitamins and/or derivatives thereof. The invention also relates to a granule which can be obtained by the method according to the invention, a granule comprising chitin and water-soluble ...
The invention provides a composition for use in culturing aquatic animals that comprises one or more β-aspartyl dipeptides, or oligomers thereof, or salts thereof, wherein each of said β-aspartyl dipeptides comprisesa β-L-aspartyl moiety as the first amino acid residue. The invention further relates ...
Provided are a method of maintaining the ovaries of marine fish, and a method of obtaining fertilized egg. Provided is a method of maintaining ovaries in which the ovaries are removed from marine fish and the ovaries or fragmented ovaries are cultured in a culture solution. Also, provided is a method ...
The apparatus comprises the following building units which are connected to one another: a wash water tank, a NaCl concentration control unit in the water, a water pH concentration control unit, a first air compressor, a sediment displacement unit, a sediment discharge unit, a first closure, a second ...
The invention relates to the field of aquaculture and may be used for use in water recirculation (WRA) systems intended for the industrial cultivation of aquatic organisms. A stabilizer for the pH of water in an ammonium nitrogen removal unit of zeolite water filters forms a block (1) of automation ...
The present invention pertains to a method for automatic sea lice monitoring in fish aquaculture, the method comprising submerging a camera (4) in a sea pen (300) comprising fish, using the camera to make an image of at least one of said fish, analysing the image to differentiate between individual ...
Pump units for placing in a pond, the unit comprising a housing (40) in which is housed an electrical pump (70), an electrical UV lamp (80), mechanical and biological filters (42, 50, 60) a fountain outlet (90) and bypasses for the fountain and mechanical filters. The unit is arranged such that the ...
Marine foundation species such as corals, seagrasses, salt marsh plants, and mangrove trees are increasingly found to engage in mutualistic interactions. Because mutualisms by their very nature generate a positive feedback between the species, subtle environmental impacts on one of the species involved ...
The prevalence of dietary supplement use, such as vitamins, minerals, or fish oil, has increased among children in Japan; however, whether children are using dietary supplements appropriately remains unclear. This study aimed to determine dietary supplement use among children. In August 2017, a nationwide ...
Nesfatin-1 is an 82 amino acid peptide that has been involved in a wide variety of physiological functions in both mammals and fish. This study aimed to elucidate the role of nesfatin-1 on rainbow trout food intake, and its putative effects on glucose and fatty acid sensing systems. Intracerebroventricular ...