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Question 1

benefits of choosing fresh seafood

Answer 1

• Taste good
• Good buy for your money
• Avoid food poisoning

Question 2

6 ways how to choose fresh fish? (E,G,F,F,S,AS)

Answer 2

1. Eyes= Bright, clear, full eyes that are often protruding.
   NO: cloudy eyes, pink & sunken
2. Gills= Bright red or pink gills, free from slime.
   NO: dull-coloured gills (grey, brown, or green)
3. Flesh= Firm & elastic when pressed gently with the finger.
   NO: soft flesh & will slip away from the bone
4. Skin= Shiny, with scales that adhere tightly
   NO: faded characteristic colours & markings start
5. Fillets & steaks/ A fresh-cut fish = Moist appearance, with no browning around the edges
   Flesh: intact & translucent
6. Smell= No fishy or ammonia smell

Question 3

3 ways how to choose fresh prawn and shrimp

Answer 3

1. Raw shrimp meat= firm & have a mild odour
2. Cooked shrimp meat= firm & have no bad odour
   Meat colour: white with red or pink tints
3. Shells = translucent with a grayish green, pinkish tan, or light pink tint
   NO: blackened edges or black spots on the shell

Question 4

3 ways how to choose fresh squid and cuttlefish (E,US,M)

Answer 4

1. Eyes that are clear & full
2. Skin should be untorn
   the skin of fresh squid is cream-coloured with reddish-brown spots; as squid ages, the skin turns pinkish
3. Meat very firm

Question 5

7 ways how to choose fresh crab and lobster (A,C,SH,SO,SX,S,T)

Answer 5

1. Feel the shell hardness by pressing with your fingers
   - Do not select soft shell
   - (ecdysis?) - casting off the outer cuticle (exoskeleton)
2. Shell outlook= Do Not select very ‘clean’ & whitish colour.
3. Sexes= select male crabs if possible.
   - male: t
   - female: v
4. Smell= No bad smell
5. Alive = show leg movement.
   - If refrigerated they are not active, but should still be moving
6. Lobsters’ tails = curl tightly underneath the body when it is picked up.
7. Cooked lobsters / crabs in the shell should be bright red in color and have no disagreeable odour.

Question 6

What is Ecdysis Process?

Answer 6

• Moulting of the exoskeleton in arthropods
  (explain some examples?)
• Enable damaged tissue & missing limbs to be regenerated (over a series of moults)
• A crab moults in water duration: less than 1 hr

Question 7

6 ways
how to choose fresh shellfish? (O,A-T,M,MC,SMO,IS)

Answer 7

• May be sold live, cooked, or fresh-shucked.
• Each form & species will have different quality signs to examine.

1. Odour = sweet & mild, not overly fishy
2. Still alive: touch them to see for response.
   - From slightly gaping their shells →close their shells; some do not give response but still alive!
   - Soak them in salt water for a while →gape their shell, siphon will come out

When cooked = should be opened, if remains closed, should NOT eat

4. The meats of fresh shucked clams, oysters, or mussels = plump & covered with their mucus
5. Mucus colour = be clear/ slightly opalescent (milky or light grey).
6. Fresh scallop meats = firm texture & distinct sweet odour.
7. A sour or iodine smell = spoilage.

Question 8

Fisheries Agencies in Malaysia (examples)

Answer 8

-Department of Fisheries (DoF) Malaysia
- Inland fisheries and aquaculture regulations are issued by State authorities [inland = freshwater & brackish water].
- Marine fisheries and aquaculture are federal government concern.

1. Empurau Breeding, Tarat Agriculture Station Serian Sarawak
   - Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic resources, including fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and aquatic plants.
2. The Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) = deal with national, regional and global maritime issues.
3. Fisheries Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) = for the development of freshwater aquaculture, and the conservation and management of aquatic resources.
4. Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (FDAoM/LKIM) = supervises and controls registered Fishermen associations’ activities

Question 9

Fisheries Agencies in Malaysia

Answer 9

1. Marine aquaculture [the Fisheries (Marine Culture Systems) Regulations (1990)] Applications for a permit to set up a marine culture need information:
   - Type of marine culture system;
   - Proposed aquaculture site;
   - Plan of chosen site
2. A permit may be issued.
3. Fisheries (Cockles Conservation and Culture) Regulations (2002)
4. Licensing procedure is established for the capture of cockles (Anadara gronasa) and cockle seeds [a permit is required to take cockles and cockle seeds from cultured cockle beds].

Question 10

Malaysian fisheries governed under:

Answer 10

Fisheries Act No.317 (1985) and its regulations.