Crustaceans internal organs

The situation in Fiji is complicated, as it is elsewhere, by the prevalence of other types of marine intoxications, e.g. scrombrotoxicity and those associated with the consumption of the internal organs of bottom species and crustaceans. The ethnic composition of the population in the various island groups also influences the morbidity statistics. Fijian Indians purchase less fish than Melanesians (11). While by and large the islands commercial fishermen are Fijian Indians, the rural/urban distribution of the population, and food preferences suggest that Melanesian Fijians consume more fresh fish than their Indian counterparts. Incidence may be influenced by relative ethnic composition and food preferences in a given area. 

Sprague, J.B. 1986. Toxicity and tissue concentrations of lead, zinc, and cadmium for marine molluscs and crustaceans. 215 pp. Available from International Lead Zinc Research Organization, 2525 Meridian Parkway, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2036. 

Carr, W. E. S., Gleeson, R. A., and Trapido-Rosenthal, H. G., Olfactory receptors of crustaceans with similarities to internal receptors for neuroactive substances, in Biomedical Importance of Marine Organisms, Fautin, D. G., Ed., California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, 1988, 115. 

Other publications deal with the effects and fate of pollutants and experimental techniques for such studies (see for example [44]). In addition, the effects of pollutants on marine organisms are periodically reviewed (for the last review in the series by Reish et al. see [45]). Similar periodic reviews are published for mixing and transport processes [46]. Toxicity data for marine fauna are also available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency database AQUIRE. Generally speaking, the sensitivity of marine fauna to chemicals varies widely, particularly among the crustaceans [47]. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has a database of toxicity and environmental effect data on Hazardous Substances Carried by Ships [48]. 

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