Fish parasitological research associated with fisheries and aquaculture has expanded
remarkably over the past century. The application of parasites as biological tags has been …

The Mediterranean Sea is recognized as a marine biodiversity hotspot. This enclosed basin
is facing several anthropogenic-driven threats, such as seawater warming, pollution …

Fish farming is increasingly important globally and nationally, playing a crucial role in fish
production for human consumption. Monitoring microbiological and chemical contaminants …

The fish stock delineation concept has now evolved informed by knowledge affordable from
a variety of new genetic and geochemical life cycle tracers in addition to traditional …

Contracaecum larvae are geographically widely distributed, utilizing many animal species
as hosts; and fish represent an important paratenic host in their life cycle. Their presence in …

In order to identify the best tools for stock assessment studies using fish parasites as
biological indicators, different host traits (size, mass and age and their interaction with sex) …

The Atlantic herring is a schooling, pelagic species that inhabits both sides of the North
Atlantic Ocean. Herring stock identification is usually based on several approaches …

Abstract The Argentine croaker Umbrina canosai (Sciaenidae) is a demersal fish distributed
along the coasts of central Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina. In recent years, an …

Small pelagics occupy an intermediate trophic level in marine ecosystems, serving as prey
for a variety of predators and thus playing a very important role in these ecosystems. This …

Metazoan parasite assemblages of Pagrus pagrus inhabiting the southwestern Atlantic were
analysed with the aim of identifying the existence of different stocks and to comparatively …