Frequency of consumption of different fish, crustacean and mollusc species contributing to methylmercury exposure and consumer awareness of national advice on their consumption. [PDF]
EFSA JAbstract Following a request of the European Commission, EFSA assessed fish and other seafood consumption patterns and consumer awareness of related health risks and benefits across the 27 Member States, Iceland and Norway. Awareness of existence of consumption national advice and to which extent this advice influence consumers consumption behaviour ...
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Remote Sensing, 2020 Swordfish, Xiphias gladius (Linnaeus, 1758), is a commercially important species that is widely distributed throughout three oceans. This species inhabits oceanic waters with preferred environmental ranges and migrates vertically to the surface layer for
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Geographically widespread swordfish barcode stock identification: a case study of its application. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The swordfish (Xiphias gladius) is a cosmopolitan large pelagic fish inhabiting tempered and tropical waters and it is a target species for fisheries all around the world.
Anna Maria Pappalardo +4 more
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Lubricating the swordfish head [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2016 ABSTRACT The swordfish is reputedly the fastest swimmer on Earth. The concave head and iconic sword are unique characteristics, but how they contribute to its speed is still unknown. Recent computed tomography scans revealed a poorly mineralised area near the base of the rostrum.
John J. Videler +4 more
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The effect of the lunar phase on the catch per unit effort (CPUE) of the Turkish swordfish longline fishery in the eastern Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 2018 Background. The swordfish, Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758, is a pelagic and highly migratory species distributed in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans as well as in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Recreational Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Fishery: Angler Practices in South Florida (USA)
Fishes, 2017 The management of highly migratory species (HMS) is a complex domestic and international system that was initially established to regulate HMS taken in commercial fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 IntroductionLongline fishing gear has a higher by-catch rate than any other type of commercial fishing gear. Nowadays, there is an urgent need to find efficient management strategies to mitigate by-catch and the use of new hook types could be one of them.
Pierluigi Carbonara +7 more
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Pathogens, 2022 This study represents the first report of Hysterothylacium incurvum within swordfish (Xiphias gladius) heart chambers. Swordfish is a large pelagic teleost, considered one of the most appreciated fish worldwide.
Giovanni De Benedetto +5 more
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Nocturnal depth distribution of western North Atlantic swordfish (Xiphias gladius, Linnaeus, 1758) in relation to lunar illumination [PDF]
, 2007 Swordfish are known to undergo large diel vertical movements from surface waters at night to \u3e 300 m depth during the day. Evidence presented over the past several deeades suggests the lunar cycle affects these vertical migrations.
Loefer, J.L. +2 more
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Loancorhynchus catrillancai gen. et sp. nov., a new swordfish (Xiphioidei, Blochiidae) from the Middle Eocene of central Chile [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 This contribution describes the skull remains of a swordfish (Perciformes, Xiphioidei), recovered from Middle Eocene beds of central Chile. Comparison with known fossil and extant xiphioids reveals derived traits only present in the Neogene swordfish ...
Rodrigo A. Otero
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