Fish consumption pattern in Kommathurai village. The location of study is situated in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

1. Fish Consumption Pattern
of the People in
Kommathurai Village
T.Anuja, K.Premakumar and T.Gayathiri

2. Contents

Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results and discussion
Conclusions

References
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3. Introduction
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Fish are the principle source of protein
for Sri Lanka's population, and play a
vital role in meeting basic nutritional
and livelihood needs.

Over 96% of Sri Lankan consumes fresh
or processed fish, which provides an
estimated 65 – 70 % of the mean annual
animal protein intake (Sugunan, 1997).

4. Introduction

Fishes are important food for people
living in Batticaloa region.
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In total fish production of the Batticaloa
district, sea (marine), pond (fresh) and
lagoon (brackish) fishes are consumed
by the people living in Kommathurai
village.

5. Nutritive value of fish
Elements
Content
mg/100g
Sodium
30 - 134
Potassium
Magnesium
%
19 - 502
calcium
Composition
Iron
Moisture
66 - 84
19 - 881
Protein
15 - 24
68 - 550
Fat
0.1 - 22
Ash
0.8 - 2.2
1 - 5.60
Chlorine
3 - 761
Iodine
0 - 2.73
Carbohydrate
1-3

6. Major fish production places in Sri Lanka

7. Materials and Methods
Survey Study
 Kommathurai village - Eravur pattu
Divisional Secretariat Division.
 Time period - January to April, 2008.
 Questionnaire preparation & Data
collection.
 Data transformation & analysis.

8. Map of Survey area

9. Results and Discussion

10. Food habit of people
Food habit of people
5%
Non vegetarian
vegetarian
95%
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The 95% of people - non vegetarian
Main meal - fishes.

11. Consumer preference of fish type
Consumer preference of fish type
All fishes( sea fish,
lagoon fish, pond fish)
30%
sea fish
70%

12. Fish consumption pattern
Fish consumption
15%
Lunch and Dinner
Lunch
20.5%
64.5%
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Dinner
Fish consumption average is 5 days /
week
Adult person intake 75 ± 5 g / day

13. Consumer preference of
sea fish species
Mostly preferred sea fish species
Seela
10%
Keeri
Suran
Others
13%
55%
22%
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Mostly preferred sea fish is Seela :
Sphyraena jello (22 %)

14. Consumer preference of lagoon fish
species
Mostly preferred lagoon fish species
15%
5%
Thilapia
Kelakkan
Keluththy
Others
20%

60%
Mostly preferred lagoon fish is Tilapia :
Oreochromis mosambicus (60%)

15. Consumer preference of pond fish
species
Mostly preferred fish pond fish species
10%
14%
Viral
Panaiyan
Sunkan
Others
55%
21%
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Mostly preferred pond fish is Viral :
Rachycentron canadum (55%).

16. Consumers preference for
fish products
Consumers prefered fish products
10%
Normal curry
5%
dried fish
15%
Tin fish
55%
15%
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fish cutlets
Others
Normal curry is mostly preferred by the
people of Kommathurai village.

17. Consumer’s basic concept for fish
selection
Consumer's basic concept for fish selection
Taste
5%
20%
Nutrition status
50%
25%
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Low cost than
meat
Whole family
member's
preference food
Basically reason for the selection of fish is
because of taste.

18. Fish availability
10%
Market
5%
Cycle/Motor cycle
vendors
Beach site
20%
65%
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Lagoon site
Market (65%) :
 Easy to purchase
 Nearest place
 All fishes available any time of day

19. Mostly consumed fishes
Sphyraena jello (Seela)
Rachycentron canadum
(Viral)
Oreochromis mossambicus
(Tilapia)

20. Conclusions
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The 95% of people showed the food habit of
non vegetarian and the main meal was fishes.
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The fish consumption pattern of this area was
5 days per week and most of the consumers
added fish for their meal both lunch and
dinner.
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An adult person intake was about more than
75 g of fish in their daily meal of Kommathurai
area.

21. Cont…
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70 % of the people’s consumer preference is all
kind of fishes like sea, lagoon and pond fishes.
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Mostly preferred,
Sea fish :Sphyraena jello (21.57 %),
Lagoon fish : Oreochromis mossambicus (60.0 %)
Pond fish : Rachycentron canadum (55.0 %).
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Availabilty of fishes,
Sea fishes - throughout the year.
Lagoon and pond fishes - seasonal
Most of the consumers bought fishes from market as
easy to purchase, nearest place and all fishes are
available any time of day.
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22. References

Balachandran, K.K. (2001). Post harvest technology of
fish and fish products.Pp.1-15, 271-287. Delhi: Daya
pulishing house.

Blank, F.C.(2000).Hand book of Food and nutrition. Pp.
172-192. India: Agro botanical publishers.

Sugunan, V. V. (1997). Fisheries and management of
small water bodies in seven countries in Africa, Asia
and Latin America. FAO Fisheries Circular: 933:149.