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  • Skills and Knowledge
  • Services and Infrastructure
  • Regulatory Environment
  • Social and Gender Equity
  • Markets

Services and Infrastructure for Artisanal Fish Salting

Key services and infrastructure for reducing food loss and waste (FLW) associated with a salted fish business include:

  • Road and modern transport infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Product storage
  • Food safety control
  • Packaging/containers
  • Salt suppliers

In order to maximise the benefits of appropriate technology, salted fish processors require access to good services and facilities, such as a potable water supply and facilities which allow good health practices (GHP) to be applied. The control of post processing loss and waste will be aided by access to properly designed and managed processing and storage facilities.

Infrastructure and services which facilitate good handling and quality maintenance of fresh fish before salting, such as good landing and port facilities will help salted fish processors access quality raw material.

Improved technology, such as drying racks, may be beyond the investment capabilities of some end-users. Government and other service providers, such as donors and NGOs, should consider investment in technology and facilities with a view to these being made available to processors.

Investment in improved technologies and value addition will also be facilitated by good access for processors to affordable credit and savings schemes such as revolving loans.

Key Publications

A Village Fish Plant: Yes or No? A planning Handbook

This manual gives advice about planning a fish processing plant and discusses topics and questions to consider. It focuses particularly on Alaska, USA, but is relevant to any fish processing operation.

Small-scale fish landing and marketing facilities

This publication aims to aid small-scale fisheries development, specifically addressing the identification, planning and basic designs needed for fish collection, handling, and marketing infrastructure, with focus on reduction of post-harvest losses and marketing costs.

Fisheries Credit Programmes and Revolving Loan Funds: Case Studies

A series of case studies on successful fisheries credit programmes and revolving loan funds are reviewed.

More Resources

More Resources

The 4th All Africa Postharvest Congress and Exhibition (AAPHCE) is a follow up to the series of biennial events together diverse stakeholders aimed at addressing the pertinent issue of postharvest loss reduction in the African...
One of the major issues prevailing in the fisheries and aquaculture industry in Sri Lanka is the high loss and waste of fish, and it has become necessary to introduce strategies aimed at preventing and...
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.