Aquaparasitology was proposed at the Hokkaido Fisheries Experimental Station in Japan

Abstract

Based on my experience to study the parasites of different aquatic animals, I proposed a new science, aquaparasitology, in 1989 when I was a scientist at the Hokkaido Fisheries Experimental Station in Japan. This science aims to clarify various aspects of the biology of parasites infecting aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates and has a wider perspective than fish parasitology. Since only limited information is available on the parasites of aquatic invertebrates, it is desired to study those parasites intensively.