Globally, demands of fish have been increasing due to awareness of peoples about health. Live table size fish marketing is now becoming popular due to preference of consumer andalso fetch higher price in the market. The traditional methods of live fish transportation have significant fish mortality due to transportation stress and thus economic losses. The objective of this study was to standardize the doses of clove oil for handling and transportation as well as loading weight of fish. The presents study has found that optimum doses of clove oil for handling was 0.03-0.05ml/Lfor carp fish species and doses for the transportation of live fish (table size) was rangesfrom 5.0 to7.5 µl/litre of water. The present study showed that the optimum loading weight of fish (approximate 1-2kg size) was 40kg/500 litre water for safe fish transportation. Precaution should be taken to reduce the stress during harvesting, loading, transportation of table size fish. The farmers and venders should follow the recommended practices such as harvesting in the cool time, proper conditioning,optimum loading weight, use of sedatives and aeration in the transportation system to supply healthy table fish for the consumers and mitigate the stress related mortality.
