Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Assessment of fish loss in domestic fish markets in Central Kerala

Volume 65 Issue 1

Revathy K. Nair and A. V. Shibu

doi:10.6024/jmbai.2023.65.1.2349-05

Abstract

Globally fish loss due to spoilage was estimated to be 10 to 12 million t/year. Unhygienic handling, inadequate icing, and temperature change are some of the major factors contributing to a fish loss in fish markets. Standardized approaches are adopted to quantify the loss of fish in domestic markets through field assessment methods. This study highlighted fish loss in domestic fish markets in central Kerala and identified the factors leading to the quantity loss by classifying the markets into wholesale markets (WM), public markets (PM) and retail markets (RM). The physical loss was one of the major components (32%) of fish loss among the selected markets of central Kerala. Fish loss can be controlled by improving the onboard handling procedures as well as cold chain adoption across the transportation storage and logistics front of the domestic fish supply chain

Keywords

 Post-harvest fish loss, physical loss, handling loss, quantity loss, quality loss

Date : 28-04-2023