Live transportation of food fishes: current scenario and future prospects

Live fish has emerged as a highly in-demand commodity in the recent past due to the progressive quality con-cepts of seafood consumers. Live fish transportation de-pends on several internal and external factors which need to be considered critically for improving survival as well as quality during transportation. The lack of a syste-matic approach for live fish transportation, from on-farm handling to marketing, is the most significant issue faced by the stakeholders. This article provides an in-tegrated insight into the current state of knowledge in the field of live transportation of food fishes emphasiz-ing the significance, present status, challenges and ex-ploration possibilities.