The transport of live fish : a review /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Rome :
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
1986.
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| Series: | EIFAC technical paper ;
48. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The main factors and principles associated with fish transport
- 2.1. Quality of fish
- 2.2. Oxygen
- 2.3. pH, carbon dioxide and ammonia
- 2.4. Temperature
- 2.5. Density and activity of transported fish
- 2.6. Biochemical changes and stress in transported fish
- 2.7. General notes
- 3. Closed systems of fish transport
- 3.1. Polyethylene bags
- 3.2. Other sealed containers
- 3.3. Fry densities in plastic bags
- 3.4. General notes on the transport of juvenile fish in bags
- 3.5. Transport of large fish in bags
- 3.6. General notes on the transport of brood fish in bags
- 4. Open systems of fish transport
- 4.1. General technological notes
- 4.2. Technical designs of transport units
- 4.2.1. Small transport units
- 4.2.2. Large transport tanks
- 4.2.3. Single-purpose transport trucks
- 4.3. Water aeration/oxygenation and temperature
- 4.4. Fish densities in transport units
- 4.5. Transport of pike-perch
- 4.6. Railway fish transport
- 5. Chemical methods for water and fish treatment during transport
- 5.1. Use of fish tranquilizers
- 5.2. Application of sodium chloride and calcium chloride
- 5.3. Chemicals as oxygen sources
- 5.4. Bacteriostatic chemicals
- 5.5. Buffers
- 5.6. Ammonia control
- 5.7. Antifoam chemicals
- 6. Conclusions
- 7. References.