A Study on Fish Drying Using Solar Dryer

Abstract

Among different traditional methods of fish preservation, drying and saiting in combination with drying (dry-saiting) have dominated along the coast of Odisha. Though drying and dry-salting are age old processes of preservation, they are very much prevailed in Puri district where most of the fish caught are either dried or dry-salted, initiatives to improve the productivity and quality standards of the local dry fish industry are very important.