Quantifying the impacts of abrasion and bacterial transfer when fish are exposed to sand during a catch-and-release event:

Foster, Ryan M; Childs, Amber-Robyn; Brooks, Margot; Farthing, Matthew W; Butler, Edward C; Potts, Warren M

Title: Quantifying the impacts of abrasion and bacterial transfer when fish are exposed to sand during a catch-and-release event:
Creator: Foster, Ryan M
Creator: Childs, Amber-Robyn
Creator: Brooks, Margot
Creator: Farthing, Matthew W
Creator: Butler, Edward C
Creator: Potts, Warren M
Date Issued: 2020
Date: 2020
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160427
Identifier: vital:40445
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2020.1792982
Description: Best-practice guidelines to improve recreational fishers’ handling during catch-and-release (CandR) events are critical to improve the conservation and management of fish stocks worldwide. While best-practice research is growing, there are knowledge gaps, with the effects of sand exposure on fish mucous membranes understudied. This study aimed to determine the effects of exposing a fish to sand during a CandR event. A total of 360 juvenile (48–137 mm TL) Cape stumpnose Rhabdosargus holubi were subjected to a simulated CandR event during which they were either held: (i) with wet hands, or (ii) dry hands; or with wet hands and then placed on either (iii) wet sterilised sand, (iv) dry sterilised sand, (v) wet unsterilised sand, or (vi) dry unsterilised sand. Fish were maintained in a recirculating system for two weeks, euthanised and subjected to an examination of their mucous layer (bacterial counts, abrasion counts and percentage of abrasion area) and an internal biological assessment. Bacteria fro m fish mucous layers were cultivated on agar plates to count bacterial colonies.
Format: 9 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Journal of Marine Science
Relation: Foster, R.M., Childs, A.R., Brooks, M., Farthing, M.W., Butler, E.C. and Potts, W.M., 2020. Quantifying the impacts of abrasion and bacterial transfer when fish are exposed to sand during a catch-and-release event. African Journal of Marine Science, 2020. pp.1-8
Relation: African Journal of Marine Science volume 2020 number 1 8 September 2020 1814-2338
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