Journal of Aquaculture Research & Development

Department of Seafood Processing, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Iran

Biography

Masoomeh Hassannejad, currently working at Department of Seafood Processing, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Iran. The number of articles published are 06 and the number of times cited by, are 26 and the number of reads include are 199. The area of interest in the research was Plant Science, Agricultural and aquacultural studies, Aquatic Biodiversity.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Consumption Preferences of Fishery Products among the Young People of the Iran (Case Study: Gorgan City)
  Author(s): Afshin Adeli* and Masoomeh Hassannejad
  
  Fish and seafood, as a balanced, healthy, low-fat, and high-protein diet contains vitamins and minerals which is known as an important part of the human diet in the long time. In the present study, the behavior of 15-29 years old consumers and their preferences of fishery products of the Gorgan City were examined based on a questionnaire filled with 314 young people as a sample. The frequency was used to describe demographic characteristics. Also, the Friedman test was done to study the questionnaire main questions. Based on Results, the young people preferred traditional food relative to the fast food and seafood of the restaurants. With respect to the availability of fresh fish, 80.3% preferred fresh fish and 15.9% preferred packaged products due to their healthier nature relative to raw fish. Moreover, the aquatic species packaged was the main reason of buying .. View more»
  

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