Vexing question on fisheries research: the study of cephalopods and their parasites

For the beginning of this century it is evident that support for research will be increasingly dependent upon the results of that research having relevance to society’s needs and public benefits. Within this web and coupled with the transfer of scientific knowledge is the opportunity to more effectively explain the society the benefits it receives for its investments in research. This viewpoint paper enlighten the general public on the scientific, industrial and commercial relevance of the research on cephalopods and their parasites. In a comparative analysis with other commercially-important taxa, a historical negligible financial support for research on diseases in this important animal group was noted. Because of that policy-makers on Fisheries Research should balance this public debt in the future