caa a22 4500 606228470 CHVBK 20210128101204.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10641-015-0457-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10641-015-0457-6 Impacts of sun protection on feeding behavior and mucus removal of bonefish, Albula vulpes [Elektronische Daten] [Kelly Hannan, Zachary Zuckerman, Christopher Haak, Aaron Shultz] Catch-and-release angling is growing as a tool for the conservation of fish stocks because it assumes that the impacts of angling are negligible. However, many studies have shown that catch-and-release can be stressful to the fish and even result in mortality. Bonefishing represents a popular catch-and-release fishery in the tropics and subtropics, with most anglers spending 6+ hours per day in full sunlight. To protect themselves, anglers typically employ sun protection in the form of liquid sunscreen and UV-blocking clothing. Exposure to chemicals contained in sunscreens may impose additional stressors on fish that are handled and subsequently released. In this study we conducted two separate experiments in the lab facilities in Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas. The first examined bonefish feeding behaviors in response to bait handled with zinc-based sunscreen, oxybenzone-based sunscreen, and no coating on the researcher's hands. The second experiment quantified the effects of sunscreens and UV blocking gloves on the removal of fish's protective mucus layer as a result of handling. We did not observe evidence of a change in feeding behavior when bait was handled with hands covered in sunscreen compared to wet hands. However, there was an increase in removal of protective mucus of bonefish when researcher's hands were coated in oxybenzone containing sunscreen compared to researchers handling fish with wet hands. The results of this study indicate wet hands are the best way to handle fish when participating in catch-and-release angling. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Handling nationallicence Mucus nationallicence Oxybenzone nationallicence Sunscreen nationallicence Catch and release nationallicence Angling nationallicence Hannan Kelly Flats Ecology and Conservation Program, The Cape Eleuthera Institute, Eleuthera, The Bahamas aut Zuckerman Zachary Flats Ecology and Conservation Program, The Cape Eleuthera Institute, Eleuthera, The Bahamas aut Haak Christopher Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 160 Holdsworth Way, 01003-9285, Amherst, MA, USA aut Shultz Aaron Flats Ecology and Conservation Program, The Cape Eleuthera Institute, Eleuthera, The Bahamas aut Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/11(2015-11-01), 2297-2304 0378-1909 98:11<2297 2015 98 10641 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0457-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-015-0457-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hannan Kelly Flats Ecology and Conservation Program, The Cape Eleuthera Institute, Eleuthera, The Bahamas aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zuckerman Zachary Flats Ecology and Conservation Program, The Cape Eleuthera Institute, Eleuthera, The Bahamas aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Haak Christopher Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 160 Holdsworth Way, 01003-9285, Amherst, MA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shultz Aaron Flats Ecology and Conservation Program, The Cape Eleuthera Institute, Eleuthera, The Bahamas aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Biology of Fishes Springer Netherlands 98/11(2015-11-01), 2297-2304 0378-1909 98:11<2297 2015 98 10641