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ProjectSeafood Risk Management and Awareness Raising on Practices to Minimize Risk of Ciguatera Poisoning - TCP/SAP/3807 2024
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No results found.The term ciguatera refers to poisoning caused by the consumption of certain reef fish and shellfish from tropical and subtropical regions, especially the South Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean Sea between the latitudes of 35°N and 35°S. Through the food chain, these fish and shellfish accumulate ciguatoxins (CTXs) produced by dinoflagellates of the genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa, which attach to algae growing in warm ocean reef areas. Ciguatera poisoning (CP) is the most significant non-bacterial poisoning associated with fish consumption worldwide, producing over 175 gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and neurological symptoms. No specific treatment exists and the fatality rate may, in some contexts, exceed 10 percent, often following cardiovascular incidents or central nervous system complications. Among the causes of the increase in cases of ciguatera is climate change. As storms and hurricanes become more frequent, the temperature of the sea’s surface rises, affecting the distribution and proliferation of CTXs and making the occurrence of CP more difficult to predict. -
Book (stand-alone)Farmed seafood: combatting lies with facts 2000
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No results found.It is environmentally responsible to buy and sell farmed seafood? This is increasingly being asked of consumers and retailers. Unfortunately, only one side of the story is being told. We need to respond clearly with facts, such as: aquaculture is the only sustainable mechanism to increase seafood production. The world’s population exceeds six billion and is still growing. To feed us all for the next 40 years, we need to produce more than all the food produced since the beginning of time. How c an we do that? Ocean eatches seems to have reached their limit. The solution is farming – the same as ages go when wild game became scarce. -
MeetingSub-Committee on Fish Trade. Fifteenth Session. Analysis of gaps and inconsistencies in the seafood traceability standards and norms 2016
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