Increasing of Fish Quality using Ice-Sterofoam Container for Paseban Fisherman at Jember Regency East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Using of fish storage containers is not always done by fishermen at Paseban Beach, Jember Regency East Java-Indonesia. This study evaluated the quality of fisherman catches fish based on population of microbial. The introduction of storage container was conducted without or using the ice cooler. There were three samples of fish treatment that evaluated i.e without storage container (on the boat floor), sterofoam container and ice-sterofoam container. Recall questionnaires conducted to evaluate the habits of Paseban fishermen in fish storing during fishing. There were 36% of fishermen no use the storage container for their fish during fishing, 14% of fishermen use the sterofoam container without ice cooler, and 50% of fishermen used ice-sterofoam container. The level of microbial contamination on the catch fish required SNI standard that reached 10 cfu/g. The storage of catch fish in the sterofoam container can decrease the level of contamination up to 2 log cycles (10 4 cfu/g). The quality of catches fish of Paseban fishermen can be classified as the SNI required (less than 5 x 10 2

cfu/g).