As a method for evaluating the freshness of fish in transit, the relative merits of mea surements of electric resistance, volatile basic nitrogen, pH and organoleptic test were dis cussed. The species of fish mainly tested was Cyprinus carpio. For information, the dis tribution of its body temperature was measured at three regions; high, medium, and low. It was revealed that the time change curve obtained by electric resistance method paral leled those by other methods with respect to the

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... of freshness; individual difference and that by the side of body were non-existent, but there was a difference by the site of body, pointing to possible relation with the body constituents; also there was a difference discer nible depending upon the species.