The problem of deterioration of the crab flesh, commonly called 'mushiness', has been widely known, and mostly ignored, for many years. When mushiness occurs, the normally firm and resilient crab muscle loses integrity and becomes soft. A mushy crab is externally indistinguishable from one with firm...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries EcoScience Precinct
At the Fish Handling and Quality Control Workshop in Victoria, eight speakers delivered 40 minute presentations each, broken into 15 to 20 minute papers followed by discussions with workshop attendants.
This final report contains two of the papers presented, "Handling and Processing of Freshwater...
ORGANISATION:
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF)
Body colouration, an important survival, mate selection and communication mechanism for animals in the wild, has also significant commercial implications. In aquaculture, a darker body colour in prawns can increase farm profitability by AU$ 2-4 dollar per kilo of prawns. Therefore, there is a strong...