Seafood has become more and more prevalent for people to want to eat these days. Fish in particular, all kinds, has become a bigger want. There are more than 30,000 different species of fish. There are different specifications such as the type, skeletal structure, and how the they are harvested. Fish can either be domesticated or man influenced or wild harvested, which delivers the best flavor and quality of a fresh fish. Fish can be purchased with many different options as well. Striper, or also known as: striped bass, rockfish, linesider, roller, squidhound, or simply as bass, or scientifically as Morone saxatilis. It is a coastal sport fish and native to pretty much the whole east coast and is wild caught and farmed in some cases. …show more content…
Oddly enough, striper is one of the California’s top ranking sport fish now. The fish was numbered at approximately 3 million adults in the early 1960s and about 775 thousand with 30% hatchery-reared in the early 1990s; this was when the fish was in relative abundance. Over the years last-ditch efforts are being made to restore western fisheries. Striper, a round fish, has several qualities that can be used to differentiate them from other fish found on the east coast. It has a large mouth, which has jaws that extend backward to just below the eye. There are two prominent spines on the gill covers. The first, most anterior of its two well-developed and separated dorsal fins, has a series of sharp and stiffened spines. The anal fin on the other hand, which is about as long as the posterior dorsal fin has three sharp spines. Its upper body can either appear to be steel blue, light green, olive, brown, or black depending on its ecosystem it lives in. The lateral line that the fish has is marks their silvery sides and has either seven or eight continuous stripes around it. Their bellies or undersides are typically white or silver, with a brassy iridescence to it in some cases. Striper typically live up to forty years, five feet in length, and reach weights greater than 100 pounds in most cases. The females are usually greater in size than the males and when the stripers are over thirty pounds, most likely it is a female. The females also tend to
The consumer market for freshwater ornamental fish and related products in the US exceeds $700 million annually and is growing at a rate of nearly 9% per year
practice in the fish industry and provides a method of standardization for something as subjective
Striped bass bodies consist of six to nine horizontal black stripes under a base of shiny silvery grey color. These stunning bass can be found throughout the Colorado River, this is because they prefer to live in large, open, clear water which provides a large amount of space for them to travel up and down stream.
Bass Fishing. Bass fishing is the angling of more commonly known black bass. There are so many black bass species well-thought-out as game fish in North America. For instance largemouth bass, spotted Kentucky bass, smallmouth bass, and Guadalupe Bass.
New England Seafood Company is a leader in the northeastern United States in harvesting and processing seafood. The company’s senior executives believe that there must be a change in the corporate strategy to maintain their competitive advantage, as foreign producers are affecting their current yields. Currently, New England Seafood Company operates in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico dealing exclusively in saltwater fish. Management feels that a move into the freshwater fish sector will provide the company with a new directive and future stability.
Confusing species - Black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri) are found in NSW waters up to the Myall Lakes though are more common in Victoria and the south of the state. Yellowfin bream have a deeper body and a higher snout than black bream and have yellow ventral fins. Tarwhine have rounded, convex heads and a gold spot on each scale giving the fish a series of longitudinal bands. Tarwhine are found along the coast of New South Wales.
Smallmouths have both external fertilization and external development. Feeding for smallmouth tops when the temperature is around 78 degrees and starts to slow down once the temperature goes below 40 degrees. The male always guards the eggs and the babies which are known as fry. The spawning usually occurs in April or May unless the temperature stays cold than it can be delayed. The first person to describe a smallmouth bass was Lacepede is 1802. The fry hatch out of their eggs in about a week and then continue to develop for another week. Young smallmouths are fed upon by yellow perch, Northern pike or muskellunge. Bigger bass are only eaten by northern pike, musky but the main predators of smallmouth bass are humans. The lifespan in the wild is normally about seven years, but some will live up to 20 years. In captivity the average age is ten years. When the young hatch out of their eggs they are about 0.2 inches long, very easy prey for a variety of animals. Multiple females will spawn in the nest of one male and an individual female will spawn in more than one. Smallmouth dance and bite each other, this is their mating ritual. In New York the record smallmouth was 8 pounds, 4 ounces caught out of Lake Erie on 6/4/1995 by Andrew C Kartesz. Smallmouth bass are beginning to destroy Brooke trout fisheries and Atlantic salmon fisheries. The meat of a smallmouth is very firm and good tasting so many people catch the fish not only for the fun of the
The way that the spotted bass looks is it is dark green and has black spots that is why it is called a spotted bass .There are a few lakes in the valley that have Spotted bass.The Largemouth bass are the ones that are the most widely available in the valley.They are green in color and also have black stripes . They have a large mouth and also get the biggest out of all the bass family,The Smallmouth bass looks the same as Large mouth but the big difference is their mouth is a lot smaller .they also are more aggressive a fight a lot more .They are a lot of fun to fun for and catch.There are only a few lakes in the valley that hold Small mouth .The Redeye bass also look like the largemouth and Smallmouth however they have a red ring in their eye . Thes and the rarest bass in the valley they are mostly found in Georgia and Atlanta
Roanoke Logperch are all very similar in size and color . Most of these fish at the bottom are a cream color that fades to a green-yellow color as you go up , they also have dark markings on their bottom half . Since all of these fish look very similar it is hard to tell the genders apart from one another . Therefore there is one distinctive way to tell and that is that the males have a more vivid orange ring around their first dorsal fin .The top jaw is longer than the bottom so that the fish has more strength to push rocks and sand over . They also can get up to 16.5 centimeters but they usually stay in between 5-7 centimeters . These fish also have bilateral symmetry as in one side is similar to the opposite side .
The Stereolepis gigas, or Giant sea bass, is a fish native to California. They are very large creatures, their typical weight being 562 pounds, and their typical length being 8 feet. Aside from their size, they have big, robust heads with large mouths to help capture their prey. They have long dorsal spines that fit into grooves in their back to help them swim. Their color can vary from reddish brown, to grey, and to dark brown. Most of the time, they have dark colored spots. They have a surprisingly long lifespan, on average, they live to be 75 years or older.
Local Jersey residents Ron and Frank Rossi caught a frightening fish in Swedes Lake, a man-made lake in southern New Jersey. The father-son fishing duo at first thought it may be a piranha (http://www.extremescience.com/piranha.htm) until further inspection of the ghastly teeth revealed a set that looked strangely similar to human teeth.
Lepidodosteus – *It is commonly known as gar-pike. *It is widely distributed in rivers of USA. * It is among the most primitive fish species still alive today. *The body is elongated and cylindrical with a long snout having sharp teeth. *The snout varies in width according to the species. *Both jaws and nasal bone are covered with
Delgado, C. L., Wada, N., Rosegrant, M. W., Meijer, S., & Ahmed, M. (2003). Fish to 2020: supply and demand in changing global markets. Retrieved from http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/pubs/pubs/books/fish2020/oc44.pdf
Many breeds of fish are being captured at a faster rate than they can reproduce. Some species such as orange roughy fishing became popular in New Zealand in the 1970’s. Over time, it spread to many countries around the world. In the last 20 years, there has been a decline in catch up to 75%. It is no longer common to see in grocery stores as well as restaurants. The amounts of fish that are captured and distributed around the world are alarming opposed to the rate the fish can multiply.
In today’s global economy sustainability is very important; from the biological aspect to the industries they all play a role on the marine environment. As world population increases the demand of fish rises causing overfishing. Certain laws have been placed to limit the amount of wild fishing to reduce the risk of endangerment. To meet the demand of the population, fish farms are introduced. Pollution and health related issues are part of the challenges of fish farming. Sustainability also affects social areas such as beaches.