Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) change skin colour in response to crowding stress.

ABSTRACT: Wild capture can be stressful for fish. Stress has the potential to induce mortality in released unwanted catches or negative flesh quality consequences in retained ones. Such effects compromise sustainable natural resource management and industry profitability. Mitigating stress during capture is therefore desirable. Biological indicators of stress can objectively inform fishers as to the functional welfare status of catches during fishing operations. If they are to be of practical use in mitigating stress during wild capture events, such indicators must be quantifiable, respond rapidly, reflect the level of induced stress and be easily observable. Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) are extensively targeted by purse seine fisheries in European waters but are particularly vulnerable to s

SUBMITTER: Tveit GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9306841 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature