Abstract |
This paper highlights the importance of dehydration of fish under commercial scale as the only indigenous technology that can cope with the task of preservation of hugh quantities of pelagic and demersal fish that are expected to land according to recent survey. Three schemes have been presented, viz, the artificial dehydration of fish using commercial dryer developed by the Institute, modern commercial fish drying yard using raised concrete platform and cottage scale operation of small capacity articial and solar dryer for artisan fishermen. The role government, fisheries corporations, and fishermen co-operative societies in India has been indicated. |