. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. . . By quality . . Fish are packed in ice and loaded onto trucks for the journey to market Fish change hands a number of times on the way to the table and each time proper care must be taken of the highly perishable stuff. Sometimes people fall down. It takes a long time to win a customer back. "No doubt it's a problem," Allsbrook says, "in some areas, fishermen do not take care of the ; Then, too, sanitary conditions in seafood plants may soon come under fire. Allsbrook says &q
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. . . By quality . . Fish are packed in ice and loaded onto trucks for the journey to market Fish change hands a number of times on the way to the table and each time proper care must be taken of the highly perishable stuff. Sometimes people fall down. It takes a long time to win a customer back. "No doubt it's a problem," Allsbrook says, "in some areas, fishermen do not take care of the ; Then, too, sanitary conditions in seafood plants may soon come under fire. Allsbrook says "You're going to see some big changes in the next four or five years. . Food and Drug (the federal Food and Drug Administration) is really tearing into those ; Others fault some retailers for selling "fresh" fish that's actually been frozen in the round and thawed (and may not have been so fresh even when it was frozen). That gives fish a bad reputation, they say. Some say the often poor locations, odor and general atmosphere of some retail stores in- land don't help sell North Carolina seafood, either. "Seafood in the past has been a dirty thing," says Ralph Jarvis, president of the North Carolina Fisheries Association and a seafood dealer himself. "It's changed a lot in the last few years. We've come a long ways, but there's still a whole lot that can be done with keeping fish fresh. . But on the average, most of the larger fish dealers are doing a good ; To help improve seafood quality from water to table, Sea Grant researchers and advisory agents have been working with fishermen and handlers on boat insulation, proper icing and freezing methods, plant design, and packaging. The Un gram Newsle veisity of No Burlington Carolina State 1 No. 6, June 1976. Dr. B. J. Copeland, director. Karen Jurgensen, editor. Second-class postage paid Raleigh, N. C. 27611. These oysters were loaded onto a small truck which carried them to the lar
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