The visual characteristics and quality of cultured gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) in earthen ponds and net cages in Turkey

Gülgün F. Ünal Şengör; Zafer Ceylan; Sevan Gürün; Samet Kalkan; Onnocan Hulyar

doi:10.12714/egejfas.38.3.13

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The visual characteristics and quality of cultured gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) in earthen ponds and net cages in Turkey

Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the quality differences and visual characteristics between cultured gilthead sea bream obtained from earthen ponds and net cage habitats. No significant differences from obtained in two different habitats are determined cultured gilthead sea bream in terms of chemical and microbiological quality. It has been determined that it is a safe food for consumption since it does not contain pathogenic microorganisms such as Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. that negatively affect food safety. Visual quality differences are distinguished like the skin color, reddish color on the operculum cover, the head shape and the tail transparency from each other. Having unique sensorial characteristics fishes from two different habitats do offer valuable nutrient sources for consumers. Thanks to the controlled aquaculture conditions, safe production of cultured gilthead sea bream is carried out according to food safety in Turkey. Therefore owing to their delicious food source of cultured gilthead sea bream it is preferred for consumption in Turkey and all ower the world.

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Supporting Institution

Research Foundation of the University of Istanbul

Project Number

BYP project number: 20886 and UDP project number 43539

Thanks

This study was supported by the Research Foundation of the University of Istanbul (BYP project number: 20886 and UDP project number 43539). Authors would like to acknowledge Mr. Cengiz Atila – President of The Association of Inland Aquaculture Farmers and Producers in Milas Turkey (at the time of the research) and Mrs. Öznur Yıldız Başruh-Quality and Project Manager of Kılıç Holding (at the time of the research) for providing aquacultured gilthead sea bream used in this study from the farms of The Association of Inland Aquaculture Farmers and Producers in Milas/Turkey and The Kılıç Deniz Co. in Bodrum/ Turkey. The microbiological analysis of the study were carried out in the "Aquatic Bacterial Ecology Laboratory". We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Gülşen Altuğ for providing facilities microbiological analysis. Also we would like to thank Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bülent Topaloğlu for taking the fish photos.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Food Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Gülgün F. Ünal Şengör ^*
0000-0001-7638-7350
Türkiye

Zafer Ceylan
0000-0002-6527-4382
Türkiye

Sevan Gürün
0000-0001-9094-1573
Türkiye

Samet Kalkan
0000-0002-5110-5609
Türkiye

Onnocan Hulyar
0000-0002-8942-7152
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 15, 2021

Submission Date

January 28, 2021

Acceptance Date

June 22, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 38 Number: 3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.38.3.13

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA54JA72DN

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Ünal Şengör, G. F., Ceylan, Z., Gürün, S., Kalkan, S., & Hulyar, O. (2021). The visual characteristics and quality of cultured gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) in earthen ponds and net cages in Turkey. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 38(3), 365-373. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.38.3.13

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