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Monday 18 April 2016

Vital Tips To Know Concerning Fresh Fish Shipped

By Margaret Watson


A lot of people today love consuming seafood probably because of its health benefit or because of it good taste. Seafood is actually one of the most delicious foods in the world. The food is preferred all over the world. This preference for seafood has led to significant increase in demand for fish worldwide. The food from sea animals is also very easy to cook and cooks very fast. Due to demand increase, fresh fish shipped business has boomed.

Today the demand of fish has doubled compared to previous years demand. Accessing this lucrative market will basically require or need transportation by air cargo since seafood food is very fragile and it needs to be transported live and maintained fresh all the way to the targeted market. Live seafood basically is very much dependent on environment of transportation to remain alive and fresh.

There is absolutely no clear proven fact that freshwater or saltwater seafood basically has bigger concentration of fatty acids or has more Omega three fatty acids. However a research conducted in University of Quebec found out that consumption of eating of freshwater seafood actually has no effect or impact on omega three fatty acids level in test subject.

Currently, there is a steady increase in the demand of fresh and very live seafood products all over the world. Accessing the lucrative market will often require transportation by air cargo for fragile products over the long distance. Live seafood is extremely dependent on transit environment to basically maintain their optimum good selling condition and also avoid mortality.

The packaging methods are more efficient, very cost effective and also very easy to use. Price is very dependent on quality of product hence ensuring the supply of fresh fish will definitely prove to be profitable for these industries. Ensure the shipper has all the relevant documents pertaining or regarding the cargo. There are some shipping requirements that should be upheld by the handler and they include, ensuring the product is basically handled appropriately at the farm or plant to assure perfect preshipping condition.

Fish just like other animals will begin rotting immediately after being removed from the water. Use of ice can really slow down decaying process. There are those fishmongers though who like to keep their stale seafood for quite some time before consuming them or throwing them away. Some suppliers may even place stale seafish together with fresh ones to trick unsuspecting buyer to buy the stale seafood.

Fresh fish as well as seafood quality is basically dependent upon the following. The seafood condition at harvesting time, the technique used for harvesting and means of handling and last but not least the species of seafood. Postmortem changes will also play a significant role on the quality of seafood.

Product handling that will ensure high quality basically begins on fishing vessel or the fish farm. Quality levels can also depend on some natural factors such as seasonal changes, specific harvest areas, behavior of feeding, sex and also spawning condition of seafood.




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