Conditioning of fish

• Refers to keeping fish in flowing water without feeding.
• 6-12 hours for small fishes and 24-48 hours for large fishes.

Advantages of conditioning

• Fish become used to confined condition.
• Fish are less excited and thus restrained in expenditure of energy.
• Recover from handling effect easily.
• Recover from minor injuries, mucus loss, etc.
• Contamination of transport medium is reduced.

Quality of water for transportation

• Clean and cool
• Shouldn’t be tap water or muddy water as may contain high chlorine content.
• High oxygen content ( 5-8 mg/L).

Factors affecting the transportation

• Distance of transportation
• Time of transportation
• Size and age of fish
• Species of fish
• Climatic condition
• Nature of the container.