The Facts To Know Regarding Fresh Fish Shipped

By Margaret Watson


Many people love seafood for its nutritional value and taste. Seafood is very tasty, healthy and also relatively cheap. People can easily buy fish from their local markets that is if they do not live along the sea. But it is not true that all seafood is good or healthy because some are full of toxins hence their consumption can lead to brain damage. When buying fresh fish shipped, it is good to consider answering the following questions.

When one wants to purchase fish, they need to ask following questions first. Inquire to know whether they are from saltwater or freshwater. Freshwater seafood is actually quite different from saltwater seafood. Some people can tell the difference between these two types by simply tasting them. They slightly have different taste from each other.

There is absolutely no clear proven fact that freshwater or saltwater seafood basically has bigger concentration of fatty acids or has more Omega three fatty acids. However a research conducted in University of Quebec found out that consumption of eating of freshwater seafood actually has no effect or impact on omega three fatty acids level in test subject.

The technology is also changing gradually and this also has an impact on air cargo transportation. Today due to technological advancements there are many state of art containers specifically made to transport seafood in good order and condition to wherever place they are going to. The industry concerned with seafood in collaboration with transportation as well as packaging industries have come up with a variety of ways to package all products safely.

Special systems for packing should actually be employed or used to avoid counteract rough handling and temperature abuse. Sometimes the changing government regulations and policies on special transportation make it very difficult to conduct this business and achieve full selling potential. There are frequent changes and also improvements in technology concerning air cargo transportation for seafood and fresh fish.

Fish just like other animals will begin rotting immediately after being removed from the water. Use of ice can really slow down decaying process. There are those fishmongers though who like to keep their stale seafood for quite some time before consuming them or throwing them away. Some suppliers may even place stale seafish together with fresh ones to trick unsuspecting buyer to buy the stale seafood.

Not only do all fish have a lot of essential nutrients, fresh seafood is known to be very safe for consumption. Stale trawl on the other hand will provide perfect environment for some bacteria such as E coli to basically propagate rapidly producing toxins like Histamine.

But since these regulations are subject to change so often, the perfect source of getting current information is probably a reliable buyer or importer or even freight forwarder. The shipping requirement sometimes may be very time consuming and very expensive and this cost can increase depending on the magnitude of product that is if fresh or live. The price of seafood is always very dependent upon the quality of product. It is very vital to make sure that all the shipped product arrives safe and in good condition to fetch a good price.




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