Document Type
Report
Department/Program
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
VIMS Department/Program
Marine Advisory Program (MAP)
Publication Date
10-2021
Series
VIMS marine resource report ; no. 2021-06; Virginia Sea Grant VSG-21-04
Abstract
Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) is the largest species of catfish in North America where it is native to the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio river drainages. It was introduced in fresh water Virginia tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay to enhance recreational fisheries in the 1970’s, from which significant recreational and commercial wild caught catfish fisheries developed. Since introduction, Blue catfish populations have expanded from upriver freshwater habitat to brackish-water sub-estuaries with reports of blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay proper. Blue catfish are voracious, opportunistic predators feeding on a variety of natural prey items, including native fish and shellfish species, and dominating total fish biomass in many sections of the Bay tributaries. ..... The purpose of this work is to provide Virginia fish processers product shelf life information to enhance marketing strategies for the non-native blue catfish, and secondly, to investigate sensory, microbial, physical, and chemical changes in
flesh quality attributes during ice storage which correlate to consumer acceptance.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25773/m5r3-b367
Funding
This work is a result of research sponsored in part by NOAA Office of Sea Grant, U.S. Department of Commerce, under Grant No. NA180AR4170083 to the Virginia Sea Grant Program.
Recommended Citation
Fisher, R. A. (2021) Estimated Consumer Sensory Shell Life of Fresh Blue Catfish Filets Stored in Ice (Ictalurus furcatus). VIMS marine resource report ; no. 2021-06; Virginia Sea Grant VSG-21-04. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary. https://doi.org/10.25773/m5r3-b367
