Testing the effect of soak time on catch damage in a coastal gillnetter and the consequences on processed fish quality

Autor: Ludvig Ahm Krag, Niels Madsen, Junita Diana Karlsen, Esther Savina, Kasper Kristensen, Rikke Frandsen
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Savina, E, Karlsen, J D, Frandsen, R, Krag, L A, Kristensen, K & Madsen, N 2016, ' Testing the effect of soak time on catch damage in a coastal gillnetter and the consequences on processed fish quality ', Food Control, vol. 70, pp. 310-317 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.05.044
ISSN: 0956-7135
Popis: This study aims at testing how to improve catch quality aboard a coastal gillnetter by looking at an easily controllable parameter known to have an effect on the degree of fish damage, soak time, and investigating if the registered damages on whole fish have an effect on processed products such as fillets. Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) was captured with commercial gillnets soaked for 12 and 24 hours. Damages were assessed using semi-quantitative indices of individual fish condition gathered in a Catch-damage-index for onboard fish and a Processed fish-damage-index for whole, skinned and filleted plaice processed at a land-based factory. Cumulative link mixed modelling allowed the estimation of the size of effects. Damage in fish was significantly more likely for longer soak times but effects were comparable to those of fish length and between-sets, making a change in soak time not so substantial for improving plaice quality in coastal gillnetting. Damage in fish was significantly more likely for whole than filleted fish, but there was substantial heterogeneity among fish. Severe damage in whole fish may not matter in filleted fish whereas some damage may only be visible at the fillet level.
Databáze: OpenAIRE