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Title Studies on storage characteristics of fish A preliminary investigation - establishing guidelines for sensory quality assessment of croaker (Psuedotolithus typus) in Nigeria.
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1834/2388
Date 1984
Author(s) Sorinmade, S.O.; Talabi, S.O.; Banwo, A.
Abstract A preliminary investigation was conducted with freshly caught West African long croaker (Pseudotolithus typus). Half of the fish stored at ambient temperature (28 - 32oC) for 5, 12, 13, 24 and 36 hours were gutted. These conditions enable a high rate of fish deterioration and spoilage; thus facilitating the elaboration of characteristics which would subsequently be used to establish some sensory guidelines for fish quality evaluation in Nigeria. Several sensory deteriorative changes were observed whose application for sensory assessment may be time consuming and confusing to Fish Quality Inspectors. Hence, it is concluded from this study that the most important sensory quality indices which can be used as guidelines for the Nigerian Fishing Industry and quality inspectors are appearance, texture and brightness of flesh and skin, the colour and odour of gills; the colour of the eye and the border of eye; and the colour of the slime produced. - NIOMR
Subject(s) Fishery development; Fish storage
Coverage Nigeria
Language en
Relation Technical Paper, 15
Type of publication Report
Format 1
Identifier 978-2345-00-14
Repository Africa - Ocean Data and Information Network of Africa (OdinAfrica)
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