Good practices for preprocessing and cooking farmed fish

WorldFish

Introduction

Fish is an important food for human consumption. Because of its high nutritional value, it can treat disease caused by malnutrition, and it is especially suitable for children, pregnant woman and breastfeeding mothers. More than one billion people around the world get their animal protein requirements from fish, which also contains minerals like phosphorous, iodine, calcium, magnesium and sulfur. In addition, there are a number of important fat-soluble vitamins in fish oil, including vitamins A and D. fish oils are high in unsaturated fatty acids, especially omega-3, which helps reduce cholesterol.

Yet despite highly nutritious, fish is difficult to process and spoils easily, this is why proper processing methods are so important, as they help preserve fish, prolong its shelf life and produce new products that consumers prefer. Fish processing also engages more women and youths in aquaculture activities, which improves their income. 

This manual was prepared through the advancing climate smart Aquaculture Technologies (ACliSAT) project, funded by the international fund for Agricultural Development. WorldFish is implementing the project in partnership with the Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research in Egypt, Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia and the Ministry of Marine Resources in Eritrea.

We would like to express our gratitude and appreciation to the large group of researchers, chefs and experts from the fishery industry in Egypt who participated in preparing and reviewing this guide (ANNEX 1).

Contents

1. Fish preprocessing

- Receiving and preparing fish for cooking or processing

- Recommendations for manufacturing fish hygienically

- Popular fish recipes

2 – Minced fish products and processed fish

- Traditional fish recipes

- Non-traditional fish recipes

3. Salted fish products

- Salted fish process (fesikh)

- Signs of spoiled salted mullet fish

- Salted fish recipes

4. Smoked fish products

-  Smoked fish processing

- Signs of spoiled smoked fish

- Smoked fish recipes

5. Health and safety recommendations for processing fish

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 Prep. / Ayman Ashry

Manage. / Mona Mahmoud