Effect Of Harvest And Post-harvest Processing Methods On Quality Of Beche-de-mer In Fiji Islands | 18441
ISSN: 2155-9910
Journal of Marine Science: Research & Development
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Beche-de-mer is one of the important fisheries in Fiji Islands and earns Fiji good revenue each year. The harvesting and
processing has been done in Fiji for over two centuries. The processing technique for sea cucumbers remains the supreme
method today with very little modifications over Fijian generations. Processing of sea cucumbers involve first boiling, slitting
and gutting, smoke drying and sun drying. Some beche-de-mer processors in Fiji including the fishers incorporate salting
method to add value to the final product. The findings from this study indicated that beche-de-mer fishers in Fiji accelerated
the processing methods for income thus eradicating necessary steps during processing and affecting the overall acceptance
quality of the final product. The study indicated that first boiling and smoking were two processing stages that reduced the
product quality at consumer level. A well processed product is of good odor, appearance, shape, colour, size and reduced
moisture content. Processed products from fishers sold to the main exporters are of low quality such as products are not
cleaned properly, contaminated with sand, skin are peeled as result of over boiling and are burnt due to inappropriate smoking
technique that greatly impacted on the quality of beche-de-mer. This study recommends an increased awareness and education
programs be established to improve the quality of beche-de-mer in Fiji Islands. It is also aimed to hold workshop programs for
fishers to have hands on training for better processing technique for better quality and value of the product.
Biography
Ravinesh Ram is a PhD candidate at James Cook University, Townsville, Australia and currently researching on ?Influence of processing techniques on quality
and nutritional composition of tropical sea cucumbers?. The author conducted his masters research in Fiji Islands on the research topic ?Impacts of harvest
and post-harvest processing techniques on quality and value of beche-de-mer in Fiji Islands? and had been in the academics for almost eight years. He has
contributed enormously to beche-de-mer research projects held by SPC, ACIAR-PARDI and had been part of the ACIAR-PARDI team of Hong Kong/China for
project (PARDI/2010/004).
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