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Advances in Detecting Ciguatoxins in Fish

open access: yesToxins, 2020
Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is currently the most common marine biotoxin food poisoning worldwide, associated with human consumption of circumtropical fish and marine invertebrates that are contaminated with ciguatoxins.
Tibor Pasinszki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Food safety in the Dominican Republic—The current situation and challenges in the public management system

open access: yesFood Science &Nutrition, Volume 12, Issue 11, Page 8608-8622, November 2024.
With a fast‐growing economy, the Dominican Republic has focused efforts on improving the safety of foods eaten throughout the country. Here, we review the current state of food safety in the Dominican Republic with a focus on etiological agents responsible for outbreaks, different public and private sector initiatives to improve food safety, and ...
Silvia J. R. Vargas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterising a diversity of coastal community fisheries in Kiribati and Vanuatu

open access: yesFish and Fisheries, Volume 25, Issue 5, Page 837-857, September 2024.
Abstract Understanding what diversity of small‐scale fisheries translates to in practice, and what this means for management regimes seeking sustainability, continues to be a challenging undertaking. This is particularly so in the tropical Pacific Islands region, where small‐scale coastal fisheries play a significant role in domestic food and ...
Brooke Campbell   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Epibenthic Harmful Marine Dinoflagellates from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands), with Special Reference to the Ciguatoxin-Producing Gambierdiscus

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020
The relationship between the ciguatoxin-producer benthic dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus and other epibenthic dinoflagellates in the Canary Islands was examined in macrophyte samples obtained from two locations of Fuerteventura Island in September 2016. The
Isabel Bravo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mass capture fishing in the Marquesas Islands

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, Volume 59, Issue 2, Page 234-250, July 2024.
ABSTRACT Mass capture of small fishes with a variety of nets, traps, and weirs was widely practiced and economically important across East Polynesia at western contact. Archaeological research, however, has suggested these technologies were less important during the early settlement period and gained prominence over time. Several explanations have been
Reno Nims   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ciguatoxins: Cyclic Polyether Modulators of Voltage-gated Iion Channel Function

open access: yesMarine Drugs, 2006
Ciguatoxins are cyclic polyether toxins, derived from marine dinoflagellates, which are responsible for the symptoms of ciguatera poisoning. Ingestion of tropical and subtropical fin fish contaminated by ciguatoxins results in an illness characterised by
Richard J. Lewis, Graham M. Nicholson
doaj   +1 more source

The future of food safety: possible trends for the years 2022‐2032 and their influence on food safety and nutrition

open access: yesFood Risk Assess Europe, Volume 2, Issue 3, July 2024.
Abstract Over the next decade, demographic, societal, technological, economic, environmental, and political factors are expected to significantly influence the agri‐food chain. Demographic shifts, characterised by an aging population and sustained migration, along with evolving consumer demands, will drive a greater emphasis on sustainability.
Gary Delalay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can diet change the natural history of gastrointestinal diseases?

open access: yesJGH Open, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2024.
Abstract Belatedly, gastroenterologists have begun to pay attention to the role of diet in the exacerbation of gastrointestinal symptoms in many digestive disorders—a recognition that has spurred both high‐quality clinical trials and translational research into this area.
Eamonn M M Quigley
wiley   +1 more source

Regional Variations in the Risk and Severity of Ciguatera Caused by Eating Moray Eels

open access: yesToxins, 2017
Moray eels (Gymnothorax species) from tropical waters have long been known to be high-risk species, and the consumption of particularly the viscera or ungutted eels can result in severe ciguatera (known as Gymnothorax or moray eel poisoning ...
Thomas Y. K. Chan
doaj   +1 more source

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