Essays on Fish

Biodiversity, a contraction of biological diversity as the term used to describe the total variety of living organism. It is essential for stabilization of ecosystem and protection of overall environmental qualities. The study of biodiversity is an important issue in today’s world (Khan and Hasan,…

Rice-fish culture creates a symbiotic system and thereby optimizes resource utilization through the complementary use of land and water and also improves diversification, intensification, productivity, profitability, and sustainability. Rice-fish farming also upgrades soil nitrogen, phosphorous, aeration of water, pest control, etc. (Allahyari and Noorhosseini 2014)…

Introduction Aquaculture as a fast growing industry is the main source to increase fish supply. By raising the fish demand, the use of intensified aquaculture systems has increased which has magnified stressors for fish and thus enhanced the outbreaks of disease with huge economic losses…

Literature Review Adulteration in various consumer sectors is now found commonly and economics reason are tho most cited reasons. Raw materials and finished foods are not exempted from such cases. Adulterant detection and authenticity testing of foods, including dairy and meat products, eggs, cereals, legumes,…

Biological material Rainbow trout (900±65 g) were purchased from a local fish farm in Karaj (Iran), and then immediately transported to the laboratory within 25 min (a distance of about 6 km) in foamed polystyrene box with a suitable quantity of flaked ice. In the…

Parosphromenus ornaticauda was first discovered in 1990 by Kottelat. It belongs to the family of Osphronemidae. It’s a small ornamental fish for aquariums. It is usually found in southern (peninsular) Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Indonesian rivers. Parosphromenus ornaticauda is totally freshwater fish. Its length…

The Importance of Fish In The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway, there are not many characters besides the old man, Santiago, and the boy, plus a few others that only make small appearances. But as I was reading, I noticed there are…

For my poems, I selected two of my favorite works by Mary Oliver. As a poet who centers on nature, it is evident through much of her writing how she intends to draw upon those natural inspirations. Literal interpretations aside, Oliver uses images, structure, and…

As humans become more international, the accidental translocation of fauna and flora to foreign lands and waters through human activity makes the success of invasive species just as widespread. Currently, a terrible invasion is degrading the Atlantic Ocean’s Western Atlantic Basin and taking over its…

Fish significantly contributes to the nutrition and food security especially of the poor population in Africa and Asia. The Silver cyprinid, Rastrineobola argentea (locally referred to as Dagaa in Tanzania, Mukene in Uganda/Rwanda, and Silver cyprinid in Kenya) is one of the most important commercial…