{"title":"Glycosylation on the Antifreeze and Antioxidant Capacities of Tilapia Gelatin Hydrolysates","authors":"Ying Liu, Zongcai Tu, Qiuyu Lu, Shengnan Zhan, Ru Jia, Zhaohui Qiao, Huamao Wei, Tao Huang","doi":"10.3390/fishes10020065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10020065","url":null,"abstract":"The antifreeze and antioxidant capacities of tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) gelatin hydrolysates were investigated, after glycosylation with saccharides of varying molecular weights, to enhance their functional properties to widen its commercial application in frozen aquatic products. Glycosylation was conducted by mixing gelatin hydrolysates with ribose, glucose, maltose, and dextran (20 kDa) at a 1:1 mass ratio; the glycosylation products had a pH of 10 and were incubated at 80 °C for 1 h. The results showed that the glycosylation degree ranked as: ribose > glucose > maltose > dextran. The mass spectrometry analysis showed that 17, 32, and 5 glycosylation sites were identified for ribose, glucose, and maltose, respectively, suggesting a molecular weight-dependent effect. Spectroscopic analyses, including ultraviolet and infrared spectroscopy, revealed that the gelatin hydrolysate structure was expanded, with chromophores in hydrophilic environments; a blue shift in the amide A and II bands confirmed that the amino group was involved. Fluorescence spectroscopy showed conformational changes with a red shift at 303.4 nm and a reduction in intensity. Antifreeze activity, such as catalase freezing protection and shrimp surimi protein stability, and antioxidant activity, including radical scavenging and metal ion chelation, were significantly improved. Ribose exhibited the strongest effects, followed by maltose and glucose. These results demonstrate the potential of glycosylation to improve gelatin hydrolysates for functional applications.","PeriodicalId":11799,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Biology of Fishes","volume":"10 2","pages":"65-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/10/2/65/pdf?version=1740397702","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147333345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on the Role and Pathological and Immune Responses of Silver Nanoparticles Against Two Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida Strains at Different Virulence Levels in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)","authors":"Yu Guo, Chaoli Zheng, Yingfei Wang, Yongji Dang, Ruiyuan Li, Ye Tao, Yucheng Yang, Xiao‐Feng Sun, Zihua Song, Pengcheng Sun, Qian Zhang, Dandan Qian, Wenhao Ren, X. Cao, Bowen Wang, Meng-Xi Xu, Bin Jiang, Yujing Li, Qingjie Sun, Jinye Wang, Lei Zheng, Yanling Sun","doi":"10.3390/fishes10010029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10010029","url":null,"abstract":"Aeromonas species are among the main pathogens causing rainbow trout infections. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have a broad spectrum of antimicrobial properties and are usually produced by various green-synthesis methods. However, the application of commercialized AgNPs has not fully been clarified. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial activities of commercialized AgNPs (range of sizes 10–12 nm) on two contrasting A. salmonicida strains (I-1 and I-4), isolated from rainbow trout; the antibacterial mechanism, histopathological alterations and the expression of immune-related genes were investigated. In vitro, the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) was 10 µg/mL for I-1, and lowered to 9.5 µg/mL for I-4, respectively. AgNPs were shown to disrupt both the cell wall and membrane of I-1 and I-4, resulting in cell lysis and degradation. In vivo, rainbow trout challenged by immersed or intraperitoneally injected infection, the 10 µg/mL AgNP-treated groups, both showed delayed deaths and lower mortalities compared to the control groups, without any clinical signs and pathological changes. Especially for the virulent I-4, the enhanced expressions of immune-related genes TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-10 and IL-11 were significantly reduced in the AgNP-treated group, indicating a lesser inflammation due to the application of AgNPs. This study would lay theoretical foundation for the wide application of silver nanoparticles in fish diseases.","PeriodicalId":11799,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Biology of Fishes","volume":"10 1","pages":"29-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/10/1/29/pdf?version=1736774356","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147331873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qi Zhou, Yan Wang, Yuwen Guo, Guangli Li, Tao Wang, Huapu Chen
{"title":"A Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Effects of Letrozole and 17α-Methyltestosterone on the Expression of Reproductive-Related Genes in Golden Pompano (Trachinotus ovatus)","authors":"Qi Zhou, Yan Wang, Yuwen Guo, Guangli Li, Tao Wang, Huapu Chen","doi":"10.3390/fishes10010021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10010021","url":null,"abstract":"Aromatase inhibitor letrozole (LZ) and 17α-methyltestosterone (MT) are commonly used for sex control breeding to induce female-to-male sex reversal in aquaculture. However, studies on the molecular regulatory mechanisms of LZ and MT are still limited. Here, a comparative transcriptome analysis was conducted on the hypothalamus, the gonad, and the liver of golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) after 30 days of LZ and MT treatment, which demonstrated significant sexual size dimorphism. Following LZ treatment, the transcriptome data identified 156, 890, and 1286 different expression genes (DEGs) in the hypothalamus, the liver, and the gonad, respectively. After MT treatment, the transcriptome data identified 114, 876, and 950 DEGs in the hypothalamus, the liver, and the gonad, respectively. Functional enrichment analysis revealed that DEGs were involved in oocyte meiosis and steroid-hormone synthesis following LZ treatment. Similarly, the analysis indicated that DEGs were associated with cysteine and methionine metabolism and steroid-hormone synthesis after MT treatment. Further analysis showed that LZ treatment can promote the first meiotic division but inhibit the second meiotic division of the oocyte. MT treatment promotes polyamine synthesis to induce oocyte apoptosis, both of which affect the trajectory of ovarian differentiation in golden pompano. However, LZ and MT have converse effects in sex hormone synthesis. LZ inhibits estrogen metabolism but promotes cholesterol synthesis by regulating sqle, cyp3a40, ugt1a1, and ugt2a1, while MT promotes estrogen metabolism but inhibits the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone by regulating cyp19a1, cyp1a, and hsd17b7. This study reveals that both LZ and MT may inhibit the ovarian differentiation and induce masculinization through different regulatory mechanisms, which provides a fundamental insight into the sex control breeding in aquaculture.","PeriodicalId":11799,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Biology of Fishes","volume":"10 1","pages":"21-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/10/1/21/pdf?version=1736223670","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147331058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haley K Gendron, Ross F Tallman, Margaret F Docker
{"title":"The influence of climate change on growth of Arctic charr (<i>Salvelinus alpinus</i>).","authors":"Haley K Gendron, Ross F Tallman, Margaret F Docker","doi":"10.1007/s10641-025-01743-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10641-025-01743-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Arctic is warming at an unprecedented rate and with longer growing seasons, greater rainfall, and less snowfall. Cold-adapted ectotherms, such as the Arctic charr, <i>Salvelinus alpinus</i> (Linnaeus 1758), are likely to experience changes to growth as a result. Anadromous Arctic charr (charr, hereafter) are of great importance for northern communities, providing a source of income from commercial fisheries and food security from subsistence harvest. Initially, warming is expected to increase the growth of charr, benefitting subsistence and commercial fisheries in the short term. However, over longer time scales, temperatures exceeding the optimum for growth will likely result in metabolic stress, slowed growth, and higher mortality. Thus, the long-term consequences of climate change will likely be negative. We assessed anadromous charr growth from 1984 to 2013 in three stocks around Cumberland Sound using otolith measurements as proxies for age-specific growth. Trend analyses indicated growth had increased in pre-migratory ages over the years. We used mixed models to investigate changes to growth for ages 1-10 in relation to climate variables, finding that growing degree days had the greatest positive influence on ages 1-6 while annual precipitation had an overall negative effect on growth in ages 1-2 and 6-10. Contrary to previous assessments on these stocks, our results suggest charr have indeed experienced changes to growth with climate change. These findings emphasize the need for more thorough long-term growth studies in the management of fisheries as altered growth will affect food security and the economy across the Canadian Arctic.</p>","PeriodicalId":11799,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Biology of Fishes","volume":"108 12","pages":"2087-2104"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12615573/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145539034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
James R. Jackson, Gregory R. Jacobs, Alexander W. Latzka, Tomomi Landsman, Brian P. Young, Amy R. McCune
{"title":"Spawning migration, sex-specific home ranges, and seasonal site fidelity in a lacustrine population of Bowfin (Amia ocellicauda)","authors":"James R. Jackson, Gregory R. Jacobs, Alexander W. Latzka, Tomomi Landsman, Brian P. Young, Amy R. McCune","doi":"10.1007/s10641-024-01585-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01585-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bowfin, <i>Amia</i> spp., are broadly distributed freshwater fishes native to eastern North America. Male bowfin build nuptial nests in the spring and provide parental care for eggs and young. Spawning occurs in or near wetland habitats often associated with larger bodies of water, but the literature suggests wider distribution during the growing season, such that annual movements may structure population and community dynamics. However, bowfin movements and their ecological roles are poorly known. Over 3 years, using radio telemetry, we studied movement patterns and home range size of the bowfin, <i>Amia ocellicauda</i>, in Oneida Lake, a large inland lake in New York State. We found female bowfin tended to range more widely than males. Furthermore, within-year structure in movement data and seasonal step-changes in relocations suggest that most bowfin exhibited migration-like movements to and from a primary spawning area in northwest Oneida Lake. After spawning (and for males, after parental care), bowfin dispersed around the western half of the lake, with some fish traversing the full extent of our study area. Analysis of home range sizes revealed high variability in how widely individuals roamed, but there was a significant tendency for females to exhibit larger home ranges than males during the spring. During the summer, there was a tendency for individual bowfin of both sexes to inhabit the same area in successive years, though males appeared to exhibit site fidelity more often than females. These data provide a new perspective on the movement ecology of bowfin.</p>","PeriodicalId":11799,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Biology of Fishes","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trends and distribution of hardhead catfish in Texas estuaries—shifting relative abundance of a highly ubiquitous generalist predator","authors":"Zachary Olsen, Jeremy McCulloch","doi":"10.1007/s10641-024-01596-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01596-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Hardhead catfish (<i>Ariopsis felis</i>) are one of two Ariidae catfishes in the northern Gulf of Mexico and are one of the most common fishes found in the coastal waters in this region. As a generalist consumer with a unique reproductive life history and limited information on long-term population dynamics in the Western Gulf of Mexico, the objectives of this study were to assess trends in Texas estuaries using long-term fishery independent and dependent data sets and to conduct habitat suitability analyses in these same estuaries for both young-of-the-year and adult hardhead catfish. Some estuaries have experienced decreasing trends in catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) of adult hardhead catfish beginning in the mid-1990s and early 2000s, and widespread decreasing trends in adult mean length were additionally observed for central and lower coast estuaries. Compared to the CPUE of finfish in the larger community, adult hardhead catfish largely exhibited decreasing trends in their relative contribution (expressed as percentage of CPUE) across most Texas estuaries. When combined with the larger Ariidae species grouping, and compared to the relative contribution of common Sciaenids, it was generally observed that the contributions of these two species groupings were converging for many estuaries. This was primarily characterized by increasing Ariidae trends. Given the trophic role of Ariidae catfishes, they clearly have the potential to exert major trophic influence on estuarine food webs. Our study highlights the value of long-term monitoring and the study of non-gamefish species in the larger assessment of community change across time.</p>","PeriodicalId":11799,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Biology of Fishes","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nathan Perisic, Leslie Hickerson, Delhon Helwitt, Daniel Norwood, Oliver N. Shipley, Tadzio Bervoets, Austin J. Gallagher
{"title":"Reef fish biodiversity and occurrence of endangered sharks within a small marine protected area off Sint Maarten, Dutch Caribbean","authors":"Nathan Perisic, Leslie Hickerson, Delhon Helwitt, Daniel Norwood, Oliver N. Shipley, Tadzio Bervoets, Austin J. Gallagher","doi":"10.1007/s10641-024-01588-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01588-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Marine protected areas (MPAs) are common conservation tools supporting the protection of threatened marine fishes, such as sharks. However, the creation of shark MPAs has been less common in the Greater Caribbean region despite a growing need and opportunity. In this study, we evaluated the occurrence of shark and reef fish biodiversity off Sint Maarten, Dutch Caribbean, with a particular emphasis on endangered shark presence within the Man of War Shoal Marine Protected Area (MPA). We utilized baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVs) to gather non-invasive data on the abundance and diversity of reef fish and shark species inside and outside the local MPA. Generalized linear models (GLMs) revealed no significant effect of protection status on the presence of the endangered Caribbean reef shark (<i>Carcharhinus perezi</i>). However, we found a significant influence of depth on shark occurrence, as well as an effect of habitat type on shark and reef fish biodiversity, with reef habitats showing the greatest significance. These results suggest that the effect of small coastal MPAs on bolstering local endangered species conservation in the Dutch Caribbean is likely to vary according to habitat features and how those species utilize those habitats across various life stages. These findings have implications for adaptive MPA management, which should be informed by the ecology and habitat preferences of target species to achieve maximum benefits for biodiversity conservation.</p>","PeriodicalId":11799,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Biology of Fishes","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antonio Augusto Jardim Jr, Jean Carlo Gonçalves Ortega, Ronaldo Souza da Silva, Danielly Torres Hashiguti, Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag
{"title":"Understanding the drivers of fish beta diversity from beaches on a reduced flow stretch in an Amazonian River","authors":"Antonio Augusto Jardim Jr, Jean Carlo Gonçalves Ortega, Ronaldo Souza da Silva, Danielly Torres Hashiguti, Luciano Fogaça de Assis Montag","doi":"10.1007/s10641-024-01597-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01597-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this study, we aimed to identify the factors that drive the patterns in beta diversity of fish assemblages on the beaches of the Volta Grande do Xingu, a river stretch under the influence of Belo Monte dam. Fishes were collected using a trawl net in 28 sandy beaches during the low water period of 2021 (each beach was sampled once during this period). Measurements of environmental variables were carried out on-site, while spatial variables were obtained using Asymmetric Eigenvector Maps (AEM). Using the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity index, we calculated beta diversity and conducted a distance-based redundancy analysis (db-RDA) with the dissimilarity matrix to assess its relationship between beta diversity and environmental and spatial variables. Additionally, we performed a variance partition to quantify the pure and shared contributions of the explanatory matrices to our response matrix. The results revealed low beta diversity among the sampled beaches, and that this beta diversity was explained in part by the spatial variables and pH. Our findings underscore the influence of spatial structure on the assembly of local communities, indicating that dispersion processes and spatial connectivity are relevant mechanisms that contribute to the beta diversity of beach fish communities under influence of a reduced flow by a Hydropower Plant.</p>","PeriodicalId":11799,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Biology of Fishes","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Graham F. Montague, Douglas L. Zentner, Richard A. Snow, Jory B. Bartnicki, Daniel E. Shoup, Brian A. Schmidt
{"title":"Commercial harvest and population characteristics of freshwater drum and buffalo Ictiobus spp. in Ohio waters of Lake Erie","authors":"Graham F. Montague, Douglas L. Zentner, Richard A. Snow, Jory B. Bartnicki, Daniel E. Shoup, Brian A. Schmidt","doi":"10.1007/s10641-024-01598-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01598-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Lake Erie supports many native nongame fishes including freshwater drum, bigmouth buffalo, and smallmouth buffalo. Commercial fisheries in Ohio waters of Lake Erie have no specific regulations on these species. We reviewed the commercial harvest records for these species and quantified population characteristics (size structure, age and growth, length and age at maturity, recruitment variability, and mortality rates) with fishery-independent samples. Commercial harvest effort has generally declined through time, but commercial harvest totals have increased, suggesting potential increases in population size. Sexually dimorphic growth occurred for each species, with females attaining larger sizes than males. Total annual mortality was 6.7–12.2% and recruitment variability indexes ranged from 0.44 to 0.51. Most fish of all species matured by age 6 or 7, and maximum observed ages were 56 years for freshwater drum and 48 years for buffalo species. A catch-only surplus production model suggested overharvest of freshwater drum, and buffalo species has occurred in the past and is likely ongoing. However, these results disagree with biological information collected on the fishery (i.e., age structure, growth, and recruitment). We suggest it is likely some level of overharvest is currently occurring in this fishery; however, more detailed assessment of harvest (i.e., information about size structure rather than aggregate total biomass removed) should be conducted to ensure it can be sustainably managed.\u0000</p>","PeriodicalId":11799,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Biology of Fishes","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cosette Arseneault-Deraps, Raegan Davis, M. E. Cole MacLeod, Erin Wilson, Ben Aubrey, Alyssa Goodenough, Jamie C. Madden, Kevin A. Adeli, Christopher Cvitanovic, Nathan Young, Julie M. Hinderer, Elizabeth A. Nyboer, Vivian M. Nguyen, Morgan L. Piczak, Steven J. Cooke
{"title":"Best practices for producing actionable knowledge to inform fisheries management and conservation","authors":"Cosette Arseneault-Deraps, Raegan Davis, M. E. Cole MacLeod, Erin Wilson, Ben Aubrey, Alyssa Goodenough, Jamie C. Madden, Kevin A. Adeli, Christopher Cvitanovic, Nathan Young, Julie M. Hinderer, Elizabeth A. Nyboer, Vivian M. Nguyen, Morgan L. Piczak, Steven J. Cooke","doi":"10.1007/s10641-024-01591-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-024-01591-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In applied research, there is an expectation that knowledge generators will produce information that can be acted upon by knowledge end users (i.e., actionable knowledge); however, this is not always the case, resulting in a knowledge-action gap. Currently, there is no literature directly targeted at fisheries knowledge generators (e.g., researchers) to guide them in producing knowledge that could be readily used to inform fisheries management and conservation. To that end, this paper provides evidence-based recommendations for researchers to produce actionable knowledge. Key recommendations include the following: (1) embrace co-production; (2) prioritize capacity building; (3) include Indigenous and local knowledge systems; (4) diversify forms of knowledge exchange; (5) participate in interdisciplinary research; and (6) provide training for early-career researchers on producing actionable knowledge. We also analyze challenges to producing actionable knowledge, such as trust imbalances, costs of engaging in highly collaborative work, and difficulties related to effective knowledge exchange with fast-moving research timeframes, funding restrictions, and lack of institutional support. Using several case studies, we examine how knowledge generators overcome such challenges to successfully implement the key recommendations. It is our hope these recommendations will encourage and facilitate actionable research, contributing to more effective fisheries management and conservation.</p>","PeriodicalId":11799,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Biology of Fishes","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}