title: Pollutants and parasites in bycatch teleosts from south eastern Spanish Mediterranean's fisheries: Concerns relating the foodstuff harnessing.
abstract: This research provides an evaluation of the quality and health status of some locally abundant fish species, usually otter-trawl bycatch species. The study was conducted in the southern and eastern Spanish Mediterranean coast. Mean concentration of heavy metals in muscle and parasitisation indices showed moderate levels. Higher lead concentration was found in fish from the western Alboran and arsenic, cadmium and mercury were more present on fishes from the eastern Alboran area, although most species analysed contain moderate levels of heavy metals in muscle. Concerning parasitisation, F. Anisakidae nematodes were present in all the species, except sardine. Only mercury showed a positive relationship with parasitisation. We also considered three feeding guilds. Metal mean concentrations were higher in benthivores and more littoral fishes. Pelagic planktivores species are the healthiest and the more suitable for consumers from the sanitary point of view.
authors: Universitat de Girona, Departament de Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Ciències, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain. Electronic address: margarida.casadevall@udg.edu.
authors: Margarida
authors: M
authors: Casadevall
authors: Universitat de Barcelona, Departament de Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries, Av. Joan XXIII, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: jtorres@ub.edu.
authors: Jordi
authors: J
authors: Torres
authors: Universitat Politècnica de València, DIHMA, Camino de Vera s/n, 46021 València, Spain. Electronic address: ahelao@upv.es.
authors: Ahmed
authors: A
authors: El Aoussimi
authors: Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares, Muelle de Poniente s/n, 07015 Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Electronic address: ana.carbonell@ba.ieo.es.
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: Carbonell
authors: Universitat de Girona, Departament de Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Ciències, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain. Electronic address: eulalia.delgado@udg.edu.
authors: Eulàlia
authors: E
authors: Delgado
authors: Universitat de Girona, Departament de Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Ciències, Campus Montilivi, 17071 Girona, Spain. Electronic address: u1903397@correu.udg.edu.
authors: Lídia
authors: L
authors: Sarrà-Alarcón
authors: Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, Puerto Pesquero s/n, 29640 Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain. Electronic address: cristina.garcia@ma.ieo.es.
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: García-Ruíz
authors: Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia, C/ Varadero 1, 30740, San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: antonio.esteban@mu.ieo.es.
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Esteban
authors: Universitat Politècnica de València, DIHMA, Camino de Vera s/n, 46021 València, Spain. Electronic address: sandra@ba.ieo.es.
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Mallol
authors: Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Murcia, C/ Varadero 1, 30740, San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: josem.bellido@mu.ieo.es.
authors: José María
authors: JM
authors: Bellido
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017163:Anisakis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005398:Fisheries; D005399:Fishes / Q000254:growth & development / Q000469:parasitology; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D009132:Muscles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000469:parasitology; D017747:Seafood / Q000032:analysis / Q000469:parasitology; D013030:Spain; D013045:Species Specificity; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
keywords: Bycatch; Feeding habits; Fisheries; Heavy metals; Parasitism; Toxicology