Some physiological observations on the fry of Chakos chanos (Forskoal) for their transport in plastic containers

The problem of the transport of live fish, especially spawn and fry, has been a subject of great interest, since last few decades. The main object in the transport of live fish, is to carry as many fish in as little water as possible with a minimum of mortality. This objective inevitably brings in several problems such as, size and weight of the fish to be transported, quantity of water medium, metabolic products of the fish, size and the shape of the container etc