Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1995, Side 108

Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1995, Side 108
112 WHALEWORM IN THE FILLETS OF SAITHE FROM FAROESE WATERS ters, Norwegian waters and the North Sea. The present study showed prevalences from 67.4 % to 96.9 % in the muscles, the abundance ranging from 0 to 27 per fish. The reason for these high values most like- ly are explained by the main diet of the adult saithe, which according to Joensen and Táning op.cit. are: herring, scopelids, euphausiaceans and cephalopods, who gen- erally are infected with Anisakis simplex (see e.g.; Davey 1972; Smith 1983, 1984). Taking into account the high abundances of Anisakis simplex found in the fillets of saithe, and keeping in mind that the stock of saithe is among the largest fish stocks in the area, the question arises whether the saithe contributes to the maintenance of Anisakis simplex in population or not. If the saithe can pass these nematode larvae to its final host, then it may be considered to have importance. If not, then it is a blind al- ley or “wrong address” for the Anisakis simplex larvae. Desportes and Mouritsen (1993) found no saithe in the stomach of the pilot whale, a common whale in Faroese waters. In Canadian Pacific waters Margolis and Pike (1955) found adult Anisakis simplex in the stomach of the killer whale, Orcinus orca. However, nei- ther Bloch and Lockyer (1988) nor Sigur- jónsson (1993) report saithe as a food item for killer whales in European waters. Haug et al. (1995), however, found adult saithe in the mink whale, Balaenoptera acutorostra- ta, from Lofoten-Vesterálen. Mink whale from this area and from around Faroes is considered to belong to the same, relative- ly large North-East stock (Sigurjónsson 1993). This whale contains high infections of mature Anisakis simplex (Aspholm 1995). Even if no records seem to exist of adult saithe in mink whale in the Faroe- area, the situation must presumed to be the same as in other parts of the North-East At- lantic. Then the infection of saithe with Anisakis simplex third stage larvae most likely will contribute to the completion of the Anisakis simplex life cycle. Whether this contribution is high or low the work of Aspholm et al. (1995) should be kept in mind. They showed that a low infection of the final host of sealworm Pseudoterrano- va decipiens appear to sustain a stable in- fection in the surrounding fishes. A similar mechanicm, too, may be working in the Anisakis simplex-liic cycle. Acknowledgements Grunnurin fyri Vísindaligum Fiskivinnukanningum (The Fund for Scientific Fish Industry Research), Vís- indagrunnur Føroya Sparikassa (The Scientific Fund of Føroya Sparikassa), Grunnurin Til Praktiskar Fiski- royndir (The Fund for Fishery Research) and Ráfiska- keyparafelagið are thanked for financial support. The laboratory staff of the former fish processing plant Ba- calao are thanked for help with the digestion analysis and the crew of “Magnus Heinason” are thanked for the task with the sampling. I am indebted to Paul Aspholm, Oslo and (the now late) Dr. Jóhannes Jóhansen for his comments and critics to the manuscript. References Aspholm, P.A. 1995. University of Oslo. Pers. comm. Aspholm, P.A., Ugland, K.I., Jødestøl, K.A. and B. Berland. 1995. Sealworm (Pseudoterranova decipiens) infection in common seals (Phoca vitulina) and potential intermediate fish hosts from the Outer Oslofjord. Intemational Joumalfor Parasitology 25(3): 367-373. Bloch, D. and Lockyer, C. 1988. Killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Faroese waters. Rit Fiskideildar 11: 55-64.
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