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Toxic red tides and shellfish toxicity in Southeast Asia
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Two brief reviews, one on parasites and neoplastic diseases and the other on haemocytic disease of bivalves begin the section on shell~sh pathology. There are two papers on bonamiasis, one on histological observations, the other on control methods used in the Netherlands. The final paper presents data on artificially induced infections of shrimp with a baculovirus. The price of this book is comparable to others of similar quality, they are all expensive; however, Fish and Shellfish Pathologyis recommended for the library of any serious fish pathologist. J.S. ROHOVEC Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 (U.S.A.)
TOXIC RED TIDES AND SHELLFISH TOXICITY IN SO~~AST
ASIA
Toxic Red Tides and Shellfish Toxicity in Southeast Asia. Proceedings of a consultative meeting held in Singapore, 11-14 September 1984. Alan W. White, Masateru Anraku, Kok-Kuang Hooi (Editors). Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center and the International Development Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada, 1984.133 pp., ISBN 9971-88-061-X. A publication of the proceedings of a consultative meeting, this book gives a good review of the occurrences, status of monitoring and surveillance, and state of knowledge and research, of toxic red tides and shellfish toxicity in Southeast Asia. The bulk of the book consists of 12 regional papers. They are mainly case reports or studies. Only one paper deals with experimental studies - detoxification of Pyrodinium-generated paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin in Perna uiridis in the Philippines. Positive results were obtained with the use of ozone, contrary to the Canadian experience as reported by White in one of two resource papers in the book. The two resource papers add a dimension to the proceedings by reviewing shellfish poisoning in Japan and Canada. One paper entitled “Shellfish in Indonesia” seems out of place as it focusses on the proposed increase in fish and shellfish production under the country’s Five-Year Development Programme and does not consider red tides and shellfish toxicity except for a very brief mention in the last sentence. There is, however, another paper from Indonesia which covers these aspects. A paper by Maclean dn “Indo-Pacific Toxic Red-Tide Occurrences, 1972-1984” includes a useful annotated bibliography. The editors are to be commended for the inclusion of a ?-page summary of
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the discussions held throughout the meeting and a Z-page summa~ of recommendations and conclusions. This gives a good overview of the present state of knowledge and research on red tides and paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) within the region, and highlights areas for urgent attention and research. The book also includes several appendices which provide useful information such as photographs and descriptions of important dinoflagellate species, source of standard saxitaxin solution, procedure for standard mouse bioassay for paralytic shellfish toxins, symptoms and treatment of PSP, and location of PSP outbreaks in Southeast Asia. In sum, this book is a valuable and timely contribution to the field of toxic red tides and shellfish toxicity in Southeast Asia. L.M. CHOU and T.J. LAM
Department of Zdogy, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge,
FISH AQUACULTURE
.Ksh A~~~~~~~e. ~e~~~~g~ and E~~~~~~~= Christof Meske. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1985. i-x+.237 pp., $30 ($48) hard cover, 2x9 ~~3~~ flexi., ISBN ~-~~-~24919-1. The title of Prof. Meske’s treatise on aquaculture is somewhat misleading. Well over 95% of the book is devoted to warm water fish aquaculture, and the rearing of marine species, trout and salmon is covered in about one and a half pages in a book of 237 pages. A more realistic title would be: “Warm water fish aquaculture” and, since practically all the experiments described were carried out at the Ahrensburg Fish Research Institute, perhaps ‘“Fish rearing in the Ahrensburg system” would be an even more appropriate heading. The bulk of Prof. Meske’s book is devoted to European eel and carp, with brief accounts of grass carp, sturgeon, wels, tilapia and arapaima culture - all with a very strong emphasis on work carried out at Ahrensburg. Every experiment is described in tediously intricate detail. Graphs, tables and histograms are all employed to hammer home the most obvious points but even so, the book often leaves the reader in mid-air, as though the author has suddenly become bored with a particular topic and now wishes to move on in a hurry. Only half a page is devoted to sturgeon culture and it is difficult to see why Aeipenser species were included in the first place. More than 50% of the three pages devoted to the wels (5Zuris glands) is taken up with growth rate tables which could just as easily have been presented in graphic form in half a page.
Two brief reviews, one on parasites and neoplastic diseases and the other on haemocytic disease of bivalves begin the section on shell~sh pathology. There are two papers on bonamiasis, one on histological observations, the other on control methods used in the Netherlands. The final paper presents data on artificially induced infections of shrimp with a baculovirus. The price of this book is comparable to others of similar quality, they are all expensive; however, Fish and Shellfish Pathologyis recommended for the library of any serious fish pathologist. J.S. ROHOVEC Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 (U.S.A.)
TOXIC RED TIDES AND SHELLFISH TOXICITY IN SO~~AST
ASIA
Toxic Red Tides and Shellfish Toxicity in Southeast Asia. Proceedings of a consultative meeting held in Singapore, 11-14 September 1984. Alan W. White, Masateru Anraku, Kok-Kuang Hooi (Editors). Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center and the International Development Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada, 1984.133 pp., ISBN 9971-88-061-X. A publication of the proceedings of a consultative meeting, this book gives a good review of the occurrences, status of monitoring and surveillance, and state of knowledge and research, of toxic red tides and shellfish toxicity in Southeast Asia. The bulk of the book consists of 12 regional papers. They are mainly case reports or studies. Only one paper deals with experimental studies - detoxification of Pyrodinium-generated paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin in Perna uiridis in the Philippines. Positive results were obtained with the use of ozone, contrary to the Canadian experience as reported by White in one of two resource papers in the book. The two resource papers add a dimension to the proceedings by reviewing shellfish poisoning in Japan and Canada. One paper entitled “Shellfish in Indonesia” seems out of place as it focusses on the proposed increase in fish and shellfish production under the country’s Five-Year Development Programme and does not consider red tides and shellfish toxicity except for a very brief mention in the last sentence. There is, however, another paper from Indonesia which covers these aspects. A paper by Maclean dn “Indo-Pacific Toxic Red-Tide Occurrences, 1972-1984” includes a useful annotated bibliography. The editors are to be commended for the inclusion of a ?-page summary of
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the discussions held throughout the meeting and a Z-page summa~ of recommendations and conclusions. This gives a good overview of the present state of knowledge and research on red tides and paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) within the region, and highlights areas for urgent attention and research. The book also includes several appendices which provide useful information such as photographs and descriptions of important dinoflagellate species, source of standard saxitaxin solution, procedure for standard mouse bioassay for paralytic shellfish toxins, symptoms and treatment of PSP, and location of PSP outbreaks in Southeast Asia. In sum, this book is a valuable and timely contribution to the field of toxic red tides and shellfish toxicity in Southeast Asia. L.M. CHOU and T.J. LAM
Department of Zdogy, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge,
FISH AQUACULTURE
.Ksh A~~~~~~~e. ~e~~~~g~ and E~~~~~~~= Christof Meske. Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1985. i-x+.237 pp., $30 ($48) hard cover, 2x9 ~~3~~ flexi., ISBN ~-~~-~24919-1. The title of Prof. Meske’s treatise on aquaculture is somewhat misleading. Well over 95% of the book is devoted to warm water fish aquaculture, and the rearing of marine species, trout and salmon is covered in about one and a half pages in a book of 237 pages. A more realistic title would be: “Warm water fish aquaculture” and, since practically all the experiments described were carried out at the Ahrensburg Fish Research Institute, perhaps ‘“Fish rearing in the Ahrensburg system” would be an even more appropriate heading. The bulk of Prof. Meske’s book is devoted to European eel and carp, with brief accounts of grass carp, sturgeon, wels, tilapia and arapaima culture - all with a very strong emphasis on work carried out at Ahrensburg. Every experiment is described in tediously intricate detail. Graphs, tables and histograms are all employed to hammer home the most obvious points but even so, the book often leaves the reader in mid-air, as though the author has suddenly become bored with a particular topic and now wishes to move on in a hurry. Only half a page is devoted to sturgeon culture and it is difficult to see why Aeipenser species were included in the first place. More than 50% of the three pages devoted to the wels (5Zuris glands) is taken up with growth rate tables which could just as easily have been presented in graphic form in half a page.