In a previous study we reported the isolation of bacterial fish
pathogens such as Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 serovar A (Esteve et al.,
2007) and Edwardsiella tarda (Alcaide et al., 2006) from wild eels
caught in the Albufera Lake; however the impact of such diseases on
the eel populationwas not assessed. The aim of the present study is to
investigate the importance of both bacterial and swim-bladder
parasitic diseases on the survival and quality of yellow and silver
eels caught in the Albufera over a 3-year period