Variables (n = 254) | No. (%) |
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Do you have regular time of setting, checking and hauling (removing) the fishing nets? | |
Yes | 163 (64.2) |
No | 91 (35.8) |
How do you keep your fish cool during processing (filleting and gutting) in your working area (fishing ground) | |
In shady area(under tree, under caves) or using woods and clothes | 168 (66.1) |
In cool area/air of night, early morning and well-ventilated areas | 76 (29.9) |
By putting in sacks or jerry cans | 6 (2.4) |
Nothing | 4 (1.6) |
How do you keep your fish cool during transport? | |
In the jerry cans by covering them with sack/inside sacks | 138 (54.3) |
Putting under the boats chair which is cool and shady or ventilated area | 93 (36.6) |
Both | 11 (4.3) |
No means | 12 (4.7) |
Do you wash your fish after harvest? | |
Yes | 107 (42.1) |
No | 147 (57.9) |
How long are you involved in fishing/fish trading? | |
1–3 years | 206 (81) |
4–7 years | 38 (15) |
>7 years | 10 (4) |
Have you received any training on fish quality? | |
Yes | 51 (20.1) |
No | 203 (79.9) |
Do you observe any change in your fish during harvest? | |
Yes | 246 (96.9) |
No | 8 (3.1) |