2021
DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.638997
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Characteristics and Dynamics of the Freshwater Fish Market in Chengdu, China

Abstract: The drivers and characteristics of trends in aquatic product consumption are a crucial component of fish food system sustainability. The Chinese market for aquatic products is the largest in the world, yet little has been published on the characteristics of the freshwater fish market. This Paper draws on interviews with key informants to understand the social characteristics of the freshwater fish market in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Price, food safety and quality, freshness and local culinary traditions are i… Show more

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“…When it comes to fish consumption in China, there has been limited attention to freshwater fish consumption in the literature [80]. Nevertheless, according to key informants in the study of Fang and Fabinyi [81], freshness, but also food safety, quality, price, and local culinary traditions were considered important influences on patterns of freshwater fish consumption at Chengdu fish market (Sichuan province, China).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…When it comes to fish consumption in China, there has been limited attention to freshwater fish consumption in the literature [80]. Nevertheless, according to key informants in the study of Fang and Fabinyi [81], freshness, but also food safety, quality, price, and local culinary traditions were considered important influences on patterns of freshwater fish consumption at Chengdu fish market (Sichuan province, China).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The country accounts for over 60 percent of global fish production in the world. Recent reports identified Scomberomorus sinensis as a typical fish type facing overexploitation risk in China [28], while Carassius auratus species are highly consumed among other freshwater fishes [27]. The fish wastes, including heads, viscera, and bones, were immedi-ately transported in an ice-chest to the laboratory and vacuum-freeze-dried to a constant weight.…”
Section: Preparation Of Fish Waste and Proximate Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To this end, the practical applicability of milder extraction methods for crude fish oil production was recommended. The viability of these studies will promote the sustainable valorization of waste generated by marine and freshwater fishes facing high consumption and overexploitation risk across the globe [27,28].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Similarly, there has been little attention to how provisioning actors in wholesale markets effect and are affected by changes in the availability of and demand for food products, forms of production, and changing consumer cuisines and lifestyles (although see Fabinyi and Liu 2014;Fabinyi et al 2018;Tezzo et a. 2021;Fang & Fabinyi 2021). Following Bestor (2001), we contend that illuminating what provisioning actors do on an everyday basis, and why, can contribute to understanding how women and men in the middle of the chain "make the system what it is" (p. 77).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%