Skeletal deformities have been observed in cultured flounder in recent years. At times, high percentages of fish are affected, potentially influencing growth and marketability, and affecting the reliability of the experimental data collected. Many growers taking fish for pilot scale grow-out trials...

Shark 'drop-out' is a term used by fishermen to describe the phenomenon where sharks fall out of shark gillnets during hauling operations. The term is distinguished from shark 'escapement' which is the phenomenon where sharks _struggle to free themselves from gillnets with a high probability of...