Book chapter - Peer-reviewed, 2017
Post-Harvest Handling of Freshwater Crayfish: Techniques, Challenges and Opportunities
Jussila, Japo; Fotedar, Ravi; Edsman, LennartAbstract
Development of post-harvest handling practices of crayfish in Fennoscandia has largely been based on their high value and has historical rationale. Crayfish were transported from Finland to St. Petersburg and Central European markets already in the early mid1800s using rather sophisticated methods. Crayfish require cool and moist environment for stress minimisation and may easily be transported and stored to live out of water if these principles are followed. During post-harvest process, it is important to minimise handling of crayfish from the point traps which are pulled until crayfish are processed for food. Crayfish should be protected against the elements and stored in cool containers during on board and land transport, after initial sorting of the catch. In the holding depot, crayfish are normally sorted for the second time and then placed in holding facilities waiting for the transport to markets. Holding facilities could be tanks or more developed and cost-effective systems, such as CrayShower. This storage system is based on crayfish being stored out of water in moist environment. The main principles during post-harvest handling are to keep physical disturbances to the minimum and to provide cool and moist environment for crayfish.Keywords
freshwater crayfish; catch; stress; survival; mortalityPublished in
Book title: Postharvest HandlingISBN: 978-953-51-3533-3, eISBN: 978-953-51-3534-0
Publisher: InTech
Authors' information
Jussila, Japo
University of Eastern Finland
Fotedar, Ravi
Curtin University
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Aquatic Resources
UKÄ Subject classification
Fish and Aquacultural Science
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.69842
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/94389