Fishery Flashcards
Business of catching, taking, handling, harvesting, marketing and preserving fish or aquatic products
Fishery
Raising aquatic products under a controlled or semi - controlled environment
Fish culture
this deals with the scientific method catching
Fish capture
have fins and scales
Examples: Spine dorsal fin, trigger, single, split and trailing dorsal fin
Fin fish
have outer shell
Examples: oysters, shrimp, crabs, crayfish etc
Shellfish
it is a bony structure covering and protecting the gills
Operculum
part of fish that covers the body
scales
These are appendages used by the fish to maintain its position, move, steer, and stop
fins
Fish see through their eyes and can detect color.
eyes
the only channel where food are entered, the inner part of the mouth contains the taste sensory
mouth
the engine to thrust the fish forward and the caudal fin is the propeller that releases that thirst
Caudal peduncle
one of the vital parts of the organ that helps the fish to locate their foods especially those that hunt in milky water or during dark
Nares
allow the fish to stabilize, rotate and act like a water breaking system, to halt or slow down their speed during swimming.
pectoral fins
allow the fish to stabilize itself and act like a water-breaking system
pelvic fins
keeps the fish upright during swimming to help the fish to steer during high speed swim.
anal fin
It is also known as spinous fin. Both hard and soft dorsal fins help to stabilize the fishes at an upright position.
Hard dorsal fin
one of the vital organ that help the fish detect movement in order to evade predators or locate their preys.
lateral line
Control center of the fish, all sensory information is processed here
brain
It is the framework of the fish
spine
part that connects the brain to the rest of the body and relays sensory information from the body to the brain
spinal cord
plays an important rule in digestion for the fish
gall bladder
It is a gas filled organ used primarily to maintain neutral buoyancy
Air bladder
it filters out liquid waste in the blood and channels them out of the body
kidney
It breaks down food and absorbs nutrients
Stomach and intestines