Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Ravi Baraiya, Sanjaykumar Rathod, Mayurkumar Tandel and Ashish Sahu

Abstract:
The present study was experimented with to analyze the proximate composition of some commercial species that landed on the Veraval coast. There were six species (Indian mackerel, Little tuna, Seer fish, Hilsa, Croaker, and Pomfret) collected from the Veraval harbor. Nutritional evaluation in which protein, fat, ash, and moisture were carried out by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC, 2005) method. The moisture content was found in the range of 64.56±0.32 to 80.10±0.21. The highest protein content observed in Euthynnus affinis was 21.78±0.53. Among the selected species crude fat content was highest in Tenualosa ilisha (15.29%), the rest of the species have less than 6%. Seer fish (Scomberomorus guttatus) content hugely accumulation of ash and is lowest in little tuna. The present study showed that the commercial fish species have a good amount of nutrition that fulfills the human diet.