2026 May - 55 articles
To investigate the growth patterns and sexual differences in pond-cultured mud crabs (Scylla paramamosain), this study measured eight growth patterns in pond-cultured S. paramamosain aged 1 to 5 months, including internal carapace width (ICW), abdome...
In aquaculture, fish physiological information serves as the foundation for behavior recognition, precise feeding, and health monitoring. The acquisition of such information relies on accurate keypoint detection and pose estimation of the fish body....
Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) is an economically important species in China’s marine fishery industry. However, due to long-term intensive fishing, its wild population has declined sharply. Artificial stock enhancement has become a...
This study evaluated the effects of dietary Elionurus muticus essential oil (EMEO) on growth performance, physiological responses, and resistance to car transport stress in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Fish were fed experimental diets for 60...
Marine fisheries are a cornerstone of food security, and artificial intelligence (AI) technology holds significant strategic importance for enhancing fishery industrial chain resilience. This study utilizes provincial panel data from China covering t...
Tryptophan has been shown to affect fish feed intake and growth performance. Moreover, it is the precursor of several bioactive molecules such as serotonin, which can be converted into melatonin. Melatonin is a potent antioxidant that directly neutra...
To evaluate Mutsu Bay as a nursery habitat for Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus Tilesius, 1810), we analyzed settled age-0 juveniles collected with a small bottom otter trawl over 10 years. The three stations with the highest juvenile densities were...
Monitoring marine organisms plays a vital role in biodiversity conservation, marine environmental management, and fisheries resource management. However, the underwater environment is often low-light and turbid, leading to indistinct target boundarie...
Accurate identification and quantitative assessment of fish feeding intensity are pivotal for enhancing aquaculture production efficiency. Currently, feeding intensity is mainly assessed based on fish school feeding images with a single feature, over...
Marine coastal ecosystems provide a variety of habitats for biodiversity. However, they are affected by bycatch, the unintentional capture of non-target species during fishing operations such as gillnets, trammel nets, and longlines. To mitigate byca...
This paper details the implementation of an integrated engineering framework for the real-time assessment of pose and size in fusiform fish, utilizing laser-camera technology. The design, comprising a camera and laser emitter, leverages laser triangu...
Freshwater snails, specifically those belonging to the genus Bellamya, are increasingly recognized as important components of sustainable aquaculture and aquatic ecosystem management. This review synthesizes current knowledge on their ecological role...
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is broadly acknowledged as a central pro-inflammatory regulator, owing to its multifaceted functions including immune cell recruitment, initiation and amplification of pro-inflammatory cytokine cascades, e...
This study evaluates the accumulation of trace elements (Al, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Hg, and Pb) in the muscle tissues of six commercially important fish species (Scophthalmus maximus, Merlangius merlangus, Mullus ponticus, Trachurus medi...
The gut microbiota plays a crucial role in regulating fish growth. In this study, we performed 16S rRNA sequencing and metabolomics to compare the gut microbiota and metabolic profiles of fast-growing (FG) and slow-growing (SG) brass gudgeon (Coreius...
Pacific abalone (Haliotis discus hannai) is a widely cultured and economically important abalone species in aquaculture yet improving growth performance remains a major challenge for stable production. To clarify the molecular architecture associated...
Drawing on the well-documented preference for natural and highly biodiverse environments in humans, it has been proposed that other animals may also recognise and show interest in natural stimuli. If widespread across animals, such a preference could...
Bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) are highly mobile coastal predators, whose broad movements complicate conservation planning, particularly in the Western Indian Ocean, where key habitats remain poorly understood. Using passive acoustic telemetry, th...
Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) are an economically important forage fish in the Northeast Pacific Ocean that undergo large changes in abundance over decadal scales and exhibit high individual variation in somatic growth. Past studies have suggeste...
During production, fish are exposed to multiple environmental, physiological, and physical stressors, which compromise development, productivity, and welfare and urge the implementation of effective and safe stress-mitigating strategies, particularly...
Understanding the life-history strategies of deep-sea fishes is essential for improving ecological knowledge and informing conservation efforts. Using otolith microchemistry, this study reconstructed the ontogenetic movement patterns of four grenadie...
Collagen (ASC) was purified from four flatfish species (Greenland halibut, blackfin flounder, stone flounder, and slime flounder) collected from a cold area in Japan to investigate their biochemical properties. Sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacryla...
More than 30,000 species of bony fishes, sharks and rays have been identified worldwide [...]
Our previous studies found that lipid emulsifiers can promote the absorption and deposition of liposoluble pigments in shrimp. The present study aimed to further investigate the effects of liposoluble pigments lutein (LUT) and lycopene (LYC), and the...
As aquaculture adopts more sustainable feed formulations, interest in functional feed additives has grown to help mitigate the health and performance challenges associated with low-marine-ingredient diets. This study evaluated the effects of dietary...
Proper configuration of aeration tubes is crucial for improving water quality and promoting the welfare and growth of cultured organisms in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RASs). To investigate the effects of aeration tube shapes (arc-shaped, disc...
The increasing production of diverse applications of engineered nanoparticles along with their potential release into the marine environment from both point and diffuse sources have become a significant concern for ocean health. Due to their unique p...
Arnica (Chiliadenus glutinosus (L.) Fourr.) is an endemic plant widely used in Spanish traditional medicine as infusions and alcoholic macerates for different ailments. Despite this use, information about the biological activity of these preparations...
Efficient detection of fish diseases is essential for intelligent health monitoring and timely intervention in aquaculture. However, current computer vision models remain computationally intensive, hindering their deployment on resource-constrained e...
The present study investigated how dietary inclusion of solubilized mannan oligosaccharide (MOS) influences growth performance, digestive health, stress resilience, and production profitability in Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) reared under...
In this study, the effects of different feeds provided during the initial feeding period of Trichogaster lalius (dwarf gourami) larvae on larval survival were evaluated. Larvae reared under laboratory conditions were assigned to four dietary treatmen...
The feeding ecology of sympatric elasmobranchs provides key insights into trophic interactions and species coexistence within demersal ecosystems. The current study examined the diet composition and trophic relationships of three skate species (Raja ...
Chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) is a key pelagic commercial fish species in the North Pacific Ocean and is one of the priority species managed by the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC). This study assessed the stock status and maximum sustai...
Low-salinity stress poses a critical constraint on commercial aquaculture and the survival of the sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus). This study investigated the regulatory network involving lncRNA011760, miR-novel-91, and their target gene NIPA2...
Accurate prediction of fishing grounds plays a crucial role in supporting the efficient operation of ocean-going fishing vessels. Based on catch data of Chub Mackerel (Scomber japonicus) and multiple concomitant oceanographic variables from 2014 to 2...
The inappropriate use of antibiotics in aquaculture has exacerbated antimicrobial resistance in pathogens, thereby reducing the efficiency of aquaculture production. Therefore, it is crucial to develop effective antibiotic alternatives capable of inh...
Marine anthropogenic particle pollution is a major environmental concern due to its persistence and widespread distribution. Microplastics are widely recognized as a subset of anthropogenic particles originating from synthetic polymers. This study ex...
Intensive salmon farming is associated with high mortality rates, highlighting the need for new welfare indicators that can detect adverse conditions earlier and less invasively than many current approaches. Existing animal-based indicators used in t...
The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), a widely distributed species, plays a crucial role in maintaining the marine ecosystem. However, studies on C. mydas require accurate and comprehensive genome annotation information. Long-read direct transcripto...
To accurately predict the fishing intensity of the Northwest Pacific squid fishing grounds and address the limitations of traditional models in capturing long-term temporal and spatial correlations and neglecting the coupling relationships of deep en...
Artisanal fisheries in Mexico frequently operate with limited data, lacking historical catch and effort series. In this context, the population status of the dogfish (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) was evaluated for the first time in Priority Marine Reg...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of different feeding-promoting substances added to high plant protein diets on the growth, antioxidant, serum biochemical parameters, immune, and feeding-related genes of Procambarus clarkii. A...
Proximate composition, lipid classes, and fatty acid profile were comparatively analyzed in different body parts of carp (Cyprinus carpio) cultivated in Madagascar. Higher (p < 0.05) protein values (163.3–200.1 g·kg−1 range) wer...
Anthropogenic pollution is among the most pervasive and persistent pressures affecting aquatic ecosystems worldwide, and fish are central to this issue not only because they are directly exposed to contaminants throughout their life cycle, but also b...
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has emerged as a powerful tool for biodiversity monitoring, yet its accuracy is fundamentally constrained by the completeness and taxonomic reliability of reference sequence databases. For the Three Gorges Reser...
The global seafood industry faces persistent challenges related to product quality, safety, and authenticity, driven by complex supply chains, increasing demand, and the perishable nature of aquatic products. Traditional analytical methods often fall...
Dietary arachidonic acid (ARA) is essential for aquatic animal growth and health, but studies in bivalves are still limited. Here, microcapsule diets with increasing ARA concentrations (ARA1-6 groups: 0.35, 3.01, 5.25, 6.88, 8.69, and 10.27 mg g&minu...
This study evaluated the effects of a commercially produced, ready-to-use probiotic supplement, dominated by lactic acid bacteria, on the growth performance and selected health indicators of salmon (Salmo salar L.) fry, parr, and presmolts reared for...
Based on previous studies and the ecological characteristics of Portunus trituberculatus, we hypothesized that climate change could substantially reshape its suitable habitat in Zhoushan fishing ground. Under present-day climate conditions (2010&ndas...
Prophylactic antibiotic use in intensive aquaculture promotes antimicrobial resistance, necessitating the development of microbial-based interventions. This study evaluated the individual, complementary, and synergistic effects of Bacillus subtilis n...
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