Análise sensorial do pescado desembarcado no município de Marabá , Sudeste do Pará.

Abstract

Fishing has a socioeconomic importance in relation to the production derived from fishing activities in the state of Pará, however, it is identified the insufficiency in the methods of conservation of the fish captured in several municipalities. Among these, we can mention the municipality of Marabá due to the lack of infrastructure provided for fishing activity, in addition to being a region located on the border with other states and consecutively exporting fish to other places. And because fish is naturally very susceptible to spoilage, as well as the forms of handling and conservation, the objective of the present work is to analyze the fish landed in the municipality of Marabá through sensory evaluation. The collections were carried out in a period of 5 (five) months for the evaluations, points (0 to 9) were assigned to the sensorial characteristics, according to the table of questions and together the temperature of each sample was verified. After the analyses, interviews were conducted with the fishermen addressing the ways of conservation and handling of the fish. It was verified that the sampled fish had good sensory qualities, consisting only of the gills, the attribute with low average points in all analyses. Among the species sampled, the most significant landings in the region were: mapará, tucunaré, white hake, piau and curimatã, in which the lowest averages were also in the gills category. The temperature in some individuals was very high, ranging from 1.55 ºC to 33.4 ºC, and the fish are preserved in scale-type ice with quantities. insufficient in styrofoam boxes and the vessels do not have adequate infrastructure for handling. fishermen regarding the proper handling and conservation of the fish.