Table 1

	Ripening day
	0	5	10	15	20
Moisture	81.51 ± 2.40^a1)	80.45 ± 1.92^ab	79.33 ± 1.53^ab	78.69 ± 2.25^ab	77.25 ± 1.76^b
Crude protein	15.36 ± 0.34^d	16.44 ± 0.33^c	17.51 ± 0.37^b	17.94 ± 0.57^b	19.22 ± 0.38a
Crude lipid	0.53 ± 0.01^ab	0.52 ± 0.01^b	0.54 ± 0.01^ab	0.55 ± 0.01^a	0.55 ± 0.01^a
Ash	2.44 ± 0.06^d	2.47 ± 0.08^d	2.62 ± 0.06^c	2.82 ± 0.06^b	2.98 ± 0.08^a
Carbohydrate2)	0.16 ± 0.00^a	0.12 ± 0.00^b	- 3)	-	-

1) Values are means ± SD (n = 3). Values with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different at P<0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test.

2) Carbohydrate = 100 - (moisture + crude protein + crude lipid + ash).

3) Not detected

Table 1: Proximate composition of skate during different ripening periods (%).