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Ikejime (活け締め) or ikijime (活き締め) is a method of killing fish that maintains the quality of its meat. [1] The technique originated in Japan , but is now in widespread use. It involves the insertion of a spike quickly and directly into the hindbrain , usually located slightly behind and above the eye, thereby causing immediate ...
O’Donnell said, “Fluke reports picked up last week. The quantity of fish was high with constant action. Still a lot of smaller fish but constant action. We had multiple fish come in over 5 pounds.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a total of 156.2 million tons of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic animals were captured in 2011. This is a sum of 93.5 million tons of wild animals and 62.7 million tons of farmed animals. 56.8% of this total was freshwater fish, 6.4% diadromous fish, and 3.2% marine fish, with the remainder being molluscs, crustaceans ...
Rotenone is used as a nonselective piscicide (fish killer). [9] Rotenone has historically been used by indigenous peoples to catch fish. Typically, rotenone-containing plants in the legume family, Fabaceae , are crushed and introduced into a body of water, and as rotenone interferes with cellular respiration , the affected fish rise to the ...
Dichlorvos (2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate, commonly abbreviated as an DDVP [1]) is an organophosphate widely used as an insecticide to control household pests, in public health, and protecting stored products from insects. The compound has been commercially available since 1961.
Authorities have warned of a growing trend of ingesting bug spray in the southern United States, supposedly as a substitute for methamphetamine. Possible symptoms of ingesting bug poison include, but are not limited to: erratic behavior, nausea, headache, sore throat, extreme inflammation, redness of the hands and feet, auditory hallucinations ...
In humans, cyanides block the oxygen-transporting protein haemoglobin; the haemoglobin in fish is closely related to that of humans, and can combine with oxygen even faster. [ citation needed ] Through the irreversible combining of cyanide ions onto the active structural domain , oxygen is prevented from reaching the cells, and an effect ...
Chlorothalonil (2,4,5,6-tetrachloroisophthalonitrile) is an organic compound mainly used as a broad spectrum, nonsystemic fungicide, with other uses as a wood protectant, pesticide, acaricide, and to control mold, mildew, bacteria, algae. [2] Chlorothalonil-containing products are sold under the names Bravo, Echo, and Daconil.