This category covers all types of fish processing whether done in special establishments or in fish markets. The processing includes cleaning, cooling, freezing, drying, salting and smoking. Fish being processed could be farmed fish or captured from natural resources.
Jul 06 2014
Credit: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) Hot smoked eels in Holland are popular and are eaten as a delicacy and so eel smoking is a big business whether in processing or trade. The photos here are taken in a smoking operation in Holland. Eels of about 350 …
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Jul 03 2014
Credit: Innocent Zambou (Cameroon) The photos show an improved method in fish smoking in Cameroon. The improvement is mainly related to the oven which is furnished by a roof and a metal door. The smoker is equipped with overlapping screens that allow smoking a large amount of fish at a time. The metal door of the …
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Jun 27 2014
Credit: Fadhili Ruzika (Tanzania) The photos show representatives of seaweed farmers from the entire coast of Tanzania who are attending training sessions on soap making from seaweed. The training has been done in Bagamoyo District Coastal Region. The soap making from seaweed is a value added process which generates higher revenue compared to selling raw …
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Mar 22 2014
Credit: Hussein Ali Mohammed Alshihi (Oman) One of the photos show a group of fishermen who are handling their catch of anchovies which was caught in the sea and then after pulled close to the shore using special gillnets. The caught anchovies are sun-dried and marketed as dried anchovies where the price of the 4-kg dried …
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Feb 14 2014
Source of the text: Pageant of Ghana By: Freda Wolfson Year: 1958 Snails are valuable protein source among the forest people. In the district of Ahafo (Ghana), lies one of the richest areas for snail catching in Ghana. During the snail hunting season, whole villages –men, women and children –migrate into the forest, leaving only …
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Dec 28 2013
Credit: Ahmad Yousef alqarain (Jordan) The type of seaweed processing in this plant includes drying, freezing and packaging. Several seaweed groups are processed in this plant including the following groups. Alaria (Alaria esculenta) is processed for different purposes including the miso soup, salads (steamed whole leaf), use in green or energy drinks (powdered). The “Porphyra” which is …
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Dec 03 2013
Credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) Drying of fish is done as shown in the photos on raised racks or meshes and relates mainly small fish such as Lake Tanganyika sprat (Stolothrissa tanganicae) and Lake Tanganyika sardine (Limnothrissa miodon). Fish are exposed to the sun for a period of 1 to 3 days depending on weather conditions, until …
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Dec 03 2013
Credit: Alain Murekambanze (Burundi) Smoking is a method of preserving a food by smoke exposure. Traditionally, ovens consist of a pit about 30 cm deep, built by craftsmen processing before the smoking process. These traditional smokehouses, permanent or temporary, are often situated within a plot of artisans to enable them, usually women, to conduct jointly …
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