AQUI-S® for Android

11 things about AQUI-S®

1. The aim of our products is to minimise fish stress commonly associated with routine fish husbandry and handling practices throughout the aquaculture production cycle including broodstock, health, transport and harvesting events.

2. The term ‘stress’ was originally defined by Seyle (1950) as “the sum of the physiological responses by which an animal tries to maintain or re-establish a normal metabolism in the face of a physical or chemical force.” More specifically, stress in fish results from biological and/or non-biological challenges that act in changing or modifying the animal’s normal state.

3. AQUI-S® products have a large safety margin, providing greater control over the level of anaesthesia, a critical point when sedating fish for long transport durations.

4. If the fish do not perceive pain or stress they do not respond with a primary stress response and in doing so, reduce the release of cortisol into the blood stream and consequential problems associated with the secondary and tertiary stress responses.

5. Anaesthetics are used to aid in the handling of fish during daily practices such as broodstock stripping, weight checks, pathological analyses, crowding events, treatment baths, vaccinations and fish transport and harvest.

6. our mission is to provide cost effective products and services that enhance the quality and value of fish products from the aquaculture and fishing industries.

7. Common aquaculture stressors involve alterations in the fish’s immediate environment such as chemical changes i.e. contaminants, low oxygen or acidification, physical changes i.e. handling, capture, confinement and vaccination as well as perceived threats including frightening or predators.

8. Sedating fish reduces post-treatment injury and mortality rates commonly associated with some treatment handling practises.

9. Sedating fish during these stressful events is recommended best practise and it has been shown to not only improve fish welfare but have performance benefits.

10. AQUI-S volumes calculated in this app should be used as a guide only, with visual observations of the fish’s stage of sedation still being your best tool when assessing fish welfare and sedation success.

11. These types of anaesthetics are typically dispersed in the water column and taken up by the gills of the fish into the arterial blood stream.