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In Africa, food loss occurs in most, if not all, small-scale fish supply chains, and constitutes not only lost income to fishers, processors, and traders, but also contributes to food insecurity and malnutrition because a...
What happens to fish after it is caught has a big impact on its quality. This guide is for fishers, vessel owners, extension services, and anyone interested in how to maintain fish quality.
In order to support long-term capacity building for women, the SSF Umbrella Programme conducted a review to identify successfully adopted post-harvest best practices that should be disseminated more widely to help reduce fish loss and...
Fish salting 101: What you need to know
29 June 2021
29 June 2021
Salting, or salt curing, is one of the oldest methods of fish preservation used by the Romans to produce the famous salt cod, or bacalao. Salted fish has endured because it can be stored for...
Post-harvest fish loss model
01 December 2020
01 December 2020
Planning and policy making for the development of post-harvest fisheries has been hampered by a lack of information or little easy access to information on post-harvest fish losses and tools to help plan interventions. The...