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The Natural Resources Institute (NRI) is the scientific arm of Britain's Overseas Development Administration. NRI's principal aim is to increase the productivity of renewable natural resources in developing countries through the application of science and technology. Its areas of expertise are resource assessment and farming systems, integrated pest management, and food science and crop utilization.
ISBN 0-8594-291-2
POST-HARVEST LOSSES OF FISH IN THE
TROPICS
Geoff Ames, Ivor Clucas and Susan Scott Paul
NATURAL RESOURCES
INSTITUTE
Overseas Development Administration
Reducing losses
Ways of reducing losses use of ice for fresh
fish handling, distribution and marketing Improved drying practices Reducing
insect infestation in cured fish processing and storage Reducing other losses of
cured fish (food hygiene practices during fish processing Bacteriological
contamination of shrimp Finding markets for by-catch Training the people
involved