Southern Agricultural Research Institute, Hawassa Agricultural Research Center, Awasa, Ethiopia
Research Article
Post-harvest handling and microbial quality of fish along the value chain in Lake Hawassa
Author(s): Deribe G, Abdela E2, Admneh Dagne and Tsedey A*
The objective of the current study was to investigate post-harvest handling and microbial quality of raw fish meat along fish value chain actors. A survey was conducted on 45 fishermen, 45 fish retailers and 45 fish consumers. Apart from observation, raw fish meat samples were collected from the actors that participated during the survey. About 30 samples were collected from fish actors (10 samples from each actor). The results showed that out of the total responses by the fishermen, about 56% have only gillnet while 31% have owned both gillnet and boat. Only 44% of interviewed fishermen had full gutting equipment. On retailers’ side, about 82% of them sell fish directly to consumers in the surrounding of the lake and through door to door service. Plastic containers (58%) and “plastic bag” (26%) were also reported as storage materials. The top two ranked problems men.. View More»
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