TRANSPORTING FISH

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TRANSPORTING FISH

• Dr. Joe Tomasso
• Clemson University

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TRANSPORT MORTALITY

• Poor water quality
• Water ion imbalances
• Stress-induced immunosuppression

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WATER QUALITY

• Temperature
• Oxygen
• pH/ammonia/carbon dioxide
• Total dissolved solids

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Metabolic Activity
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Dissolved Oxygen Saturation
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Dissolved Oxygen and Salinity
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Oxygen Consumption
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Ammonia Relationships
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Ammonia Transport Across Gill
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Water and Mineral Transport
Fish pump ions in and do not drink
Fish pump ions out and drink
Iso-osmotic
Salinity
0 g/L
10-12 g/L
35 g/L
Freshwater
Seawater
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Delta Osmolality
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Alkalinity and pH
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Disease Prevention and Outbreaks
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Stress and Disease Outbreaks
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RULES OF THUMB

• Reduce the number of stressors
• Reduce severity of stressors
• Minimize duration of stressors
• Minimize plasma ion disturbances
• Minimize increases in metabolic rate

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Knotless Netting
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Knotted Netting
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Red Drum
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Striped Bass
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Fish Pump Photo
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Fish Pump Diagram
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Loading Fish
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