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Anchovy Parasite Risk Determined by Origin
Friday, May 22, 2009
White Anchovies: Blogged with permission from Flickr; Originally uploaded by surfzone™ on May 21, 2009. Click picture for photographer profile.
GENERAL – The Anisakis spp parasite can still be found in one of the most emblematic Mediterranean dishes – anchovies in vinegar.
Spanish researchers have shown the parasites are present at higher levels in anchovies from the south east Atlantic coast and the north eastern Mediterranean, and urge consumers to freeze or cook the fish before eating it.
Although the European Union and Spanish regulations require restaurants to freeze fish that is eaten raw, “people still run the risk of anisakiasis infection from homemade anchovies in vinegar if they have not got into the habit of freezing the fish for at least 24 hours at -20ºC”, according to a team of scientists from the University of Granada (UGR), which has found the larvae of Anisakis spp and another similar parasite, Hysterothylacium aduncum, in anchovies from the west of the Mediterranean Sea and the east of the Atlantic Ocean.
“The risk of developing anisakiasis from eating anchovies (Engraulisencrasicolus) could be affected by the geographical area in which the fish were caught, because there is a great variation in parasitation (average prevalence and intensity) among anchovies from different areas”, Adela Valero, lead author of the study and a researcher at the UGR’s Department of Parasitology, explains to SINC.
The study, which has been published recently in the International Journal of Food Microbiology… See the source (http://tinyurl.com/r56nep) for the full story.
[The article (Rello et al (2009). The fishing area as a possible indicator of the infection by anisakids in anchovies (Engraulisencrasicolus) from southwestern Europe. JFM, 129 (3):277-281) is
accessible at http://tinyurl.com/r74hol. ADS-Mod.]
Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle (TED Prize winner!) shares astonishing images of the ocean, and shocking stats about its rapid decline, as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet by any and all means possible.
Sylvia Earle discusses our need for developing deep probing submarines for ocean exploration. She also discusses how excess carbon dioxide is speeding up global warming and how hundreds of millions of tons of plastic and debris ends up in the oceans, undermining our planet’s chemistry.
If “business as usual” continues, our planet is in deep trouble. All is not lost…IF we act now.
Do you really know what's in your food?
As we march into a brand new year, the most widely made Resolution is to “watch what we eat,” but do you really know for sure what’s in your food?
- Your family has a dentist, right?
- Your family has a doctor…or three, right?
- Your business has an accountant and book keeper, right?
- You have a lawyer for your house sale, a lawyer for your will and a lawyer for your estate. Right.
- Do you have a local farmer or a fisherman for your food?
Do you have someone you can identify as providing you or your family with local, safe, disease free, healthy and nutritious food? What are you really eating? What is your three year old daughter really eating for dinner?
Without good, clean and healthy food, nothing else matters.
(If we ate good, clean, healthy food…we wouldn’t even need a dentist!)
Island Bounty Foods is pointing our health focus to best understand the source of our food. Where is our food grown? What has been put into our foods before we consume it? What chemicals are our children’s body’s consuming? Sadly, we do not know what we are eating.
To be sure, Island Bounty Foods is not the first group to point us toward better understanding the source of our food supply. Yet, their continuous information feed is very interesting and timely to us right now! This is a very serious concern for all of us to zero in on in 2009, and beyond.
Did you know that shrimp grown in China are not allowed into USA?
Why not? It’s called unclean food!! Unsafe food!! Dangerous food!! It is time to grow local, buy local, and buy clean and disease free food.
More companies such as Island Bounty Foods should step forward in 2009 and ring the disease free bell. Our children’s future health depends on it!! And on that positive and sustainable note, I bid you a happy and healthier New Year 2009.
“The early Hawaiians took advantage of natural fish ponds near the ocean. The seawater seeps through cracks in the lava (too small for fish to escape) and combines with spring water to create a brackish pool of filtered water.” – Image Description.
Aquaculture as we know it today has Ancient roots. It is well documented that Aquaculture had its beginnings in China somewhere around 2,500 BC.
Carp were held up in artificial ponds for use as a source of protein and their “brood” were used to feed their exotic, and much coveted, silkworms. Through breeding and genetic mutation, those Carp became what we know today as the common Goldfish.
The Romans kept fish ponds for both food and enjoyment. The Ancient Hawaiians pioneered Aquaculture; raising both fish for food and plants for consumption, and aesthetic beauty. Their aquaculture centered on lore and mythical gods and deities. Thus aquaculture had a very significant role in their everyday life aside from being “just for food.”
Modern Aquaculture, as we know it, is a new animal. It is relatively “new” because the need for a reliable source of healthy, sustainable food has steadily increased as our Earth’s population has exploded. The ocean can only yield so much (much to the lament of modern-day Fishermen and Shrimpers).
Following the tradition of the Ancients, the wise thing to do was to create a better way to feed the Earth’s population. “Underwater Agriculture,” “The Blue Revolution,” “Fish and Shrimp Farming,” – call it what you like, the reality is the same.
The Ancient Art of Aquaculture has evolved today into a way to feed a multitude…for a fraction of the cost, with less waste, more quality control and, when implemented correctly, a “clean-green” source of protein for the benefit of all.
We cannot “Save the entire World,” yet. However, what we can do, is start by making sure that in our Communities, people are being educated about Modern Aquaculture Technology. We can start by pioneering fresh, new ways to produce disease-free seafood. We can start a new way of looking at how we eat, what we eat…and “how” it gets “here.”
That’s what Modern Aquaculture is all about and that’s the very core of what Island Bounty, SA stands for.
Island Bounty’s mission is very focused at the highest level of bio-security within its aquaculture production model.
The Modern Aquaculture Technology that we implement and practice will ensure that Island Bounty Foods maintains and produces safe, nutritious domestic seafood products.
Food hygiene relates to “all conditions and measures necessary to ensure the safety and suitability of food at all stages of the foodchain”.
From incubation to the “plate,” we have the modern technology necessary to create Safe Seafood. Aquaculture is a very positive branch of Science and Technology that helps our society in too many ways to count.
What’s so Great about Aquaculture? It only makes practical sense! We are over-harvesting our oceans on a global scale. Farming seafood can provide a consistent, high-quality, year-round supply of healthy, clean food and a major source of protein for millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.
Not to mention…some really delicious meals! | IMAGE: “Boiled Shrimp” | Seafood | Originally uploaded by aolima
The issue of feed ingredients is among the top challenges facing the global aquaculture industry. The protein-rich feed pellets used in aquaculture are made in part from small, bony fish species including herring, menhaden, anchovy, and sardines.
These species, harvested worldwide for use in fish meal and fish oil, are under increasing commercial fishing pressure. Fish meal and fish oil are principal feeds ingredients for cultured fish species including carp, shrimp, salmon, tilapia, trout, and catfish, as well as poultry and pigs.
Aquaculture Pellets - Feedstuff
As ingredients in aquaculture feedstuffs, fish meal and fish oil supply the essential amino acids and fatty acids required for normal growth.
In the U.S. and elsewhere, studies are underway to better understand the nutritional requirements of fish and shrimp and to evaluate the use of alternative dietary ingredients in aquaculture feed, including soybeans, barley, rice, peas, and other crops along with canola, lupine, wheat gluten, corn gluten, various plant proteins, algae, and seafood processing by-products.
Groundbreaking research on alternative dietary ingredients (feedstuffs) for aquaculture, including plant based proteins, is expanding in the United States and worldwide.
Alternative Aquaculture Feeds Development
Hungry children eating fish.
Aquaculture is the “farming” of plants and animals that live in water, especially fish, shrimp and seafood. It is defined as the science, art, and business of cultivating marine or freshwater food.
Aquaculture is the newest and fastest growing food production service in the world! It is vital to the overall sustenance of our Earth’s inhabitants. “Never before has the ocean’s natural fish and shellfish population been in such severe decline.”
Aquaculture – Underwater Agriculture:
“The Blue Revolution”
“The Blue Revolution”
According to a recent CBS Business Report, it is estimated that over 75% of food fish species are collapsed or on the verge of collapse.
What does the the “Blue Revolution” mean for the World’s population?
Everything! Without continuing Aquaculture Technology efforts to supplement our food supplies, several hundred million people will go without a reliable source of protein in their diet.IMAGE: “Eating fish. Kids portrait, Lagos, Nigeria Africa – Originally Uploaded
by E. B. Sylvester
by E. B. Sylvester
Island Bounty is applying new aquaculture technologies to achieve industry leadership through water purity measure systems and natural water purification. Through the use of solar and wind power generation, Island Bounty will offer an integrated, renewable energy fueled, sustainable food production.
The future for sustainable food products is to create a zero carbon footprint. By using solar and wind energy, pollutants associated with fossil fuel usage are reduced to negligible levels.
Corporate Profile
Island Bounty is acquiring aquaculture farms in Ecuador to produce natural and healthy shrimp and seafood utilizing sustainable and clean processes for premium internationals markets.
Corporate Philosophy
Island Bounty operates a global food company that strives through education and daily practice to couple environmentally sustainable solar and wind energy with natural, healthy and innovative food stock production and management methods.
Our philosophy establishes:
- Aquaculture health requirements for the placing on the market, importation and transit of aquaculture products;
- Highest bar measures and standards to prevent diseases in aquaculture animals;
- Highest bar measures and standards to be taken in response to suspected or established cases of certain diseases in these animals;
- Consumer education by way of transparent and seamless educational practices, through the company’s blog, website, forums, discussion groups and newsletters.
- The animals concerned are fish, shrimp, molluscs and crustaceans and their products.
