Fish preservation and refrigeration by Kilbourn J. K & International Fisheries Exhibition ( (1883 : London England)

Author:Kilbourn, J. K & International Fisheries Exhibition ( (1883 : London, England)
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fishes, Putrefaction
Publisher: London : W. Clowes and Sons
Published: 1883-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

stowed, with metal would be very useful. He had hoped to hear something new, for the ordinary refrigerating apparatus, he was sorry to say, had totally failed. Several vessels from the port of Grimsby had been fitted up with the view of preserving their own cargo in a semi-isolated condition, but without success, for although they were able to prevent decomposition, the fish were practically destroyed for marketable purposes, they had such a wizened and disagreeable appearance. With cod, ling, and fish of that kind, a great deal of the appearance of the fish depended upon the eye, and if it were frozen into a solid mass of ice, the fish had just the same appearance as if it were stinking. Unless you could preserve the brightness of the eye and the fresh appearance of the gills, the fish would not be saleable. He was very pleased to find that this subject was engaging the attention of gentlemen who had the means and ability to improve upon the present system, because an immense amount of waste constantly went on in the fisheries of which the general public had very little conception.

Mr. F. N. Mackay said he had been connected for some years with artificial refrigeration, and he should like to say a few words on the points raised by the last speaker. Of course the most important point was the bringing of the article to market in a state as nearly as possible similar to that in which it was taken out of the water; and the description they had just heard of the state of the fish after having been frozen was practically that of a fish which had been to a certain extent decomposed. He believed that to be due to excessive freezing. He would point out that at Stand 720 in the Exhibition was shown, on a small scale, an apparatus devised for the purpose of meeting this want, namely, that of cooling the fish in its watery state without

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