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Handling seafood in the Pacific Islands
Information sheets for fishers, vendors and consumers

 

Text by Owen Li, Hampus Eriksson, Ian Bertram, Aymeric Desurmont and Michel Blanc; illustrations by Jipé LeBars; layout by Constance Odiardo


Fish is an essential part of the diet in the Pacific Islands. Much of the fish that is eaten has been caught and traded by someone other than the consumer. To assure that fresh and healthy fish is accessible through these distribution chains, the handling of fish must be hygienic and appropriate.

This folder contains five information sheets about ways to keep fish fresh, healthy and safe for human consumption for as long as possible. One information sheet each has been put together for:

  • fishers,
  • fish vendors, and
  • customers.

The information sheets contain information about how to handle and care for fish as a fisher, fish vendor or customer, to make sure that fish stays fresh, healthy and safe for human consumption. They are structured according to four rules: care, cool, clean, and quick. The information sheet for customers also includes a guide for how to choose the freshest fish.

The two additional sheets included in this folder are about:

  • the ‘cold chain’, and
  • freezing fish

The ‘cold chain’ sheet describes why it is important to keep fish cold throughout all the steps that fish go through between being caught and being sold, and how to do so.

The sheet about freezing fish describes how to freeze fish properly to ensure fish can be kept in good condition, and safe for human consumption for long periods. There are also tips on how to prepare fish for freezing so that their eating quality (i.e. flesh texture and flavour) is maintained.

Each sheet can be used on its own, without the information from the other sheets. Individual sheets can be photocopied and used for different activities.

List of documents

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Information sheet #1 FOR FISHERS
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Information sheet #2 FOR VENDORS
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Information sheet #3 FOR CONSUMERS
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Information sheet #4 ABOUT THE COLD CHAIN
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Information sheet #5 ABOUT FREEZING FISH
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Complete publication
The 5 information sheets and the folder in one file
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Link to the Fish Handling Information sheets in:

uk

Bislama

uk

Tuvaluan

Timor Leste

Tetum


 

 

 

This series has been produced by  
the Pacific Community and WorldFish.

 

This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH). Funding support was provided by SwedBio, a programme at Stockholm Resilience Centre, and the Australian Government through the project FIS/2016/300 “Strengthening and scaling community-based approaches to Pacific coastal fisheries management in support of the New Song”.

 


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