Caribbean Spiny Lobster Research Paper

One of the most commonly shared beliefs about aquaculture is that it has potential to amplify and transfer disease/parasites to wild fish populations, but strict management practices and guidelines have been utilized and supplemented to ensure that US farming operations mitigate current and potential environmental risks associated with aquaculture (NOAA, 2015). Among these practices are regular diver-led inspections to investigate the integrity of nets and net infrastructure, surveillance cameras and even public webcam feeds that monitor the fish farms and in particular monitor efficient use of feed, regular health inspections in efforts to have a head start on disease prevention and detection, and “comprehensive sanitary and biosecurity programs to prevent the introduction and/or spread of pests or diseases from one farm site/cage to another or into the environment.” (NOAA, 2015). Additionally, movements are being made to stop the spreading of disease and to limit oceanic pollution by containing salmon in solid tanks rather than in netting. “In Washington State, Domsea Farms has launched a land-based, freshwater system to produce coho salmon.” (David Suzuki Foundation, n.d.) This method is not only environmentally sound, but it opens up aquacultural boundaries. By containing fish in these large tanks, there is potential for salmon aquaculture to

In the essay “Consider the Lobster”, David Foster Wallace communicates his experience in the Main Lobster Festival as a writer for a food magazine called “Gourmet”. In this essay, he explores the impact the festival had on him as he tries to question the morals of eating lobsters. Wallace initially makes it seem as the festival is a place of fun and celebration as he describes the entertainment: concerts, carnival rides, lobster-themed food, lobster-themed clothes, and lobster-themed toys (50). In spite of that, he changes his attitude as he observes that the festival is actually promoting cruelty to animals and holds a long discussion whether or not lobsters can actually feel pain. Through the use of his language and description, Wallace convinces the audience as he claims to persuade the reader to stop eating lobsters, but he doesn’t explicitly say so at any point in the essay.

The native oyster of the Chesapeake Bay is the Eastern oyster; also known as the Crassostrea Virginica. One of the many diseases found in the Eastern oysters are: Dermo disease and multinucleated sphere X disease (Graczyk, et al, 2006). Fayer, et al (2010) found that even if frozen oysters were contaminated with feces they could still survive. As stated by Graczyk, et al (2006), the oysters contain human enteric pathogens. Oysters contain a bacterium that can clean the bay naturally by itself. Since the oyster’s population decreased dramatically it takes longer for the bay to be cleaned. Strickland (2009) stated “the oysters used to be able to clean the water in the bay with in three days but now it takes up to an entire year to get the job done”. Graczyk, et al (2006) stated that “due to over harvesting in the Chesapeake Bay Eastern oysters are becoming at a point of

Reaching a length of up to 5.5 centimeters (or about 2 inches), the bigclaw snapping shrimp is the largest member of the family Alpheidae, which are also known as the pistol shrimp. It is found in water up to 30 meters (98 feet) deep from as far north as North Carolina’s Outer Banks to the Brazilian coast. It also is able to survive in areas of rapidly different salinity; A. heterochaelis has be found in environments that range from mesohaline (having a salinity of 5 to 18 parts per thousand) to hyperhaline (having a salinity of 40+ ppt). This means that it lives in environments that range from brackish to seawater of above average salinity. It is most commonly found in areas where cover can be easily found during the day, such as an oyster reef.

Gerry Mullen, CEO of Red Lobster restaurants, has been faced with a dilemma. He recently received an email from Terry Modotti, Vice President for Public Relations concerning the lobster retrieval in La Mosquitia, also known as the Mosquito Coast. The article states that many of the young working men are being killed and maimed to make lobsters available at cheap process to consumers in the United States. The men, known as buzos, must dive up to 130 feet for lobster, and face dangerous decompression sickness which begins with paralysis and ends in a slow death. This is due to the fact that there are no medical or decompression facilities on the boats, and there is also no equipment to aid

Warren's Lobster House is located on the southern tip of Maine's coast and serves the freshest seafood, lobster and fish. The family-friendly restaurant also has chicken, steak and other seafood available. Warren's Lobster House is a destination restaurant perched on top of wood pilings above the waters of the Piscataqua River. It's located on US 1 and has been open since 1940.

The Maine Lobster fisherman have developed a widely used and accepted territorial system for regulating access to lobster fishing grounds on the coast of Maine. The system is an informal system that it is not legislatively created or mandated, but is communally imposed and enforced by the local fishing communities

In 2015, 82,700 tons of Canadian lobster was exported, generating $2.03 billion in revenue. With the current growing need for low production costs and high efficiency, the industry is faced with a number of challenges, including maintenance of high-quality standards and assurance of food safety. This has become crucial in regards to grading for different markets. Businesses require efficient, low-cost, and non-invasive quality and safety inspection technologies to enable them to satisfy different markets' needs, to expand market share.

How do you consider the lobster? David Foster Wallace wrote the essay Consider the Lobster. After the reading, the essay for the first time the thoughts that went through my head consisted of how the lobsters were treated and what Wallace thought of the lobsters. The lobsters are chosen out of usually a pot or a giant tank and then boiled to death. They are placed into a pot of boiling hot water and the saying that the lobsters are screaming in the pot comes to be true. Some people find it disturbing to listen to the sound while others cover the pot and not let it bother them. Also, from the first reading I thought that Wallace was being somewhat hypocritical because I got the idea that it was acceptable for him to eat and coo ketch lobsters but seeing it done in the setting of a restaurant, in a larger quantity makes it worse. Gathering all this information again had made me rethink the essay and look towards the deeper meaning. Wallace committed suicide in 2008 due to mental illness. So, when we consider the lobster does it mean that to be considerate of it? Another point I came to was about was mental illness and how in 2008 Wallace committed suicide. When lobsters are chosen and boiled to eat, those people are sending them to their 'grave'. So, what does being considerate consist of when discussing a lobster, a dead body and the food we are about to eat?

In this project I would be describing the Blue crab and the classification of the blue crab. I will also be describing the characteristics of the blue crab and also the structure of it. In this project I will also be describing the physiology and the life cycle, and interesting facts relating to the structure. I will also be discussing the reproduction and where the blue crab fits into the evolutionary tree and how it fit there. Crabs does are crustaceans with five pairs of legs. The first pair is modified as pinchers and the last four pairs are walking legs. The blue crab's shell is about 17.8 cm wide and 10.2 cm long. It weighs about 0.45 to 0.9 kg when fully grown. The back of the blue crab is dark or brownish green and is drawn out on each

This article was referenced in 5.1 Hay et al, and its focus is around studying nephropore areas of sexually mature lobsters. The goal behind this study is to better identify the presence of these structures which are known to produce chemical signals in conjunction with the release of their urine. In the lobster Homarus Americanus, urine signals are used as a form of chemical communication, males use urine in the determination of dominance over other males as well as to allow females choice of dominant males. On the other hand Homarus Americanus females urine actually reduces the incidence of male aggression and increases male mating behavior. This article is more focused on the masses of rosette glands identified from all animals

In Canada, the Grand Banks habitat is in “environmental degradation” (Connor and Taitano) due to bottom trawlers tearing up the sea floor displacing and destroying the vegetation at the seafloor and therefore disrupting the habitat of the small fish the cod prey upon (Connor and Taitano). Bottom trawls also disrupt the “breeding patterns of the cod.. Damaging fertilized eggs.. And greatly reducing the amount of young born” (Connor and Taitano). In the United States, the Gulf of Maine provides evidence of a loss of the young and old cod due to predation (Connor). Farming atlantic cod, like many fisheries are doing to replenish the atlantic salmon populations, have resulted in a breakout of the disease Yersiniosis (Connor and Taitano).The disease affects the fish’s intestinal tract before spreading throughout its body. The mortality rate with this disease is low, about 5%, however the illness prevents the affected cod from being sold at a market due to health violations (Connor and

Polysiphonia is the most common genus of red algae. They are usually red-brown because of the pigment phycobilin, which masks the green of chlorophyll. The alga are typically between 5 to 10 inches in length and attach to stones or as an epiphytic on large seaweed or eelgrass in shallow water. Different species of polysiphonia are indistinguishable without a microscope. Polysiphonia are common in brackish or freshwater in marshes, mudflats, and estuaries in the Northwest Atlantic. Currently, there are 11 known species of polysiphonia in the Northwest Atlantic, including P. arctica, P. brodiaei, and P. elongata. Species of polysiphonia can be found all over the world, in countries like Korea, New Zealand, Bermuda, and Chile.

Fish cultivating, otherwise called Aquaculture, is an industry that utilizes ocean life for business purposes. A standout amongst the most widely recognized fish species that are cultivated worldwide is salmon. The greater parts of the salmon that Americans consumed are cultivated in British Columbia and develop in open net pens set specifically in the sea; creating environmental threats in all areas it takes place. The problem with open net cages that are placed directly in the ocean is; the release of ocean harming farm waste, chemicals, and diseases. Before these problems can be solved, a look at the salmon net cage industry is needed, along with the environmental impacts. Open cages are not secure in fact many farmed salmon can escape, escapees usually occur during storms or damages made to the net by their predators. The problem with escapees is that they are known to travel long ways and carry diseases. Farmers are encouraged to treat farmed salmon with antibiotics since they are in open net cages in the ocean and are prone to diseases found in the ocean.

2Department of Fisheries Biology and Resource Management, School of Fisheries Resource and Environment Management, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, 628008, India.