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Detecting, forecasting and projecting quality-deteriorating parasites in broadbill swordfish for fisheries climate adaptation10.94 MB
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Dissertation
Detecting, forecasting and projecting quality-deteriorating parasites in broadbill swordfish for fisheries climate adaptation
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00827
Abstract
Anecdotal reports from Australia’s Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery suggest that fishing for broadbill swordfish (Xiphias gladius; hereafter ‘swordfish’) in anomalously warm waters is linked with a condition known as myoliquefaction (colloquially, “jellymeat”). Myoliquefaction affects the marketability of fish by turning the meat into a soft, mushy texture post-mortem, reducing profits and increasing wastage, and has been associated in other fish species with parasites of the genus Kudoa. A thermally sensitive mechanism underpinning myoliquefaction may increase the likelihood of the condition’s incidence as oceans warm due to marine climate change. However, the links between physical seascape conditions and the mechanisms underpinning myoliquefaction are unknown, increasing uncertainty in understanding the frequency and intensity of future events, and the associated consequences for industry.
Details
- Title
- Detecting, forecasting and projecting quality-deteriorating parasites in broadbill swordfish for fisheries climate adaptation
- Authors
- Jessica Bolin - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Contributors
- Kylie Scales (Supervisor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Awarding institution
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- DOI
- 10.25907/00827
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991001798902621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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