FISH FROZEN ALIVE
It seems a shocking thing to freeze fish alive to keep them fresh for the market at their journey’s end, but :t has been found that when they are unfrozen they are just as lively as before, an<l show no sign of injury or illness! It was noticed that fish in Siberian rivers that are frozen solid in winter camo out all right in the spring, ami th;s gave the icon for experiments which have been going on for some time. Ihe system is now being adopte<l m £™ crica as a regular practice. ihe fish aro put in a tub into which oxygon is forced, and after being kept three days above freezing point they are frozen, and the biocks office, stripped pi tho tub, are wrapped up and put into cold storage.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12422, 16 April 1926, Page 12
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136FISH FROZEN ALIVE New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12422, 16 April 1926, Page 12
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