FT Vol.51(4)
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- ItemGender Roles and Livelihood Analysis of Women in Dry Fish Processing: A Study in Coastal Odisha(Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin, 2014)This study was undertaken to document the socioeconomic and livelihood profile, gender roles in fish curing, trade and marketing and perceived needs of women in dry fish processing in coastal Odisha. Majority of the respondents were middle-aged and had more than 10 years of experience in dry fish production and handling, with high social participation through self help groups (SHGs) and moderate decision making power in family and their trade. Majority of them (72.41%) were illiterates. Annually, they spend about 225-250 days in dry fish production process of low to medium valued fishes. Dry fish production was the primary occupation and secondary occupations include wage earnings in shrimp exporting units, ice production units, net mending, poultry, prawn peeling, farming, etc. Non-availability of good quality raw materials, lack of alternative drying methods during rainy season, lack of proper infrastructural facilities for drying, contamination with sand, microbes, attack of insects, birds and animals, non-availability of proper storage facilities, inadequate institutional credit facilities, exploitation by middlemen and inadequate transportation facilities were the major constraints perceived by the respondents. Most of them were not aware of the improved practices including packaging and quality assessment.
- ItemInformation Sources Utilization Pattern among Tribal Fish Farmers(Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin, 2014)Tribal fish farmers in the state of Tripura constitute about 40% of the total fish farmers populace and are potential stakeholders in the overall fish production. A study was undertaken in Tripura with a sample size of 90 tribal fish farmers, selected using stratified random sampling method. Demographic profile revealed that majority (52.22%) of them were from old age group with higher literacy rate, small land holdings, low income, medium extension participation and aspiration. Respondents indicated that television was the major (85.56%) mass media source for information. Amongst interpersonal localite sources, the Panchayat emerged as main source of information, while meeting and group discussions (62.23%) and demonstration (57.78%) were major interpersonal cosmopolite information sources. Information source utilization for 59% of the respondents was at medium level. Independent variables viz., income, extension participation and level of aspiration showed a positive and significant relation with utilization of communication channels. More proactive role on the part of line departments Krishi Vigyan Kendras and other information providers is emphasized in order to accelerate the usage of cosmopolite sources of information among the tribal community of the State.
- ItemImpact of Compliance with Food Safety Measures in Fish Processing Units(Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin, 2014)Increasing consumer demand for greater food safety, particularly in developed countries has triggered the need for an integrated approach for ensuring food safety in the entire food production chain viz., from farm to fork. This study estimates the cost of compliance with food safety measures in fish processing plants. The study is based on primary data collected from 14 fish processors cum exporters in West Bengal in the year 2011. West Bengal is one of the largest seafood exporters and contributes about 9% to the total seafood export from India. The study shows that status of compliance with food safety measures in Indian fish processing plants is satisfactory. Though the cost of compliance with food safety is high, it is beneficial to processor/ exporter in better price realization and acceptance of the products in international markets. The compliance with food safety measures can be further enhanced by easy and cheap availability of credit to processors and capacity building of all stakeholders in fish supply chain for their better adoption at lower level of supply chain to ensure safe raw material for the processing industries
- ItemEffect of Binders on the Quality of Restructured Products from Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) Surimi(Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin, 2014)The present study deals with the use of wheat flour and soya flour as additives in thermal gelification of surimi from silver carp muscle to obtain quality restructured products. Biochemical and mechanical properties of restructured products and changes during storage at -20oC were measured. Water holding capacity of the gel increased significantly when wheat flour and soya flour were added as binders. As regards mechanical properties, the gel strength, hardness and cohesiveness of gel with wheat flour showed intermediate value between control and gel with soya flour. But the springiness of wheat flour-added gel was superior. After 120 days of storage at -20oC, the wheat flour-added gel maintained superior quality amongst others. The study revealed that quality restructured products could be made with thermally set silver carp surimi with or without adding any binder, but wheat flourincorporated gel maintained superior quality up to a storage period of 120 days.
- ItemEarly Growth Performance of an Endangered Barb, Sahyadria denisonii (Day 1865) Fed with Different Diets(Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin, 2014)It can be concluded that S. denisonii larvae fed with artemia flake diets (AFD) exhibited significantly better growth and survival rate than other three experimental diets (MWD, VFD and HFD). However, Paramecium is essential in the initial stage of larval rearing of S. denisonii as live feed, because larvae are usually very small and fragile with an undeveloped digestive system (Singh et al., 2012). Absorption of endogenous food reserves, or more accurately the transition from endogenous to exogenous nutrition, is also a critical developmental and ecological transition for fish larvae (Kamler, 2008). Present findings also emphasize the potentiality of micro worms as an alternative for artemia naupli in larval rearing of S. denisonii like other ornamental fish such as Carrassius auratus L. and Poecilia reticulata (Parameshwaran et al., 2001; Schlechtriem, 2004) and thereby production cost can be minimised. This study represents an important step for successful rearing optimization of the S. denisonii under controlled conditions and the live feeds were found to significantly affect early survival rate in this species. These findings could be beneficial for the development of better larval rearing techniques for Sahyadria denisonii under hatchery conditions