Qualities of commercially and experimentally sun dried fin fish, Scomberoides tol

Abstract

Seafood is a popular food item and has been preserved by several ways. Curing is one of the simplest
methods to preserve fish to meet out the need of the people. In India, fishes are washed, gutted and sun dried
on the ground, surface of rocks, wooden platforms, palm leaves and also on sandy beaches. The export of
Indian cured fishery products are reduced because of their poor quality. The nutritive quality of one of the
commercially sun dried fish, Somberoides tol was assessed. The same species was sun dried hygienically by
keeping on fish drying rack under direct sun light and moving air and their qualities were assessed. The
present study reveals that the fish was dried experimentally on fish drying rack that had good nutritional
qualities and hygienic compared to the commercially sun dried fish from the same species.