LIVE FISH WATERLESS TRANSPORTATION METHOD, LIVE FISH TRANSPORTATION CONTAINER, AND METHOD FOR INDUCING HYPOPNEA STATE IN LIVE FISH

摘要

Provided is a waterless transportation method for fish, whereby operation is simple and live fish in a hypopnea state suffer no shock and have little likelihood of suffering stress. The present invention also provides a live fish transportation container suitable for waterless transportation of live fish. The present invention also provides a method for inducing a hypopnea state in live fish. This live fish waterless transportation method is characterized by including: a husbandry step in which fish F are bred in water at a temperature within a first temperature range R1; an acclimatization step in which the fish F are acclimatized in the live fish transportation container 1 containing water at a temperature within a second temperature range R2 having a maximum temperature R2U that is lower than a minimum temperature R1L for the first temperature range R1; a water-removal step in which water is removed from the live fish transportation container 1; and a waterless transportation step in which the fish F are kept alive in a waterless environment in the live fish transportation container 1 and transported. This live fish transportation container 100 comprises a container main body 10, a lid 50, and a tray 20 and has separated sections 31, 34 formed therein. A bottom plate 23 of the tray 20 comprises a trunk placement section 21 and a tail placement section 22 and has through-holes formed therein 25, 26. Cooling agent housing sections 32, 33 are formed inside the container main body 10. The method for inducing a hypopnea state in live fish includes the husbandry step and the acclimatization step. The husbandry step includes: a husbandry step 1 performed in water at a temperature TA; and a husbandry step 2 performed in water at a temperature TB lower than the temperature TA.