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The 2 International Seminar of Science and Technology
“Accelerating Sustainable innovation towards Society 5.0”
ISST 2022 FST UT 2022
Universitas Terbuka

useful to meet human needs [3]. However, fishery products also have
several drawbacks, including: high water content, easy to digest so
that it becomes a good medium for the growth of spoilage bacteria,
and unsaturated fatty acid content which causes fish meat to be easily
oxidized and so on. Therefore, it requires efforts to maintain the
freshness and quality of fish meat through fish processing activities
[4]. Furthermore, , fish meat very quickly decays no matter how good
the handling is done, it will not be possible to keep the fish fresh [5].
Therefore, a pickling and processing process is required. The main
purpose of preservation and processing is to defend the fish from the
process of decay so that it can be stored for a long time, increase
marketing reach, carry out diversification of processing of fishery
products, and increase revenue.
Fish processing is a series of activities and/or treatment from fresh fish
to final products for human consumption, while the fish processing unit
is a place and facility to carry out fish processing activities. The role
of the fish processing unit in the fishery agribusiness system is very
important, namely: (1) maintaining and extending the durability of the
product so that it can be utilized by the wider community; (2)
increasing product acceptance, with various variations of processed
fishery products, making people have various alternative choices to
consume them; (3) increasing the nutritional value, macronutrient
components such as fat and protein, including components with large
and long molecular weights; and (4) increasing the added value of
fishery products.
The principle of fish processing basically aims to protect fish from
spoilage or damage. Putrefaction occurs due to changes caused by
microorganisms and other changes that are detrimental. Processing
also aims to extend the durability and diversify processed fishery
products, as well as to increase the added value of fishery products.
The Marine and Fisheries Business Group especially the Fishery
Product Processing and Marketer Group is very strategic to increase
the production of processed fishery products, to socialize the fish
eating movement program in order to increase the fish consumption
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