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Title
The market features of imported non-indigenous polychaetes in Portugal and consequent ecological concerns

Participants in the publication
Fidalgo e Costa, P. (Author)
IMAR - Instituto do Mar / Laboratório Marítimo da Guia
 ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE EDUCAÇÃO JOÃO DE DEUS
 Gil, J. (Author)
CSIC - Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes
 Passos, A.M. (Author)
IMAR - Instituto do Mar / Laboratório Marítimo da Guia
 Dep. Biologia Animal
 Pereira, P. (Author)
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGAÇÃO AGRÁRIA E DAS PESCAS
 Melo, P. (Author)
DIRECÇÃO GERAL DE VETERINÁRIA
 Batista, F. (Author)
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGAÇÃO AGRÁRIA E DAS PESCAS
 Cancela da Fonseca, L. (Author)
IMAR - Instituto do Mar / Laboratório Marítimo da Guia
 FCMA - Universidade do Algarve
Summary
The importance of the market for polychaetes dramatically increased after the discovery of their potential as food in aquaculture. In Portugal, the gathering of polychaetes solely from natural populations is not sufficient to meet market demand, both as bait for sea anglers and as a food item in aquaculture. The requests for worms to polychaete dealers by\\\\nPortuguese and Spanish sea farms have increased during recent years. Due to the lack of intensive culture of these worms in Portugal and the proximity of southern Spanish farms, a large component of imported polychaetes that arrive in Portugal at Lisbon Airport go directly to Spain by road. In 2002 and 2003 a total of 12,728,379 and 16,866,839 polychaetes respectively were imported to Europe via Lisbon Airport from China and the USA. In 2003 the imports from China and the USA realised 716,180 and 291,845 US dollars respectively. Two species were reported to have been imported in these years, namely the Korean blue ragworm Perinereis aibuhitensis and the American bloodworm Glycera dibranchiata. Imports of non-indigenous species, which are traded and sold alive, may increase the risk of accidental introduction into the wild. This is of special concern as Perinereis aibuhitensis has been successfully reared in captivity within the range of environmental conditions existing in the Ria Formosa coastal lagoon. Other risks associated with introduced species are the transport of foreign pathogens and other associated non-native organisms, which may act as carriers of disease.

Editor(s)
R. Sardá, G. San Martín, E. López, D. Martin and D. George (eds.)

Date of Publication
2006-12

Institution
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Where published
SCIENTIA MARINA

Publication Identifiers
ISSN - 0214-8358

Collection
SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES IN POLYCHAETE RESEARCH

Volume
70
Number
S3

Starting page
287
Last page
292

Keywords
Polychaeta Perinereis aibuhitensis Glycera dibranchiata Bait Non-indigenous species Portugal

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APA
Fidalgo e Costa, P., Gil, J., Passos, A.M., Pereira, P., Melo, P., Batista, F., Cancela da Fonseca, L., (2006). The market features of imported non-indigenous polychaetes in Portugal and consequent ecological concerns. SCIENTIA MARINA, 70, 287-292. ISSN 0214-8358. eISSN .

IEEE
Fidalgo e Costa, P., Gil, J., Passos, A.M., Pereira, P., Melo, P., Batista, F., Cancela da Fonseca, L., "The market features of imported non-indigenous polychaetes in Portugal and consequent ecological concerns" in SCIENTIA MARINA, vol. 70, pp. 287-292, 2006.

BIBTEX
@article{50120, author = {Fidalgo e Costa, P. and Gil, J. and Passos, A.M. and Pereira, P. and Melo, P. and Batista, F. and Cancela da Fonseca, L.}, title = {The market features of imported non-indigenous polychaetes in Portugal and consequent ecological concerns}, journal = {SCIENTIA MARINA}, year = 2006, pages = {287-292}, volume = 70 }