page_title: Krill fishery
hierarchical_section_title: Krill fishery
caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. This is the startimage of the virtual microscope http://www.ecoscope.com/cybermic/index.htm of krill where you can click into details of the animal to get higher magnifications, like the gills, the feeding basket or the swimming legs, up to raster electron and transmission electron images, also some videos - there are many links to jumpoff sites for educators, like from the SCIENCE MAGAZINE. In natural hovering position - the red organs produce the bioluminescence - the hepatopancreas is filled with green phytoplankton, the food of krill, the strait gut in the back is filled with the empty shells of phytoplankton - in the front you see the compound eyeFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Photo en gros plan d'un krill de l'Antarctique (Euphausia superba). Le site ecoscope propose un microscope virtuel qui permet d'explorer les divers organes de ce krill.Sunda&#x3a;&#32; Hurang Antartika Euphausia superba. Ieu gambar minangka 'startimage' ti mikroskop virtual http://www.ecoscope.com/cybermic/index.htm hurang anu bisa diklik pikeun nempo gambar nu leuwih gedé, misalna insang atawa suku ojay nepi ka gambar transmisi éléktron, ogé sababaraha vidéo - aya tutumbu ka sababaraha loka, misalna ti kalawarta Science. Dina kaayaan keur ngalayang - organ-organ nu beureum ngahasilkeun bioluminesens - hépatopangkréas dieusi ku fitoplangton héjo, kadaharan hurang, beuteungna dieusi ku cangkang fitoplangton anu geus kosong - di hareup katempo panon majemuk
context_page_description: The krill fishery is the commercial fishery of krill, small shrimp-like marine animals that live in the oceans world-wide. The present estimate for the biomass of Antarctic krill is 379 million tonnes. The total global harvest of krill from all fisheries amounts to 150–200,000 tonnes annually, mainly Antarctic krill and North Pacific krill.
  Krill are rich in protein and lipids. Their exoskeleton amounts to some 2% of dry weight of chitin. They also contain traces of a wide array of hydrolytic enzymes such as proteases, carbohydrases, nucleases and phospholipases, which are concentrated in the digestive gland in the cephalothorax of the krill.
  Most krill is used as aquaculture feed and fish bait; other uses include livestock or pet foods. Only a small percentage is prepared for human consumption. Their enzymes are interesting for medical applications, an expanding sector since the early 1990s.
context_section_description: The krill fishery is the commercial fishery of krill, small shrimp-like marine animals that live in the oceans world-wide. The present estimate for the biomass of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)  is 379 million tonnes. The total global harvest of krill from all fisheries amounts to 150–200,000 tonnes annually, mainly Antarctic krill and North Pacific krill (E. pacifica).
  Krill are rich in protein (40% or more of dry weight) and lipids (about 20% in E. superba). Their exoskeleton amounts to some 2% of dry weight of chitin. They also contain traces of a wide array of hydrolytic enzymes such as proteases, carbohydrases, nucleases and phospholipases, which are concentrated in the digestive gland in the cephalothorax of the krill.
  Most krill is used as aquaculture feed and fish bait; other uses include livestock or pet foods. Only a small percentage is prepared for human consumption. Their enzymes are interesting for medical applications, an expanding sector since the early 1990s.
caption: Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)
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