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Holothurian toxin as a poison to eradicate undesirable organisms from fish farms

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Title Holothurian toxin as a poison to eradicate undesirable organisms from fish farms
 
Creator James, D B
 
Subject Seacucumber
Aquaculture
 
Description Eradication of predators and undesirable organisms from fish ponds and farms is an important
operatipn in any culture practice. Hitherto various chemicals and extracts from plants are being
used for this purpose. For the first time, a toxin extracted from the holothurian, Holothuria atra (Jaeger)
was tried with success. When used in limited water volume eradication was thorough and complete.
Not only fishes but other organisms such as molluscs, crustaceans and pcdychaetes were found to be
affected by the toxin. Experiments conducted in a rock pool at Port Blair (Andamans) and in a tidal
pool at Mandapam camp are discussed in detail.
 
Date 1986
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2009/1/Article_50.pdf
James, D B (1986) Holothurian toxin as a poison to eradicate undesirable organisms from fish farms. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Coastal Aquaculture, Part 4, MBAI, 12-18 January 1980, Cochin.