Jose,\
You can give the fish a slight electric shock and then proceed to do
whatever is needed. The electric shock will stun them and make them easy to
handle.
Juan Silva
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Gill" <Tom.Gill@Dal.Ca>
To: "Jose P. Peralta" <jperalta@gaechuk.gsnu.ac.kr>
Cc: <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: Instantaneous Fish Killing
> Hi Jose:
>
> The best method which we have encountered to date involves
> placing the fish in a 2 cubic m plastic fish box with seawater and
> adding 20 ml clove oil (available at most drug stores) dissolved in
> about 100 ml 95% ethanol. The fish become lethargic after about 5
> min and then can be handled easily. We then dispatch the fish
> with a brain spike ("ike jime" in Japanese) and bleed by cutting the
> gills.
>
> Our procedure has been fully approved by our animal care
> committee here at the University and I can assure you that it gives
> superior results in terms of shelf life and quality!
>
> Good luck!
>
> Tom Gill
>
> Dear list:
> I would like to inquire if you folks know a way of instantaneously
> killing live fish, during sampling procedures, to stop it from squirming
> and jumping to death.
>
> Much thanks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jose
>
> --
>
> Jose P. Peralta. Ph. D.
> Visiting Professor in Food Science Major
> Div. of Marine Bioscience, College of Marine Science
> Gyeongsang National University
> 445, Inpyeong-dong, Tongyeong 650-160,
> KOREA
> Tel (82 55) 640 3004
>
> "What could not be achieved individually
> could always be achieved collectively"
>
> **********************************************************
>
> Dr.Tom Gill, Professor
> Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology/ Dept. of Food Sci. and
Technology
> Dalhousie University
> P.O. Box 1000, Halifax, NS
> B3J 2X4
> Tel. (902) 494-6031
> Fax. (902) 420-0219
> Web Sites: www.dal.ca/~foodsci or www.dal.ca/~cift
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