Comparative Study of Nutritional Evaluation between Three Types of Edible Marine Fishes of Landing Site of Tuticorin Coast and Marine Market Fishes of Madurai District

Abstract

Marine fishes are known to be a good quality source of protein and rich in essential amino acids. Moreover, it contains high amount of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids that might favourably improve lipid profiles and reduce risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). The present study was carried out to determine the nutritional evaluation of raw marine fishes of Landing site and market. The result shows that Lutjanus sebae from landing site tend to have the highest moisture content 76.5%, when compared with market fish of 71.3%. The landing site of C. malabaricus had the highest protein and ash content of 19.5% and 4.56% whereas the market fish reduced to 14.3 % and 3.12%. The L. sebae collected from the landing site had the highest lipid and Carbohydrate content of 3.2 % and 6.6 % whereas the market fish had 1.8% and 4.5 %. Thus the present study revealed that the freshly captured fish have very good nutritional value than the market fishes;