← 2.2 Fish Harvesting and Post- Harvest Handling
Review: quality fish every time
Marine and Fisheries Technology · Grade 11 · about 40 minutes
Review the main ideas of fish harvesting and post-harvest handling.
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- 8 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
- Your progress kept across every subject you take
Other lessons in this sub-strand
- Food safety when handling fish
- Personal hygiene at the landing site
- Clean water, ice and equipment
- The danger zone and cross-contamination
- Harvesting fish from a pond
- Harvesting fish from a cage
- Common harvesting methods
- Handling fish gently to reduce stress
- Steps in post-harvest handling
- Cleaning and gutting a fish
- Sorting and grading fish
- Tools and safety for scaling and gutting
- Washing and draining fish
- Chilling fish with ice
- The cold chain from catch to market
- Freezing and storing fish
- Freshness by sight and smell
- Freshness by touch, and tasting by experts
- Comparing fresh and spoilt fish
- How fish spoils
- Post-harvest losses and how to reduce them
- Review: quality fish every time